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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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  • Oliver, Antonio, Rojo-Molinero, Estrella, Arca-Suarez, Jorge, Besli, Yesim, Bogaerts, Pierre, Canton, Rafael, Cimen, Cansu, Croughs, Peter D, Denis, Olivier, Giske, Christian G, Graells, Tiscar, Daniel Huang, Te-Din, Iorga, Bogdan I, Karatuna, Onur, Kocsis, Bela, Kronenberg, Andreas, Lopez-Causape, Carla, Malhotra-Kumar, Surbhi, Martinez, Luis Martinez, Mazzariol, Annarita, Meyer, Sylvain, Naas, Thierry, Notermans, Daan W, Oteo-Iglesias, Jesus, Pedersen, Torunn, Pirs, Mateja, Poeta, Patricia, Poirel, Laurent, Pournaras, Spyros, Sundsfjord, Arnfinn, Szabo, Dora, Tambic-Andrasevic, Arjana, Vatcheva-Dobrevska, Rossitza, Vitkauskiene, Astra, Jeannot, Katy.

    Pseudomonas aeruginosa antimicrobial susceptibility profiles, resistance mechanisms and international clonal lineages: update from ESGARS-ESCMID/ISARPAE Group.

    CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION . 30(4): 469-480. Number of citations: 3

    [doi:10.1016/j.cmi.2023.12.026]

  • Hernandez-Garcia, Marta, Cabello, Margarita, Ponce-Alonso, Manuel, Herrador-Gomez, Pedro M, Gioia, Francesca, Cobo, Javier, Canton, Rafael, Ruiz-Garbajosa, Patricia.

    First detection in Spain of NDM-1-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa in two patients transferred from Ukraine to a university hospital.

    JOURNAL OF GLOBAL ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE . 36: 105-111.

    [doi:10.1016/j.jgar.2023.12.022]

  • Tunç MN, Guéneau V, Loux V, Del Campo R, Carballido Lopez R, Briandet R.

    Genome sequences of four colistin-resistant ESKAPE bacterial strains isolated from patients within the same hospital.

    Microbiology Resource Announcements . : 87423-87423.

    [doi:10.1128/mra.00874-23]

  • Alonso-Del Valle A, Toribio-Celestino L, Quirant A, Pi CT, DelaFuente J, Canton R, Rocha EPC, Ubeda C, Peña-Miller R, San Millan A.

    Antimicrobial resistance level and conjugation permissiveness shape plasmid distribution in clinical enterobacteria.

    PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA . 120(51): .

    [doi:10.1073/pnas.2314135120]

  • Martínez-García L, Orviz E, González-Alba JM, Comunión A, Puerta T, Mateo M, Sánchez-Conde M, Rodríguez-Jiménez MC, Rodríguez-Domínguez M, Bru-Gorraiz FJ, Del Romero J, Cantón R, Galán JC.

    Rapid expansion of lymphogranuloma venereum infections with fast diversification and spread of Chlamydia trachomatis L genovariants.

    Microbiology spectrum . : 285523-285523.

    [doi:10.1128/spectrum.02855-23]

  • Díaz-Formoso L, Silva V, Contente D, Feito J, Hernández PE, Borrero J, Igrejas G, Del Campo R, Muñoz-Atienza E, Poeta P, Cintas LM.

    Antibiotic Resistance Genes, Virulence Factors, and Biofilm Formation in Coagulase-Negative Staphylococcus spp. Isolates from European Hakes (Merluccius merluccius, L.) Caught in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean.

    PATHOGENS . 12(12): .

    [doi:10.3390/pathogens12121447]

  • Viteri-Echeverría J, Calvo-Lerma J, Ferriz-Jordán M, Garriga M, García-Hernández J, Heredia A, Ribes-Koninckx C, Andrés A, Asensio-Grau A.

    Association between Dietary Intake and Faecal Microbiota in Children with Cystic Fibrosis.

    Nutrients . 15(24): .

    [doi:10.3390/nu15245013]

  • Moreno Guillen, Santiago, Rodriguez-Artalejo, Fernando, Ruiz-Galiana, Julian, Canton, Rafael, De Lucas Ramos, Pilar, Garcia-Botella, Alejandra, Garcia-Lledo, Alberto, Hernandez-Sampelayo, Teresa, Gomez-Pavon, Javier, Gonzalez del Castillo, Juan, Martin-Delgado, Mari Cruz, Martin Sanchez, Francisco Javier, Martinez-Selles, Manuel, Molero Garcia, Jose Maria, Santiago, Begona, Antonio Caminero, Jose, Barros, Carlos, Garcia de Viedma, Dario, Martin, Carlos, Bouza, Emilio.

    Tuberculosis in Spain: An opinion paper

    REVISTA ESPANOLA DE QUIMIOTERAPIA . 36(6): 562-583.

    [doi:10.37201/req/115.2023]

  • Baquero F, Rodríguez-Beltrán J, Levin BR.

    Bacteriostatic cells instead of bacteriostatic antibiotics?

    Mbio . : .

    [doi:10.1128/mbio.02680-23]

  • Cruz S, Abreu D, Gomes R, Martins-Oliveira I, Silva-Dias A, Perez-Viso B, Cantón R, Pina-Vaz C.

    An improved protocol for bacteria identification by MALDI-TOF MS directly from positive blood cultures.

    EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY & INFECTIOUS DISEASES . : .

    [doi:10.1007/s10096-023-04725-3]

  • Viñuela L, de Salazar A, Fuentes A, Serrano-Conde E, Falces-Romero I, Pinto A, Portilla I, Masiá M, Peraire J, Gómez-Sirvent JL, Sanchiz M, Iborra A, Baza B, Aguilera A, Olalla J, Espinosa N, Iribarren JA, Martínez-Velasco M, Imaz A, Montero M, Rivero M, Suarez-García I, Maciá MD, Galán JC, Perez-Elias MJ, García-Fraile LJ, Moreno C, Garcia F.

    Transmitted drug resistance to antiretroviral drugs in Spain during the period 2019-2021.

    JOURNAL OF MEDICAL VIROLOGY . 95(12): 29287-29287.

    [doi:10.1002/jmv.29287]

  • Hernández-García M, García-Castillo M, Nieto-Torres M, Bou G, Ocampo-Sosa A, Pitart C, Gracia-Ahufinger I, Mulet X, Pascual Á, Tormo N, Oliver A, Ruiz-Garbajosa P, Cantón R.

    Deciphering mechanisms affecting cefepime-taniborbactam in vitro activity in carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales and carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas spp. isolates recovered during a surveillance study in Spain.

    EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY & INFECTIOUS DISEASES . : .

    [doi:10.1007/s10096-023-04697-4]

  • Cantón R, Gottlieb T, Coombs GW, Woo PCY, Korman TM, Garcia-Castillo M, Daley D, Bauer KA, Wong M, Wolf DJ, Siddiqui F, Motyl M.

    Antimicrobial surveillance: A 20-year history of the SMART approach to addressing global antimicrobial resistance into the future

    INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS . 62(6): 107014-107014.

    [doi:10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2023.107014]

  • Domínguez-Rodríguez S, Liz-López H, Panizo-LLedot A, Ballesteros Á, Dagan R, Greenberg D, Gutiérrez L, Rojo P, Otheo E, Galán JC, Villanueva S, García S, Mosquera P, Tagarro A, Moraleda C, Camacho D.

    Testing the performance, adequacy, and applicability of an artificial intelligence model for pediatric pneumonia diagnosis

    COMPUTER METHODS AND PROGRAMS IN BIOMEDICINE . 242: 107765-107765.

    [doi:10.1016/j.cmpb.2023.107765]

  • Díaz-García J, Machado M, Alcalá L, Reigadas E, Sánchez-Carrillo C, Pérez-Ayala A, Gómez-García de la Pedrosa E, González-Romo F, Merino P, Cuétara MS, García-Esteban C, Quiles-Melero I, Zurita ND, Muñoz-Algarra M, Durán-Valle MT, Martínez-Quintero GA, Sánchez-García A, Muñoz P, Escribano P, Guinea J, Mesquida A, Gómez A, Muñoz RP, González MDCV, Gómez-García De La Pedrosa E, Romo FG, Merino-Amador P, Muñoz Clemente OM, Antón Berenguer V, Lobato OC, Bernal G, Zurita N, Cobos AG, Romero IS, San Juan Delgado F, Romero YG, Fraile Torres AM.

    Antifungal resistance in Candida spp within the intra-abdominal cavity: study of resistance acquisition in patients with serial isolates.

    CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION . 29(12): 16041-16046. Number of citations: 1

    [doi:10.1016/j.cmi.2023.08.021]

  • Canton, Rafael, Ruiz-Garbajosa, Patricia.

    Treatment guidelines for multidrug-resistant Gram-negative microorganisms

    REVISTA ESPANOLA DE QUIMIOTERAPIA . 36: 46-51.

    [doi:10.37201/req/s01.11.2023]

  • Salar-Vidal L, Chaves C, Dianzo-Delgado IT, Favier P, Giner-Almaraz S, Gómez-Gómez MJ, Martín-Gutiérrez G, Pereira I, Rodríguez-Fernández A, Ruiz-Garbajosa P, Salas-Venero C, Esteban J.

    Multicenter evaluation of BioFire JI panel related to improved microbiological diagnostics on acute osteoarticular infections.

    INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY . 313(6): 151588-151588.

    [doi:10.1016/j.ijmm.2023.151588]

  • Candel FJ, Salavert M, Basaras M, Borges M, Cantón R, Cercenado E, Cilloniz C, Estella Á, García-Lechuz JM, Garnacho Montero J, Gordo F, Julián-Jiménez A, Martín-Sánchez FJ, Maseda E, Matesanz M, Menéndez R, Mirón-Rubio M, Ortiz de Lejarazu R, Polverino E, Retamar-Gentil P, Ruiz-Iturriaga LA, Sancho S, Serrano L.

    Ten Issues for Updating in Community-Acquired Pneumonia: An Expert Review

    Journal Of Clinical Medicine . 12(21): .

    [doi:10.3390/jcm12216864]