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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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  • Gómez-Pavón J, González Del Castillo J, Martín-Delgado MC, Martín Sánchez FJ, Martínez-Sellés M, Molero García JM, Moreno Guillén S, Rodríguez-Artalejo FJ, Ruiz-Galiana J, Cantón R, De Lucas Ramos P, García-Botella A, García-Lledó A, Hernández-Sampelayo T, Bouza E.

    COVID-19: Some unresolved issues.

    REVISTA ESPANOLA DE QUIMIOTERAPIA . 35(5): 421-434.

    [doi:10.37201/req/028.2022]

  • González Del Castillo J, Martín-Delgado MC, Martín Sánchez FJ, Martínez-Sellés M, Molero García JM, Moreno Guillén S, Rodríguez-Artalejo FJ, Ruiz-Galiana J, Cantón R, De Lucas Ramos P, García-Botella A, García-Lledó A, Hernández-Sampelayo T, Gómez-Pavón J, Bouza E.

    Lessons from COVID-19 for future disasters: an opinion paper

    REVISTA ESPANOLA DE QUIMIOTERAPIA . 35(5): 444-454. Number of citations: 1

    [doi:10.37201/req/058.2022]

  • Gómez-Pavón J, González Del Castillo J, Martín-Delgado MC, Martín Sánchez FJ, Martínez-Sellés M, Molero García JM, MORENO GUILLÉN, SANTIAGO, Rodríguez Artalejo FJ, Ruiz-Galiana J, CANTÓN MORENO, RAFAEL.

    COVID-19: Some unresolved issues

    REVISTA ESPANOLA DE QUIMIOTERAPIA . 35(5): 421-434.

    [doi:10.37201/req/028.2022.]

  • Antonelli A, Coppi M, Tellapragada C, Hasan B, Maruri A, Gijón D, Morecchiato F, de Vogel C, Verbon A, van Wamel W, Kragh KN, Frimodt-Møller N, Cantón R, Giske CG, Rossolini GM.

    Isothermal microcalorimetry vs checkerboard assay to evaluate in-vitro synergism of meropenem-amikacin and meropenem-colistin combinations against multi-drug-resistant Gram-negative pathogens

    INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS . 60(4): 106668-106668. Number of citations: 4

    [doi:10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2022.106668]

  • Del Valle-Pérez R, Ballesteros Á, Calvo C, Sainz T, Mendez A, Grasa C, Molina PR, Mellado MJ, Sanz-Santaeufemia FJ, Herrero B, Calleja L, Soriano-Arandes A, Melendo S, Rincón-López E, Hernánz A, Epalza C, García-Baeza C, Rupérez-García E, Berzosa A, Ocaña A, Villarroya-Villalba A, Barrios A, Otheo E, Galán JC, Rodríguez MJ, Mesa JM, Domínguez-Rodríguez S, Moraleda C, Tagarro A.

    Comparison of pneumonia features in children caused by SARS-CoV-2 and other viral respiratory pathogens

    PEDIATRIC PULMONOLOGY . 57(10): 2374-2382. Number of citations: 2

    [doi:10.1002/ppul.26042]

  • Ruz-Caracuel I, Pian-Arias H, Corral Í, Carretero-Barrio I, Bueno-Sacristán D, Pérez-Mies B, García-Cosío M, Caniego-Casas T, Pizarro D, García-Narros MI, Piris-Villaespesa M, Pestaña D, de Pablo R, Galán JC, Masjuan J, Palacios J.

    Neuropathological findings in fatal COVID-19 and their associated neurological clinical manifestations

    Pathology . 54(6): 738-745. Number of citations: 7

    [doi:10.1016/j.pathol.2022.03.006]

  • Torres-Fernandez D, Jiménez de Ory S, Fortuny C, Sainz T, Falcón D, Bernal E, Jiménez MC, Vilasaró MN, Epalza C, Navarro M, Ramos JT, Holguín Á, Prieto L.

    Integrase inhibitors in children and adolescents: clinical use and resistance

    JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY . 77(10): 2784-2792. Number of citations: 1

    [doi:10.1093/jac/dkac259]

  • Larrosa MN, Canut-Blasco A, Benito N, Cantón R, Cercenado E, Docobo-Pérez F, Fernández-Cuenca F, Fernández-Domínguez J, Guinea J, López-Navas A, Moreno MÁ, Morosini MI, Navarro F, Martínez-Martínez L, Oliver A.

    Spanish Antibiogram Committee (COESANT) recommendations for cumulative antibiogram reports.

    Enfermedades Infecciosas Y Microbiologia Clinica (english Ed.) . : .

    [doi:10.1016/j.eimce.2022.09.002]

  • Campos M, Sempere JM, Galán JC, Moya A, Cantón R, Llorens C, Baquero F.

    Simulating the efficacy of vaccines on the epidemiological dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 in a membrane computing model.

    Microlife . 3: 18-18. Number of citations: 1

    [doi:10.1093/femsml/uqac018]

  • Cantón R, Akova M, Langfeld K, Torumkuney D.

    Relevance of the Consensus Principles for Appropriate Antibiotic Prescribing in 2022.

    JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY . 77(Supplement_1): 2-9.

    [doi:10.1093/jac/dkac211]

  • Vidal-Cortés P, Martin-Loeches I, Rodríguez A, Bou G, Cantón R, Diaz E, De la Fuente C, Torre-Cisneros J, Nuvials FX, Salavert M, Aguilar G, Nieto M, Ramírez P, Borges M, Soriano C, Ferrer R, Maseda E, Zaragoza R.

    Current Positioning against Severe Infections Due to Klebsiella pneumoniae in Hospitalized Adults

    ANTIBIOTICS-BASEL . 11(9): . Number of citations: 4

    [doi:10.3390/antibiotics11091160]

  • Ortiz-Cartagena C, Fernández-García L, Blasco L, Pacios O, Bleriot I, López M, Cantón R, Tomás M.

    Reverse Transcription-Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification-CRISPR-Cas13a Technology as a Promising Diagnostic Tool for SARS-CoV-2.

    Microbiology spectrum . : . Number of citations: 1

    [doi:10.1128/spectrum.02398-22]

  • Halperin AV, Del Castillo Polo JA, Cortes-Cuevas JL, Cardenas Isasi MJ, Ampuero Morisaki M, Birch R, Sánchez Díaz AM, Cantón R.

    Impact of Automated Blood Culture Systems on the Management of Bloodstream Infections: Results from a Crossover Diagnostic Clinical Trial.

    Microbiology spectrum . : .

    [doi:10.1128/spectrum.01436-22]

  • Corbacho-Loarte MD, Crespillo-Andújar C, Chamorro-Tojeiro S, Norman F, Pérez-Molina JA, Martín O, Rubio JM, Gullón-Peña B, López-Vélez R, Monge-Maillo B.

    Screening of imported malaria infection in asymptomatic migrants from Sub-Saharan Africa: A retrospective analysis of a 2010-2019 cohort

    TRAVEL MEDICINE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE . 49: 102411-102411. Number of citations: 3

    [doi:10.1016/j.tmaid.2022.102411]

  • Erdem F, Díez-Aguilar M, Oksuz L, Kayacan C, Abulaila A, Oncul O, Morosini MI, Cantón R, Aktas Z.

    Time kill-assays of antibiotic combinations for multidrug resistant clinical isolates of OXA-48 carbapenemase producing Klebsiella pneumoniae

    ACTA MICROBIOLOGICA ET IMMUNOLOGICA HUNGARICA . 69(3): 215-219. Number of citations: 1

    [doi:10.1556/030.2022.01785]

  • Kaci K, Del Caño R, Luna M, Milán-Rois P, Castellanos M, Abreu M, Cantón R, Galán JC, Somoza Á, Miranda R, González de Rivera G, García-Mendiola T, Lorenzo E.

    Paving the way to point of care (POC) devices for SARS-CoV-2 detection.

    Talanta . 247: 123542-123542. Number of citations: 4

    [doi:10.1016/j.talanta.2022.123542]

  • Marín-Miret J, González-Serrano F, Rosas T, Baixeras J, Latorre A, Pérez-Cobas AE, Moya A.

    Temporal variations shape the gut microbiome ecology of the moth Brithys crini

    ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY . 24(9): 3939-3953. Number of citations: 2

    [doi:10.1111/1462-2920.15952]

  • Díaz-García J, Gómez A, Alcalá L, Reigadas E, Sánchez-Carrillo C, Pérez-Ayala A, Gómez-García de la Pedrosa E, González-Romo F, Merino-Amador P, Cuétara MS, García-Esteban C, Quiles-Melero I, Zurita ND, Muñoz-Algarra M, Sánchez-Romero I, Durán-Valle MT, Sánchez-García A, Alcoceba E, Muñoz P, Escribano P, Guinea J.

    Evidence of Fluconazole-Resistant Candida parapsilosis Genotypes Spreading across Hospitals Located in Madrid, Spain and Harboring the Y132F ERG11p Substitution

    ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY . 66(8): . Number of citations: 14

    [doi:10.1128/aac.00710-22]