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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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  • León-Sampedro R, Del Campo R, Rodriguez-Baños M, Lanza VF, Pozuelo MJ, Francés-Cuesta C, Tedim AP, Freitas AR, Novais C, Peixe L, Willems RJL, Corander J, González Candelas F, Baquero F, Coque TM.

    Phylogenomics of Enterococcus faecalis from wild birds: new insights into host-associated differences in core and accessory genomes of the species.

    ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY . 21(8): 3046-3062. Number of citations: 5

    [doi:10.1111/1462-2920.14702]

  • Hernández-García M, Pérez-Viso B, León-Sampedro R, Navarro-San Francisco C, López-Fresneña N, Díaz-Agero C, Morosini MI, Ruiz-Garbajosa P, Cantón R.

    Outbreak of NDM-1+CTX-M-15+DHA-1-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae high-risk clone in Spain owing to an undetectable colonised patient from Pakistan.

    INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS . 54(2): 233-239. Number of citations: 10

    [doi:10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2019.05.021]

  • Alcaide F, Trastoy R, Moure R, González-Bardanca M, Ambroa A, López M, Bleriot I, Blasco L, Fernandez-García L, Tato M, Bou G, Tomás M.

    Multiplex Real time PCR-short TUB assay for detection of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in smear-negative clinical samples with low mycobacterial loads.

    JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY . 57(8): .

    [doi:10.1128/JCM.00733-19]

  • Butt J, Fernández de Larrea N, Tjalsma H, Roelofs R, Kato I, Martín V, Pérez-Gómez B, Moreno V, Dierssen-Sotos T, Castilla J, Fernández-Tardón G, Amiano P, Salas D, Alguacil J, Jiménez-Moleón JJ, Huerta JM, de Sanjosé S, Del Campo R, Kogevinas M, Pollán M, Pawlita M, Waterboer T, Boleij A, Aragonés N.

    Antibody responses to flagellin C and Streptococcus gallolyticus pilus proteins in colorectal cancer.

    SCIENTIFIC REPORTS . 9(1): 10847-10847. Number of citations: 1

    [doi:10.1038/s41598-019-47347-6]

  • Del Barrio-Tofiño E, Zamorano L, Cortes-Lara S, López-Causapé C, Sánchez-Diener I, Cabot G, Bou G, Martínez-Martínez L, Oliver A.

    Spanish nationwide survey on Pseudomonas aeruginosa antimicrobial resistance mechanisms and epidemiology.

    The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy . 74(7): 1825-1835. Number of citations: 51

    [doi:10.1093/jac/dkz147]

  • McCall IC, Shah N, Govindan A, Baquero F, Levin BR.

    Antibiotic killing of diversely generated populations of non-replicating bacteria.

    ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY . 63(7): . Number of citations: 19

    [doi:10.1128/AAC.02360-18]

  • Lorenzo I, Fernández-de-Larrea N, Michel A, Romero B, Lope V, Bessa X, Moreno V, Martín V, Amiano P, Castilla J, Tardón A, Dierssen-Sotos T, Peiró R, Díaz-Santos M, Navarro C, Jiménez-Moleón JJ, Butt J, Barricarte A, Ruiz I, Molina-de-la-Torre AJ, Casabonne D, Pérez-Gómez B, Kogevinas M, Del Campo R, de Sanjosé S, Pollán M, Waterboer T, Aragonés N.

    Helicobacter pylori seroprevalence in Spain: influence of adult and childhood sociodemographic factors.

    EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CANCER PREVENTION . 28(4): 294-303. Number of citations: 8

    [doi:10.1097/CEJ.0000000000000483]

  • Ramos-Vivas J, Chapartegui-González I, Fernández-Martínez M, González-Rico C, Fortún J, Escudero R, Marco F, Linares L, Montejo M, Aranzamendi M, Muñoz P, Valerio M, Aguado JM, Resino E, Ahufinger IG, Vega AP, Martínez L, Fariñas MC, ENTHERE Study Group, the Group for Study of Infection in Transplantation of the.

    Biofilm formation by multidrug resistant Enterobacteriaceae strains isolated from solid organ transplant recipients.

    SCIENTIFIC REPORTS . 9(1): 8928-8928. Number of citations: 28

    [doi:10.1038/s41598-019-45060-y]

  • Vargas JM, Moreno Mochi MP, Nuñez JM, Cáceres M, Mochi S, Del Campo Moreno R, Jure MA.

    Virulence factors and clinical patterns of multiple-clone hypermucoviscous KPC-2 producing K.pneumoniae .

    Heliyon . 5(6): . Number of citations: 11

    [doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2019.e01829]

  • Morrissey I, Cantón R, Vila J, Gargallo-Viola D, Zsolt I, Garcia-Castillo M, López Y.

    Microbiological profile of ozenoxacin.

    Future Microbiology . 14(9): 773-787. Number of citations: 7

    [doi:10.2217/fmb-2019-0089]

  • Bernal-Martínez L, Alcazar Fuoli L, Miguel-Revilla B, Carvalho A, Cuétara Garcia MS, Garcia-Rodriguez J, Cunha C, Gómez-García de la Pedrosa E, Gomez-Lopez A.

    High Resolution Melting assay for genotyping variants of CYP2C19 enzyme: Utility in predicting voriconazole effectiveness.

    ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY . 63(6): . Number of citations: 3

    [doi:10.1128/AAC.02399-18]

  • López-Pintor JM, Navarro-San Francisco C, Sánchez-López J, García-Caballero A, Loza Fernández de Bobadilla E, Morosini MI, Cantón R.

    Direct antimicrobial susceptibility testing from the blood culture pellet obtained for MALDI-TOF identification of Enterobacterales and Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

    EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY & INFECTIOUS DISEASES . 38(6): 1095-1104. Number of citations: 4

    [doi:10.1007/s10096-019-03498-y]

  • Escribano E, Saralegui C, Moles L, Montes MT, Alba C, Alarcón T, Lázaro-Perona F, Rodríguez JM, Sáenz de Pipaón M, Del Campo R.

    Influence of a Serratia marcescens outbreak on the gut microbiota establishment process in low-weight preterm neonates.

    Plos One . 14(5): . Number of citations: 6

    [doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0216581]

  • García-Fernández S, Frentrup M, Steglich M, Gonzaga A, Cobo M, López-Fresneña N, Cobo J, Morosini MI, Cantón R, Del Campo R, Nübel U.

    Whole-genome sequencing reveals nosocomial Clostridioides difficile transmission and a previously unsuspected epidemic scenario.

    SCIENTIFIC REPORTS . 9(1): 6959-6959. Number of citations: 12

    [doi:10.1038/s41598-019-43464-4]

  • Sánchez-López J, García-Caballero A, Navarro-San Francisco C, Quereda C, Ruiz-Garbajosa P, Navas E, Dronda F, Morosini MI, Cantón R, Diez-Aguilar M.

    Hypermucoviscous Klebsiella pneumoniae : A challenge in community acquired infection.

    Idcases . 17: . Number of citations: 16

    [doi:10.1016/j.idcr.2019.e00547]

  • Díez-Aguilar M, Cantón R.

    New microbiological aspects of fosfomycin.

    REVISTA ESPANOLA DE QUIMIOTERAPIA . 32 Suppl 1: 8-18. Number of citations: 19

  • García-Fernández S, García-Castillo M, Bou G, Calvo J, Cercenado E, Delgado M, Pitart C, Mulet X, Tormo N, Mendoza DL, Díaz-Regañón J, Cantón R.

    Activity of ceftolozane-tazobactam against Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Enterobacterales isolates recovered in Intensive Care Units in Spain: The SUPERIOR multicentre study.

    INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS . 53(5): 682-688. Number of citations: 22

    [doi:10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2019.02.004]

  • Fernández-Rodríguez A, Burton JL, Andreoletti L, Alberola J, Fornes P, Merino I, Martínez MJ, Castillo P, Sampaio-Maia B, Caldas IM, Saegeman V, Cohen MC, ESGFOR and the ESP.

    Post-mortem microbiology in sudden death: sampling protocols proposed in different clinical settings.

    Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases . 25(5): 570-579. Number of citations: 14

    [doi:10.1016/j.cmi.2018.08.009]