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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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  • Prieto-Tato LM, Vargas A, Álvarez P, Avedillo P, Nzi E, Abad C, Guillén S, Fernández-McPhee C, Ramos JT, Holguín Á, Rojo P, Obiang J.

    Diagnóstico precoz de la infección por el virus de la inmunodeficiencia humana-1 en niños: programa de prevención de la transmisión maternoinfantil en Guinea Ecuatorial.

    ENFERMEDADES INFECCIOSAS Y MICROBIOLOGIA CLINICA . 34(9): 566-570.

    [doi:10.1016/j.eimc.2015.11.010]

  • Martín V, Mediano P, Del Campo R, Rodríguez JM, Marín M.

    Streptococcal Diversity of Human Milk and Comparison of Different Methods for the Taxonomic Identification of Streptococci

    JOURNAL OF HUMAN LACTATION . 32(4): 84-94. Number of citations: 13

    [doi:10.1177/0890334415597901]

  • Alvarez P, Fernández McPhee C, Prieto L, Martín L, Obiang J, Avedillo P, Vargas A, Rojo P, Benito A, Ramos JT, Holguín Á.

    HIV-1 Variants and Drug Resistance in Pregnant Women from Bata (Equatorial Guinea): 2012-2013.

    Plos One . 11(10): . Number of citations: 3

    [doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0165333]

  • Novais C, Tedim AP, Lanza VF, Freitas AR, Silveira E, Escada R, Roberts AP, Al-Haroni M, Baquero F, Peixe L, Coque TM.

    Co-diversification of Enterococcus faecium Core Genomes and PBP5: Evidences of pbp5 Horizontal Transfer.

    FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY . 7: 1581-1581. Number of citations: 26

    [doi:10.3389/fmicb.2016.01581]

  • Godoy P, Castilla J, Mayoral JM, Delgado-Rodríguez M, Martín V, Astray J, Soldevila N, González-Candelas F, Castro A, Baricot M, Tamames S, Alonso J, Galán JC, Quintana JM, Pumarola T, Domínguez A.

    Smoking may increase the risk of hospitalization due to influenza.

    EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH . 26(5): 882-887. Number of citations: 11

    [doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckw036]

  • Arbulu S, Jiménez JJ, Gútiez L, Campanero C, Del Campo R, Cintas LM, Herranz C, Hernández PE.

    Evaluation of bacteriocinogenic activity, safety traits and biotechnological potential of fecal lactic acid bacteria (LAB), isolated from Griffon Vultures (Gyps fulvus subsp. fulvus).

    BMC MICROBIOLOGY . 16(1): 228-228. Number of citations: 11

    [doi:10.1186/s12866-016-0840-2]

  • Chamizo F, Gilarranz R, Tosco T, Carrillo D, Holguín Á, Santana É, Pérez-Arellano JL, Hernández M, Francés A, Cárdenes MÁ, Zarzalejos JM, Pena-López MJ.

    Expansion of the E138A mutation in newly diagnosed HIV-infected patients in Gran Canaria.

    DIAGNOSTIC MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE . 86(1): 58-60.

    [doi:10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2016.06.014]

  • Pina-Vaz C, Silva AP, Faria-Ramos I, Teixeira-Santos R, Moura D, Vieira TF, Sousa SF, Costa-de-Oliveira S, Cantón R, Rodrigues AG.

    A Flow Cytometric and Computational Approaches to Carbapenems Affinity to the Different Types of Carbapenemases.

    FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY . 7: 1259-1259. Number of citations: 6

    [doi:10.3389/fmicb.2016.01259]

  • Merino I, Shaw E, Horcajada JP, Cercenado E, Mirelis B, Pallarés MA, Gómez J, Xercavins M, Martínez-Martínez L, De Cueto M, Cantón R, Ruiz-Garbajosa P, ITUBRAS-GEIH-SEIMC Group.

    CTX-M-15-H30Rx-ST131 subclone is one of the main causes of healthcare-associated ESBL-producing Escherichia coli bacteraemia of urinary origin in Spain.

    The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy . 71(8): 2125-2130. Number of citations: 33

    [doi:10.1093/jac/dkw133]

  • Sánchez-Díaz AM, Romero-Hernández B, Conde-Moreno E, Kwak YK, Zamora J, Colque-Navarro P, Möllby R, Ruiz-Garbajosa P, Cantón R, García-Bermejo L, Del Campo R.

    New Insights into the Enterococcus faecium and Streptococcus gallolyticus subsp. gallolyticus Host Interaction Mechanisms.

    Plos One . 11(7): . Number of citations: 4

    [doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0159159]

  • Curiao T, Marchi E, Grandgirard D, León-Sampedro R, Viti C, Leib SL, Baquero F, Oggioni MR, Martinez JL, Coque TM.

    Multiple adaptive routes of Salmonella enterica Typhimurium to biocide and antibiotic exposure.

    Bmc Genomics . 17(1): 491-491. Number of citations: 21

    [doi:10.1186/s12864-016-2778-z]

  • Cabello Úbeda A, Fernández Roblas R, García Delgado R, Martínez García L, Sterlin F, Fernández Guerrero ML, Górgolas M.

    Anorectal Lymphogranuloma Venereum in Madrid: A Persistent Emerging Problem in Men Who Have Sex With Men.

    SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES . 43(7): 414-419. Number of citations: 13

    [doi:10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000459]

  • Tato M, Ruiz-Garbajosa P, Traczewski M, Dodgson A, McEwan A, Humphries R, Hindler J, Veltman J, Wang H, Cantón R.

    Multisite Evaluation of Cepheid Xpert Carba-R Assay for Detection of Carbapenemase-Producing Organisms in Rectal Swabs.

    JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY . 54(7): 1814-1819. Number of citations: 84

    [doi:10.1128/JCM.00341-16]

  • Vila J, Sáez-López E, Johnson JR, Römling U, Dobrindt U, Cantón R, Giske CG, Naas T, Carattoli A, Martínez-Medina M, Bosch J, Retamar P, Rodríguez-Baño J, Baquero F, Soto SM.

    Escherichia coli: an old friend with new tidings.

    FEMS MICROBIOLOGY REVIEWS . 40(4): 437-463.

    [doi:10.1093/femsre/fuw005]

  • Furi L, Haigh R, Al Jabri ZJ, Morrissey I, Ou HY, León-Sampedro R, Martinez JL, Coque TM, Oggioni MR.

    Dissemination of Novel Antimicrobial Resistance Mechanisms through the Insertion Sequence Mediated Spread of Metabolic Genes.

    FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY . 7: 1008-1008. Number of citations: 18

    [doi:10.3389/fmicb.2016.01008]

  • Cantón R, García-Rodríguez J.

    La espectrometría de masas MALDI-TOF en microbiología clínica. De la innovación a la rutina del laboratorio.

    ENFERMEDADES INFECCIOSAS Y MICROBIOLOGIA CLINICA . 34 Suppl 2: 1-2.

    [doi:10.1016/S0213-005X(16)30183-5]

  • Silva AP, Faria-Ramos I, Ricardo E, Miranda IM, Espinar MJ, Costa-de-Oliveira S, Cantón R, Rodrigues AG, Pina-Vaz C.

    Rapid Flow Cytometry Test for Identification of Different Carbapenemases in Enterobacteriaceae.

    ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY . 60(6): 3824-3826. Number of citations: 7

    [doi:10.1128/AAC.02947-15]

  • Fortún J, Martín-Dávila P, Gomez Garcia de la Pedrosa E, Silva JT, Garcia-Rodríguez J, Benito D, Venanzi E, Castaño F, Fernández-Ruiz M, Lazaro F, García-Luján R, Quiles I, Cabanillas JJ, Moreno S, Aguado JM.

    Galactomannan in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid for diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis in non-hematological patients.

    JOURNAL OF INFECTION . 72(6): 738-744. Number of citations: 39

    [doi:10.1016/j.jinf.2016.02.019]