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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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  • Sánchez-Hernández RM, Martín-Frías M, Castaño L, Lamas A, Barrio R.

    Donohue syndrome. Extreme insulin resistance in the neonatal period

    ENDOCRINOLOGIA Y NUTRICION . 63(1): 45-46. Number of citations: 1

    [doi:10.1016/j.endonu.2015.10.002]

  • Kresken M, Körber-Irrgang B, Biedenbach DJ, Batista N, Besard V, Cantón R, García-Castillo M, Kalka-Moll W, Pascual A, Schwarz R, Van Meensel B, Wisplinghoff H, Seifert H.

    Comparative in vitro activity of oral antimicrobial agents against Enterobacteriaceae from patients with community-acquired urinary tract infections in three European countries

    CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION . 22(1): . Number of citations: 27

    [doi:10.1016/j.cmi.2015.08.019]

  • Sánchez-Díaz AM, Cuartero C, Rodríguez JD, Lozano S, Alonso JM, Rodríguez-Domínguez M, Tedim AP, Campo RD, Cantón R, Ruiz-Garbajosa P.

    The rise of ampicillin-resistant Enterococcus faecium high-risk clones as a frequent intestinal colonizer in oncohaematological neutropenic patients on levofloxacin prophylaxis: a risk for bacteraemia?

    CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION . 22(1): . Number of citations: 10

    [doi:10.1016/j.cmi.2015.08.008]

  • Caballero JD, Pastor MD, Vindel A, Máiz L, Yagüe G, Salvador C, Cobo M, Morosini MI, Del Campo R, Cantón R.

    Emergence of cfr-Mediated Linezolid Resistance in a Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Epidemic Clone Isolated from Patients with Cystic Fibrosis.

    ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY . 60(3): 1878-1882. Number of citations: 10

    [doi:10.1128/AAC.02067-15]

  • Alia-García E, Parra-Pecharromán D, Sánchez-Díaz A, Mendez S, Royuela A, Gil-Alberdi L, López-Palafox J, Del Campo R.

    Forensic identification in teeth with caries

    FORENSIC SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL . 257: 236-241. Number of citations: 7

    [doi:10.1016/j.forsciint.2015.08.021]

  • Roca I, Akova M, Baquero F, Carlet J, Cavaleri M, Coenen S, Cohen J, Findlay D, Gyssens I, Heuer OE, Kahlmeter G, Kruse H, Laxminarayan R, Liébana E, López-Cerero L, MacGowan A, Martins M, Rodríguez-Baño J, Rolain JM, Segovia C, Sigauque B, Tacconelli E, Wellington E, Vila J.

    Corrigendum to "The global threat of antimicrobial resistance: science for intervention" [New Microbes New Infect 6 (2015): 22-29].

    New microbes and new infections . 8: 175-175.

    [doi:10.1016/j.nmni.2015.09.004]

  • Cano Megías M, Guisado Vasco P, González Albarrán O, Lamas Ferreiro A, Máiz Carro L.

    Association of the relative change in weight and body mass index with lung function in teenagers and adults with cystic fibrosis: Influence of gender and diabetes

    ENDOCRINOLOGIA Y NUTRICION . 62(9): 422-429. Number of citations: 8

    [doi:10.1016/j.endonu.2015.06.009]

  • Santos JR, Blanco JL, Masiá M, Gutiérrez F, Pérez-Elías MJ, Iribarren JA, Force L, Antela A, Knobel H, Salavert M, López Bernaldo De Quirós JC, Pino M, Paredes R, Clotet B.

    Virological failure to raltegravir in Spain: incidence, prevalence and clinical consequences

    JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY . 70(11): 3087-3095. Number of citations: 9

    [doi:10.1093/jac/dkv205]

  • San Millan A, Toll-Riera M, Escudero JA, Cantón R, Coque TM, MacLean RC.

    Sequencing of plasmids pAMBL1 and pAMBL2 from Pseudomonas aeruginosa reveals a bla(VIM-1) amplification causing high-level carbapenem resistance

    JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY . 70(11): 3000-3003. Number of citations: 18

    [doi:10.1093/jac/dkv222]

  • Pacheco A, de Diego A, Domingo C, Lamas A, Gutierrez R, Naberan K, Garrigues V, López Vime R.

    Chronic Cough

    ARCHIVOS DE BRONCONEUMOLOGIA . 51(11): 579-589. Number of citations: 8

    [doi:10.1016/j.arbres.2015.03.019]

  • Espinel-Ingroff A, Alvarez-Fernandez M, Cantón E, Carver PL, Chen SC, Eschenauer G, Getsinger DL, Gonzalez GM, Govender NP, Grancini A, Hanson KE, Kidd SE, Klinker K, Kubin CJ, Kus JV, Lockhart SR, Meletiadis J, Morris AJ, Pelaez T, Quindós G, Rodriguez-Iglesias M, Sánchez-Reus F, Shoham S, Wengenack NL, Borrell Solé N, Echeverria J, Esperalba J, Gómez-G de la Pedrosa E, García García I, Linares MJ, Marco F, Merino P, Pemán J, Pérez Del Molino L, Roselló Mayans E, Rubio Calvo C, Ruiz Pérez de Pipaon M, Yagüe G, Garcia-Effron G, Guinea J, Perlin DS, Sanguinetti M, Shields R, Turnidge J.

    Multicenter Study of Epidemiological Cutoff Values and Detection of Resistance in Candida spp. to Anidulafungin, Caspofungin, and Micafungin Using the Sensititre YeastOne Colorimetric Method

    ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY . 59(11): 6725-6732. Number of citations: 48

    [doi:10.1128/AAC.01250-15]

  • Tato M, García-Castillo M, Bofarull AM, Cantón R.

    In vitro activity of ceftolozane/tazobactam against clinical isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Enterobacteriaceae recovered in Spanish medical centres: Results of the CENIT study

    INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS . 46(5): 502-510. Number of citations: 46

    [doi:10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2015.07.004]

  • Moles L, Gómez M, Jiménez E, Fernández L, Bustos G, Chaves F, Cantón R, Rodríguez JM, Del Campo R.

    Preterm infant gut colonization in the neonatal ICU and complete restoration 2 years later.

    CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION . 21(10): .

    [doi:10.1016/j.cmi.2015.06.003]

  • Camargo JF, Simkins J, Beduschi T, Tekin A, Aragon L, Pérez-Cardona A, Prado CE, Morris MI, Abbo LM, Cantón R.

    Successful Treatment of Carbapenemase-Producing Pandrug-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Bacteremia

    ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY . 59(10): 5903-5908. Number of citations: 41

    [doi:10.1128/AAC.00655-15]

  • Díez-Aguilar M, Morosini MI, Tedim AP, Rodríguez I, Aktas Z, Cantón R.

    Antimicrobial Activity of Fosfomycin-Tobramycin Combination against Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolates Assessed by Time-Kill Assays and Mutant Prevention Concentrations

    ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY . 59(10): 6039-6045. Number of citations: 24

    [doi:10.1128/AAC.00822-15]

  • Garcia-Etxebarria K, Bracho MA, Galán JC, Pumarola T, Castilla J, Ortiz de Lejarazu R, Rodríguez-Dominguez M, Quintela I, Bonet N, Garcia-Garcerà M, Domínguez A, González-Candelas F, Calafell F.

    No Major Host Genetic Risk Factor Contributed to A(H1N1)2009 Influenza Severity

    Plos One . 10(9): . Number of citations: 15

    [doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0135983]

  • Gil-Bona A, Parra-Giraldo CM, Hernáez ML, Reales-Calderon JA, Solis NV, Filler SG, Monteoliva L, Gil C.

    Candida albicans cell shaving uncovers new proteins involved in cell wall integrity, yeast to hypha transition, stress response and host-pathogen interaction

    JOURNAL OF PROTEOMICS . 127(B): 340-351. Number of citations: 45

    [doi:10.1016/j.jprot.2015.06.006]

  • Reales-Calderón JA, Corona F, Monteoliva L, Gil C, Martínez JL.

    Quantitative proteomics unravels that the post-transcriptional regulator Crc modulates the generation of vesicles and secreted virulence determinants of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

    JOURNAL OF PROTEOMICS . 127(B): 352-364. Number of citations: 18

    [doi:10.1016/j.jprot.2015.06.009]