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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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  • Cabal A, Gómez-Barrero S, Porrero C, Bárcena C, López G, Cantón R, Gortázar C, Domínguez L, Álvarez J.

    Assessment of Virulence Factors Characteristic of Human Escherichia coli Pathotypes and Antimicrobial Resistance in O157:H7 and Non-O157:H7 Isolates from Livestock in Spain

    APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY . 79(13): 4170-4172. Number of citations: 21

    [doi:10.1128/AEM.00537-13]

  • Novais Â, Vuotto C, Pires J, Montenegro C, Donelli G, Coque TM, Peixe L.

    Diversity and biofilm-production ability among isolates of Escherichia coli phylogroup D belonging to ST69, ST393 and ST405 clonal groups

    BMC MICROBIOLOGY . 13: 144-144. Number of citations: 25

    [doi:10.1186/1471-2180-13-144]

  • Díez-Aguilar M, Ruiz-Garbajosa P, Fernández-Olmos A, Guisado P, Del Campo R, Quereda C, Cantón R, Meseguer MA.

    Non-diphtheriae Corynebacterium species: an emerging respiratory pathogen

    EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY & INFECTIOUS DISEASES . 32(6): 769-772. Number of citations: 46

    [doi:10.1007/s10096-012-1805-5]

  • Máiz L, Girón RM, Olveira C, Quintana E, Lamas A, Pastor D, Cantón R, Mensa J.

    Inhaled antibiotics for the treatment of chronic bronchopulmonary Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection in cystic fibrosis: systematic review of randomised controlled trials

    EXPERT OPINION ON PHARMACOTHERAPY . 14(9): 1135-1149. Number of citations: 41

    [doi:10.1517/14656566.2013.790366]

  • de Toro M, Rodríguez I, Rojo-Bezares B, Helmuth R, Torres C, Guerra B, Sáenz Y.

    pMdT1, a small ColE1-like plasmid mobilizing a new variant of the aac(6)-Ib-cr gene in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium

    JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY . 68(6): 1277-1280. Number of citations: 16

    [doi:10.1093/jac/dkt001]

  • Yebra G, de Mulder M, Holguín Á.

    Description of HIV-1 group M molecular epidemiology and drug resistance prevalence in Equatorial Guinea from migrants in Spain.

    Plos One . 8(5): . Number of citations: 11

    [doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0064293]

  • Machado E, Coque TM, Cantón R, Sousa JC, Peixe L.

    Commensal Enterobacteriaceae as reservoirs of extended-spectrum beta-lactamases, integrons, and sul genes in Portugal

    FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY . 4: 80-80. Number of citations: 30

    [doi:10.3389/fmicb.2013.00080]

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

    Effectiveness of vaccination with 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine in preventing hospitalization with laboratory confirmed influenza during the 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 seasons.

    HUMAN VACCINES & IMMUNOTHERAPEUTICS . 9(4): 865-873. Number of citations: 14

    [doi:10.4161/hv.23090]

  • Liebana E, Carattoli A, Coque TM, Hasman H, Magiorakos AP, Mevius D, Peixe L, Poirel L, Schuepbach-Regula G, Torneke K, Torren-Edo J, Torres C, Threlfall J.

    Public Health Risks of Enterobacterial Isolates Producing Extended-Spectrum beta-Lactamases or AmpC beta-Lactamases in Food and Food-Producing Animals: An EU Perspective of Epidemiology, Analytical Methods, Risk Factors, and Control Options

    CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES . 56(7): 1030-1037. Number of citations: 182

    [doi:10.1093/cid/cis1043]

  • Domínguez A, Castilla J, Godoy P, Delgado-Rodríguez M, Saez M, Soldevila N, Astray J, María Mayoral J, Martín V, María Quintana J, González-Candelas F, Galán JC, Tamames S, Acosta AC, Baricot M, Garín O, José García J, Moraga F, Pumarola T.

    Benefit of Conjugate Pneumococcal Vaccination in Preventing Influenza Hospitalization in Children: A Case-control Study

    PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL . 32(4): 330-334. Number of citations: 10

    [doi:10.1097/INF.0b013e318280a34b]

  • Freitas AR, Novais C, Tedim AP, Francia MV, Baquero F, Peixe L, Coque TM.

    Microevolutionary events involving narrow host plasmids influences local fixation of vancomycin-resistance in Enterococcus populations.

    Plos One . 8(3): . Number of citations: 45

    [doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0060589]

  • García-Descalzo L, García-López E, Postigo M, Baquero F, Alcazar A, Cid C.

    Eukaryotic microorganisms in cold environments: examples from Pyrenean glaciers.

    FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY . 4: 55-55. Number of citations: 12

    [doi:10.3389/fmicb.2013.00055]

  • Baquero F, Tedim AP, Coque TM.

    Antibiotic resistance shaping multi-level population biology of bacteria.

    FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY . 4: 15-15. Number of citations: 112

    [doi:10.3389/fmicb.2013.00015]

  • Launes C, García-García JJ, Martínez-Planas A.

    Clinical features of influenza disease in admitted children during the first postpandemic season and risk factors for hospitalization: a multicentre Spanish experience

    CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION . 19(3): 157-162. Number of citations: 8

    [doi:10.1111/1469-0691.12106]

  • Castilla J, Godoy P, Domínguez Á, Martín V, Delgado-Rodríguez M, Martínez-Baz I, Baricot M, Soldevila N, Mayoral JM, Astray J, Quintana JM, Cantón R, Castro A, González-Candelas F, Alonso J, Saez M, Tamames S, Pumarola T.

    Risk factors and effectiveness of preventive measures against influenza in the community.

    INFLUENZA AND OTHER RESPIRATORY VIRUSES . 7(2): 177-183. Number of citations: 17

    [doi:10.1111/j.1750-2659.2012.00361.x]

  • Yebra G, Holguín A, Pillay D, Hué S.

    Phylogenetic and demographic characterization of HIV-1 transmission in Madrid, Spain.

    INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION . 14: 232-239. Number of citations: 24

    [doi:10.1016/j.meegid.2012.12.006]

  • Hawser SP, Badal RE, Bouchillon SK, Hoban DJ, Biedenbach DJ, Cantón R, Paterson DL.

    Monitoring the global in vitro activity of ertapenem against Escherichia coli from intra-abdominal infections: SMART 2002-2010

    INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS . 41(3): 224-228. Number of citations: 30

    [doi:10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2012.10.014]

  • Galán JC, González-Candelas F, Rolain JM, Cantón R.

    Antibiotics as selectors and accelerators of diversity in the mechanisms of resistance: from the resistome to genetic plasticity in the beta-lactamases world

    FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY . 4: 9-9. Number of citations: 48

    [doi:10.3389/fmicb.2013.00009]