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Biology and Evolution of Microorganisms

The Biology and Evolution of Microorganisms Group, whose head is Dr. Rafael Cantón and which is made up of nine other principal investigators as well as numerous pre- and post-doctoral researchers, technicians and other healthcare personnel, has participated in the last 5 years in 17 national and international research projects and in 15 contracts with pharmaceutical companies or companies dedicated to in vitro diagnostics. During this period of time this work has resulted in more than 190 publications in national and international journals with a high impact index and more than 11 doctoral theses. Likewise, more than 400 communications have been presented at numerous national and international congresses. And all this always seeking the highest excellence in the fields of population biology, antibiotic resistance, respiratory infection, microbiota, metagenomics and HIV.

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  • Mensa J, Barberán J, Soriano A, Llinares P, Marco F, Cantón R, Bou G, González Del Castillo J, Maseda E, Azanza JR, Pasquau J, García-Vidal C, Reguera JM, Sousa D, Gómez J, Montejo M, Borges M, Torres A, Alvarez-Lerma F, Salavert M, Zaragoza R, Oliver A.

    Antibiotic selection in the treatment of acute invasive infections by Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Guidelines by the Spanish Society of Chemotherapy

    REVISTA ESPANOLA DE QUIMIOTERAPIA . 31(1): 78-100. Number of citations: 44

  • De Waele JJ, Akova M, Antonelli M, Canton R, Carlet J, De Backer D, Dimopoulos G, Garnacho-Montero J, Kesecioglu J, Lipman J, Mer M, Paiva JA, Poljak M, Roberts JA, Rodriguez Bano J, Timsit JF, Zahar JR, Bassetti M.

    Antimicrobial resistance and antibiotic stewardship programs in the ICU: insistence and persistence in the fight against resistance. A position statement from ESICM/ESCMID/WAAAR round table on multi-drug resistance.

    INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE . 44(2): 189-196. Number of citations: 58

    [doi:10.1007/s00134-017-5036-1]

  • Freitas AR, Tedim AP, Novais C, Coque TM, Peixe L.

    Distribution of putative virulence markers in Enterococcus faecium: towards a safety profile review.

    JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY . 73(2): 306-319. Number of citations: 29

    [doi:10.1093/jac/dkx387]

  • Schwarz C, Bouchara JP, Buzina W, Chrenkova V, Dmenska H, de la Pedrosa EGG, Cantón R, Fiscarelli E, Le Govic Y, Kondori N, Matos T, Romanowska E, Ziesing S, Sedlacek L.

    Organization of Patient Management and Fungal Epidemiology in Cystic Fibrosis.

    Mycopathologia . 183(1): 7-19. Number of citations: 19

    [doi:10.1007/s11046-017-0205-x]

  • Martínez-García MÁ, Máiz L, Olveira C, Girón RM, de la Rosa D, Blanco M, Cantón R, Vendrell M, Polverino E, de Gracia J, Prados C.

    Spanish Guidelines on Treatment of Bronchiectasis in Adults.

    ARCHIVOS DE BRONCONEUMOLOGIA . 54(2): 88-98. Number of citations: 97

    [doi:10.1016/j.arbres.2017.07.016]

  • Martínez-García MÁ, Máiz L, Olveira C, Girón RM, de la Rosa D, Blanco M, Cantón R, Vendrell M, Polverino E, de Gracia J, Prados C.

    Spanish Guidelines on the Evaluation and Diagnosis of Bronchiectasis in Adults.

    ARCHIVOS DE BRONCONEUMOLOGIA . 54(2): 79-87. Number of citations: 62

    [doi:10.1016/j.arbres.2017.07.015]

  • Lanza VF, Baquero F, Martínez JL, Ramos-Ruíz R, González-Zorn B, Andremont A, Sánchez-Valenzuela A, Ehrlich SD, Kennedy S, Ruppé E, van Schaik W, Willems RJ, de la Cruz F, Coque TM.

    In-depth resistome analysis by targeted metagenomics.

    Microbiome . 6(1): 11-11. Number of citations: 58

    [doi:10.1186/s40168-017-0387-y]

  • Máiz L, Nieto R, Cantón R, Gómez G de la Pedrosa E, Martinez-García MÁ.

    Fungi in Bronchiectasis: A Concise Review.

    INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES . 19(1): . Number of citations: 30

    [doi:10.3390/ijms19010142]

  • Martin-Gutierrez, G., Docobo-Perez, F., Rodriguez-Beltran, J., Rodriguez-Martinez, J. M., Aznar, J., Pascual, A., Blazquez, J..

    Urinary Tract Conditions Affect Fosfomycin Activity against Escherichia coli Strains Harboring Chromosomal Mutations Involved in Fosfomycin Uptake

    ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY . 62(1): . Number of citations: 15

    [doi:10.1128/AAC.01899-17]

  • Oliva J, Delgado-Sanz C, Larrauri A, Spanish Influenza Surveillance System.

    Estimating the burden of seasonal influenza in Spain from surveillance of mild and severe influenza disease, 2010-2016.

    INFLUENZA AND OTHER RESPIRATORY VIRUSES . 12(1): 161-170. Number of citations: 31

    [doi:10.1111/irv.12499]

  • Díez-Aguilar M, Morisini MI, Köksal E, Oliver A, Ekkelenkamp M, Cantón R.

    Use of Calgary and Microfluidic BioFlux Systems To Test the Activity of Fosfomycin and Tobramycin Alone and in Combination against Cystic Fibrosis Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilms.

    ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY . 62(1): . Number of citations: 12

    [doi:10.1128/AAC.01650-17]

  • Kovacs FM, Seco J, Royuela A, Betegon JN, Sánchez-Herráez S, Meli M, Martínez Rodríguez ME, Núñez M, Álvarez-Galovich L, Moyá J, Sánchez C, Luna S, Borrego P, Moix J, Rodríguez-Pérez V, Torres-Unda J, Burgos-Alonso N, Gago-Fernández I, González-Rubio Y, Abraira V.

    The association between sleep quality, low back pain and disability: A prospective study in routine practice.

    EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PAIN . 22(1): 114-126. Number of citations: 17

    [doi:10.1002/ejp.1095]

  • Aguado JM, Silva JT, Fernández-Ruiz M, Cordero E, Fortún J, Gudiol C, Martínez-Martínez L, Vidal E, Almenar L, Almirante B, Cantón R, Carratalá J, Caston JJ, Cercenado E, Cervera C, Cisneros JM, Crespo-Leiro MG, Cuervas-Mons V, Elizalde-Fernández J, Fariñas MC, Gavaldà J, Goyanes MJ, Gutiérrez-Gutiérrez B, Hernández D, Len O, López-Andujar R, López-Medrano F, Martín-Dávila P, Montejo M, Moreno A, Oliver A, Pascual A, Pérez-Nadales E, Román-Broto A, San-Juan R, Serón D, Solé-Jover A, Valerio M, Muñoz P, Torre-Cisneros J, Spanish Society of Transplantation (SET), Group for Study of Infection in Transplantation of the Spanish Society of Infect, Spanish Network for Research in Infectious Diseases (REIPI) (RD16/0016).

    Management of multidrug resistant Gram-negative bacilli infections in solid organ transplant recipients: SET/GESITRA-SEIMC/REIPI recommendations.

    TRANSPLANTATION REVIEWS . 32(1): 36-57. Number of citations: 69

    [doi:10.1016/j.trre.2017.07.001]

  • Correa A, Del Campo R, Escandón-Vargas K, Perenguez M, Rodríguez-Baños M, Hernández-Gómez C, Pallares C, Perez F, Arias CA, Cantón R, Villegas MV.

    Distinct Genetic Diversity of Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii from Colombian Hospitals.

    MICROBIAL DRUG RESISTANCE . 24(1): 48-54. Number of citations: 18

    [doi:10.1089/mdr.2016.0190]

  • Silva V, Igrejas G, Carvalho I, Peixoto F, Cardoso L, Pereira JE, Del Campo R, Poeta P.

    Genetic Characterization of vanA-Enterococcus faecium Isolates from Wild Red-Legged Partridges in Portugal.

    MICROBIAL DRUG RESISTANCE . 24(1): 89-94. Number of citations: 12

    [doi:10.1089/mdr.2017.0040]

  • Costa-de-Oliveira S, Teixeira-Santos R, Silva AP, Pinho E, Mergulhão P, Silva-Dias A, Marques N, Martins-Oliveira I, Rodrigues AG, Paiva JA, Cantón R, Pina-Vaz C.

    Potential Impact of Flow Cytometry Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing on the Clinical Management of Gram-Negative Bacteremia Using the FASTinov Kit.

    FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY . 8: 2455-2455. Number of citations: 16

    [doi:10.3389/fmicb.2017.02455]

  • Freitas AR, Elghaieb H, León-Sampedro R, Abbassi MS, Novais C, Coque TM, Hassen A, Peixe L.

    Detection of optrA in the African continent (Tunisia) within a mosaic Enterococcus faecalis plasmid from urban wastewaters.

    JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY . 72(12): 3245-3251. Number of citations: 37

    [doi:10.1093/jac/dkx321]

  • Cantón R, Gómez G de la Pedrosa E.

    Economic impact of rapid diagnostic methods in Clinical Microbiology: Price of the test or overall clinical impact.

    ENFERMEDADES INFECCIOSAS Y MICROBIOLOGIA CLINICA . 35(10): 659-666. Number of citations: 5

    [doi:10.1016/j.eimc.2017.09.005]