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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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  • Paniagua-García M, Bravo-Ferrer JM, Pérez-Galera S, Kostyanev T, de Kraker MEA, Feifel J, Palacios-Baena ZR, Schotsman J, Cantón R, Daikos GL, Carevic B, Dragovac G, Tan LK, Raka L, Hristea A, Viale P, Akova M, Cano Á, Reguera JM, Bartoloni A, Florescu SA, Benea S, Bukarica L, Asensio Á, Korten V, Grundmann H, Goossens H, Bonten MJ, Gutiérrez-Gutiérrez B, Rodríguez-Baño J.

    Attributable mortality of infections caused by carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales: results from a prospective, multinational case-control-control matched cohorts study (EURECA).

    Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases . 30(2): 223-230. Number of citations: 4

    [doi:10.1016/j.cmi.2023.11.008]

  • Rodríguez-Otero N, Fernández-Lozano C, Vicente-Santamaría S, Díaz-Montalvo L, Menéndez-Conde C, Sola-Martínez FJ.

    Rapid drug desensitization protocol in delayed hypersensitivity reactions to CFTR modulator drugs: When everyday counts.

    Journal of investigational allergology & clinical immunology . 34(5): 0-0.

    [doi:10.18176/jiaci.0982]

  • Mateos-Nozal J, Rodríguez-Domínguez M, San Román J, Candel FJ, Villarrubia N, Pérez-Panizo N, Segura E, Cuñarro JM, Ramírez-Arellano MVM, Rodríguez-Ramos R, Pariente-Rodríguez R, Villar LM, Ramos P, Cantón R, Cruz-Jentoft AJ, Galán JC.

    Factors Associated with SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Fully Vaccinated Nursing Home Residents and Workers.

    VIRUSES-BASEL . 16(2): .

    [doi:10.3390/v16020186]

  • Baquero F, Rodríguez-Beltrán J, Coque TM, Del Campo R.

    Boosting Fitness Costs Associated with Antibiotic Resistance in the Gut: On the Way to Biorestoration of Susceptible Populations.

    Biomolecules . 14(1): .

    [doi:10.3390/biom14010076]

  • Epalza C, Valadés-Alcaraz A, González-Alba JM, Beltrán-Pavez C, Gutiérrez-López M, Rubio-Garrido M, Fortuny C, Frick MA, Muñoz Medina L, Moreno S, Sanz J, Rojo P, Navarro ML, Holguín Á.

    Transmitted Drug Resistance and HIV Diversity Among Adolescents Newly Diagnosed With HIV in Spain.

    PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL . 43(1): 40-48.

    [doi:10.1097/INF.0000000000004138]

  • 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 : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases . 30(4): 469-480. Number of citations: 47

    [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. Number of citations: 12

    [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 . 13(1): 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): . Number of citations: 22

    [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 . 12(1): 285523-285523. Number of citations: 3

    [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): . Number of citations: 2

    [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): . Number of citations: 3

    [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. Number of citations: 3

    [doi:10.37201/req/115.2023]

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

    Bacteriostatic cells instead of bacteriostatic antibiotics?

    Mbio . 15(2): . Number of citations: 5

    [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 . 43(3): 605-610. Number of citations: 7

    [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. Number of citations: 6

    [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 . 43(2): 279-296. Number of citations: 14

    [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. Number of citations: 14

    [doi:10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2023.107014]