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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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  • Merino I, Hernández-García M, Turrientes MC, Pérez-Viso B, López-Fresneña N, Diaz-Agero C, Maechler F, Fankhauser-Rodriguez C, Kola A, Schrenzel J, Harbarth S, Bonten M, Gastmeier P, Canton R, Ruiz-Garbajosa P, R-GNOSIS Study Group.

    Emergence of ESBL-producing Escherichia coli ST131-C1-M27 clade colonizing patients in Europe.

    The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy . 73(11): 2973-2980. Number of citations: 34

    [doi:10.1093/jac/dky296]

  • Hernández-García M, Pérez-Viso B, Carmen Turrientes M, Díaz-Agero C, López-Fresneña N, Bonten M, Malhotra-Kumar S, Ruiz-Garbajosa P, Cantón R.

    Characterization of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae from colonized patients in a university hospital in Madrid, Spain, during the R-GNOSIS project depicts increased clonal diversity over time with maintenance of high-risk clones.

    The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy . 73(11): 3039-3043. Number of citations: 27

    [doi:10.1093/jac/dky284]

  • Russo A, Falcone M, Gutiérrez-Gutiérrez B, Calbo E, Almirante B, Viale PL, Oliver A, Ruiz-Garbajosa P, Gasch O, Gozalo M, Pitout J, Akova M, Peña C, Cisneros JM, Hernández-Torres A, Farcomeni A, Prim N, Origüen J, Bou G, Tacconelli E, Tumbarello M, Hamprecht A, Karaiskos I, de la Calle C, Pérez F, Schwaber MJ, Bermejo J, Lowman W, Hsueh PR, Mora-Rillo M, Rodriguez-Gomez J, Souli M, Bonomo RA, Paterson DL, Carmeli Y, Pascual A, Rodríguez-Baño J, Venditti M, REIPI/ESGBIS/INCREMENT investigators.

    Predictors of outcome in patients with severe sepsis or septic shock due to extended-spectrum ß-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae.

    INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS . 52(5): 577-585. Number of citations: 23

    [doi:10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2018.06.018]

  • Russo N, Caggia C, Pino A, Coque TM, Arioli S, Randazzo CL.

    Enterococcus spp. in Ragusano PDO and Pecorino Siciliano cheese types: A snapshot of their antibiotic resistance distribution.

    FOOD AND CHEMICAL TOXICOLOGY . 120: 277-286. Number of citations: 19

    [doi:10.1016/j.fct.2018.07.023]

  • Graells T, Hernández-García M, Pérez-Jové J, Guy L, Padilla E.

    Legionella pneumophila recurrently isolated in a Spanish hospital: Two years of antimicrobial resistance surveillance.

    ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH . 166: 638-646. Number of citations: 12

    [doi:10.1016/j.envres.2018.06.045]

  • Bordallo-Cardona MÁ, Escribano P, Marcos-Zambrano LJ, Díaz-García J, de la Pedrosa EG, Cantón R, Bouza E, Guinea J.

    Low and constant micafungin concentrations may be sufficient to lead to resistance mutations in FKS2 gene of Candida glabrata.

    Medical mycology . 56(7): 903-906. Number of citations: 10

    [doi:10.1093/mmy/myx124]

  • Blázquez J, Rodríguez-Beltrán J, Matic I.

    Antibiotic-Induced Genetic Variation: How It Arises and How It Can Be Prevented.

    ANNU REV MICROBIOL . 72: 209-230. Number of citations: 44

    [doi:10.1146/annurev-micro-090817-062139]

  • Bender JK, Cattoir V, Hegstad K, Sadowy E, Coque TM, Westh H, Hammerum AM, Schaffer K, Burns K, Murchan S, Novais C, Freitas AR, Peixe L, Del Grosso M, Pantosti A, Werner G.

    Update on prevalence and mechanisms of resistance to linezolid, tigecycline and daptomycin in enterococci in Europe: Towards a common nomenclature.

    DRUG RESISTANCE UPDATES . 40: 25-39. Number of citations: 93

    [doi:10.1016/j.drup.2018.10.002]

  • Baquero F.

    Causality in Biological Transmission: Forces and Energies.

    Microbiology spectrum . 6(5): . Number of citations: 3

    [doi:10.1128/microbiolspec.MTBP-0018-2016]

  • Morosini MI, Cantón R.

    Changes in bacterial hospital epidemiology.

    REVISTA ESPANOLA DE QUIMIOTERAPIA . 31 Suppl 1: 23-26. Number of citations: 4

  • Mouton JW, Muller AE, Canton R, G Giske C, Kahlmeter G, Turnidge J.

    MIC-based dose adjustment: facts and fables-authors' response.

    The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy . 73(9): 2585-2586. Number of citations: 5

    [doi:10.1093/jac/dky195]

  • Oravcová V, Peixe L, Coque TM, Novais C, Francia MV, Literák I, Freitas AR.

    Wild corvid birds colonized with vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium of human origin harbor epidemic vanA plasmids.

    ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL . 118: 125-133. Number of citations: 10

    [doi:10.1016/j.envint.2018.05.039]

  • Traczewski MM, Carretto E, Canton R, Moore NM.

    Multicenter Evaluation of the Xpert Carba-R Assay for Detection of Carbapenemase Genes in Gram-Negative Isolates.

    JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY . 56(8): . Number of citations: 47

    [doi:10.1128/JCM.00272-18]

  • Fortún J, Gioia F, Muñoz P, Graus J, Gómez-García de la Pedrosa E, Martín-Dávila P, Saiz A, Vena A, Moreno S.

    T2 magnetic resonance for the diagnosis of deep-seated invasive candidiasis in a liver recipient without candidemia.

    REVISTA IBEROAMERICANA DE MICOLOGIA . 35(3): 159-161.

    [doi:10.1016/j.riam.2018.03.002]

  • Torres C, Alonso CA, Ruiz-Ripa L, León-Sampedro R, Del Campo R, Coque TM.

    Antimicrobial Resistance in Enterococcus spp. of animal origin.

    Microbiology spectrum . 6(4): . Number of citations: 1

    [doi:10.1128/microbiolspec.ARBA-0032-2018]

  • Insenser M, Murri M, Del Campo R, Martínez-García MÁ, Fernández-Durán E, Escobar-Morreale HF.

    Gut Microbiota and the Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: Influence of Sex, Sex Hormones, and Obesity.

    JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM . 103(7): 2552-2562. Number of citations: 98

    [doi:10.1210/jc.2017-02799]

  • Novais C, Campos J, Freitas AR, Barros M, Silveira E, Coque TM, Antunes P, Peixe L.

    Water supply and feed as sources of antimicrobial-resistant Enterococcus spp. in aquacultures of rainbow trout (Oncorhyncus mykiss), Portugal.

    SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT . 625: 1102-1112. Number of citations: 17

    [doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.12.265]

  • Corral Í, Sainz de la Maza S, Rodríguez M, Kawiorski MM, López-Martínez MJ, Galán JC.

    Molecular detection of human herpesvirus 7 DNA in cerebrospinal fluid from adult patients with neurological disorders.

    JOURNAL OF NEUROVIROLOGY . 24(3): 333-338. Number of citations: 5

    [doi:10.1007/s13365-018-0618-4]