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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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  • Baquero F, Moya A.

    Intelligibility in microbial complex systems: Wittgenstein and the score of life.

    FRONTIERS IN CELLULAR AND INFECTION MICROBIOLOGY . 2: 88-88. Number of citations: 5

    [doi:10.3389/fcimb.2012.00088]

  • Rodríguez I, Rodicio MR, Guerra B, Hopkins KL.

    Potential International Spread of Multidrug-Resistant Invasive Salmonella enterica Serovar Enteritidis

    EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES . 18(7): 1173-1176. Number of citations: 24

    [doi:10.3201/eid1807.120063]

  • Baquero F, Nombela C.

    The microbiome as a human organ.

    Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases . 18 Suppl 4(4, SI): 2-4. Number of citations: 181

    [doi:10.1111/j.1469-0691.2012.03916.x]

  • Fortún J, Martín-Dávila P, Gómez-García de la Pedrosa E, Pintado V, Cobo J, Fresco G, Meije Y, Ros L, Alvarez ME, Luengo J, Agundez M, Belso A, Sánchez-Sousa A, Loza E, Moreno S.

    Emerging trends in candidemia: A higher incidence but a similar outcome

    JOURNAL OF INFECTION . 65(1): 64-70. Number of citations: 55

    [doi:10.1016/j.jinf.2012.02.011]

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

    Prognosis of hospitalized patients with 2009 H1N1 influenza in Spain: influence of neuraminidase inhibitors.

    The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy . 67(7): 1739-1745. Number of citations: 16

    [doi:10.1093/jac/dks098]

  • Baquero F.

    Metagenomic epidemiology: a public health need for the control of antimicrobial resistance.

    Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases . 18 Suppl 4(4, SI): 67-73. Number of citations: 30

    [doi:10.1111/j.1469-0691.2012.03860.x]

  • Rolain JM, Canton R, Cornaglia G.

    Emergence of antibiotic resistance: need for a new paradigm

    Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases . 18(7): 615-616. Number of citations: 31

    [doi:10.1111/j.1469-0691.2012.03902.x]

  • Novais A, Pires J, Ferreira H, Costa L, Montenegro C, Vuotto C, Donelli G, Coque TM, Peixe L.

    Characterization of Globally Spread Escherichia coli ST131 Isolates (1991 to 2010)

    ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY . 56(7): 3973-3976. Number of citations: 41

    [doi:10.1128/AAC.00475-12]

  • Morosini MI, Cercenado E, Ardanuy C, Torres C.

    Phenotypic detection of resistance mechanisms in gram-positive bacteria

    ENFERMEDADES INFECCIOSAS Y MICROBIOLOGIA CLINICA . 30(6): 325-332. Number of citations: 10

    [doi:10.1016/j.eimc.2011.09.009]

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

    Effectiveness of hand hygiene and provision of information in preventing influenza cases requiring hospitalization.

    PREVENTIVE MEDICINE . 54(6): 434-439. Number of citations: 38

    [doi:10.1016/j.ypmed.2012.04.009]

  • Cueva C, Mingo S, Muñoz-González I, Bustos I, Requena T, del Campo R, Martín-Álvarez PJ, Bartolomé B, Moreno-Arribas MV.

    Antibacterial activity of wine phenolic compounds and oenological extracts against potential respiratory pathogens

    LETTERS IN APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY . 54(6): 557-563. Number of citations: 52

    [doi:10.1111/j.1472-765X.2012.03248.x]

  • Nordmann P, Gniadkowski M, Giske CG.

    Identification and screening of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae

    ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY . 18: 432-438. Number of citations: 259

    [doi:10.1111/j.1469-0691.2012.03815.x]

  • Pemán J, Cantón E, Quindós G, Eraso E, Alcoba J, Guinea J, Merino P, Ruiz-Pérez-de-Pipaon MT, Pérez-del-Molino L, Linares-Sicilia MJ, Marco F, García J, Roselló EM, Gómez-G-de-la-Pedrosa E, Borrell N, Porras A, Yagüe G.

    Epidemiology, species distribution and in vitro antifungal susceptibility of fungaemia in a Spanish multicentre prospective survey

    The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy . 67(5): 1181-1187. Number of citations: 117

    [doi:10.1093/jac/dks019]

  • Gijón D, Curiao T, Baquero F, Coque TM, Cantón R.

    Fecal carriage of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae: a hidden reservoir in hospitalized and nonhospitalized patients.

    JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY . 50(5): 1558-1563. Number of citations: 53

    [doi:10.1128/JCM.00020-12]

  • García-Castillo M, Máiz L, Morosini MI, Rodríguez-Baños M, Suarez L, Fernández-Olmos A, Baquero F, Cantón R, del Campo R.

    Emergence of a mutL mutation causing multilocus sequence typing-pulsed-field gel electrophoresis discrepancy among Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from a cystic fibrosis patient.

    JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY . 50(5): 1777-1778. Number of citations: 19

    [doi:10.1128/JCM.05478-11]

  • Cantón R, Akóva M, Carmeli Y, Giske CG, Glupczynski Y, Gniadkowski M, Livermore DM, Miriagou V, Naas T, Rossolini GM, Samuelsen Ø, Seifert H, Woodford N, Nordmann P.

    Rapid evolution and spread of carbapenemases among Enterobacteriaceae in Europe

    Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases . 18(5): 413-431. Number of citations: 607

    [doi:10.1111/j.1469-0691.2012.03821.x]

  • Novais Â, Viana D, Baquero F, Martínez-Botas J, Cantón R, Coque TM.

    Contribution of IncFII and broad-host IncA/C and IncN plasmids to the local expansion and diversification of phylogroup B2 Escherichia coli ST131 clones carrying blaCTX-M-15 and qnrS1 genes.

    ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY . 56(5): 2763-2766. Number of citations: 23

    [doi:10.1128/AAC.06001-11]

  • Valdezate S, Miranda C, Navarro A, Freitas AR, Cabrera JJ, Carrasco G, Coque TM, Jiménez-Romano E, Saéz-Nieto JA.

    Clonal outbreak of ST17 multidrug-resistant Enterococcus faecium harbouring an Inc18-like::Tn1546 plasmid in a haemo-oncology ward of a Spanish hospital

    The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy . 67(4): 832-836. Number of citations: 23

    [doi:10.1093/jac/dkr545]