About the VHIR
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The Microbiology research group of the Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR) focuses on the study of microbiological aspects —in basic, translational and clinical research— that could improve the outcome of patients with infectious diseases.
Our priority research areas are:
We actively collaborate with other microbiology laboratories, health services, national and international centres and organizations, as well as with the different research networks of the Carlos III Health Institute in Spain.
In addition, we carry out an important activity in the surveillance of the genotypic and phenotypic evolution of microorganisms present in the community in terms of their virulence, transmissibility, antigenic escape and antimicrobial resistance, in collaboration with public administrations, both at the national and international level.
PMID: 35780057 Journal: Journal of healthcare quality research Year: 2022 Reference: J Healthc Qual Res. 2022 Mar 10. pii: S2603-6479(22)00012-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jhqr.2022.02.006. Impact factor: 0 Publication type: Paper in international publication Authors: Rodriguez, I; Barba, M-A; Cebrian, R; Abadias, M-J; Aller, M-B; Cossio-Gil, Y; Roman, A; Dominguez, J-M; Campins, M; Martinez, J et al. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhqr.2022.02.006
PMID: 34515070 Journal: BLOOD PURIFICATION Year: 2022 Reference: Blood Purif. 2022;51(7):630-633. doi: 10.1159/000518229. Epub 2021 Sep 7. Impact factor: 2.614 Publication type: Letter or abstract Authors: Gonzalez, Juan Jose; Larrosa, Nieves; Perez-Carrasco, Marcos; Ruiz-Sanmartin, Adolf; Palmada, Clara; Chiscano-Camon, Luis; Ruiz-Rodriguez, Juan Carlos; Hernandez-Gonzalez, Manuel; Ferrer, Ricard et al. DOI: 10.1159/000518229
PMID: 35841452 Journal: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY & INFECT Year: 2022 Reference: Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2022 Jul 16. pii: 10.1007/s10096-022-04472-x. doi: 10.1007/s10096-022-04472-x. Impact factor: 3.267 Publication type: Paper in international publication Authors: Capron, Nicolas, Louis, Barbara, Lassus, Anna, Pumarola, Tomas, Larrosa, M Nieves, Gonzalez-Lopez, Juan Jose, Jissam, Ali, Gaskin, Mark, Yamamura, Deborah, Caruso, Arnaldo et al. DOI: 10.1007/s10096-022-04472-x
PMID: 35815569 Journal: JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY Year: 2022 Reference: J Antimicrob Chemother. 2022 Jul 11. pii: 6639590. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkac199. Impact factor: 5.79 Publication type: Paper in international publication Authors: Cercenado, Emilia, Larrosa, Nieves, Quesada, M feminine Dolores, Yuste, Jose, Casabella, Antonio, Cubero, Meritxell, Marimon, Jose Maria, Dominguez, M Angeles, Carrera-Salinas, Anna, Camara, Jordi et al. DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkac199
PMID: 34604116 Journal: Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology Year: 2021 Reference: Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2021 Sep 15;11:736630. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2021.736630. eCollection 2021. Impact factor: 5.293 Publication type: Paper in international publication Authors: Silgado, Aroa, Gual-Gonzalez, Lidia, Oliveira-Souto, Ines, Goterris, Lidia, Serre-Delcor, Nuria, Esperalba, Juliana, Gomez-I-Prat, Jordi, Fernandez-Naval, Candela, Molina, Israel, Pumarola, Tomas et al. DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2021.736630
PMID: 34568244 Journal: Frontiers in Pediatrics Year: 2021 Reference: Front Pediatr. 2021 Sep 8;9:754744. doi: 10.3389/fped.2021.754744. eCollection 2021. Impact factor: 3.418 Publication type: Letter whit IF Authors: Perramon, Aida, Soriano-Arandes, Antoni, Pino, David, Lazcano, Uxue, Andres, Cristina, Carulla, Mireia, Canadell, Dolors, Ricos, Gemma, Riera-Bosch, M Teresa, Burgaya, Silvia et al. DOI: 10.3389/fped.2021.754744
PMID: 34570326 Journal: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY Year: 2021 Reference: J Clin Immunol. 2021 Nov;41(8):1733-1744. doi: 10.1007/s10875-021-01136-x. Epub 2021 Sep 27. Impact factor: 8.317 Publication type: Paper in international publication Authors: Rocamora-Blanch, Gemma, Framil, Mario, Calatayud, Laura, Corbella, Xavier, Casanova, Jean-Laurent, Morandeira, Francisco, Sabater-Riera, Joan, Navarro, Sergio, Antoli, Arnau, Parra-Martinez, Alba et al. DOI: 10.1007/s10875-021-01136-x
PMID: 34413139 Journal: Science Immunology Year: 2021 Reference: Sci Immunol. 2021 Aug 19;6(62). pii: 6/62/eabl4340. doi: 10.1126/sciimmunol.abl4340. Impact factor: 17.727 Publication type: Paper in international publication Authors: Bastard, Paul, Gervais, Adrian, Le Voyer, Tom, Rosain, Jeremie, Philippot, Quentin, Manry, Jeremy, Michailidis, Eleftherios, Hoffmann, Hans-Heinrich, Eto, Shohei, Garcia-Prat, Marina et al. DOI: 10.1126/sciimmunol.abl4340
PMID: 31987710 Journal: ENFERMEDADES INFECCIOSAS Y MICROBIOLOGIA CLINICA Year: 2020 Reference: Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin. 2020 Nov;38(9):410-416. doi: 10.1016/j.eimc.2019.11.008. Epub 2020 Jan 25. Impact factor: 1.654 Publication type: Paper in national publication Authors: Domingo-Garcia, Diego, Canton, Rafael, Gomez-Garcia de la Pedrosa, Elia, Aznar-Cano, Esteban, Leiva, Jose, Montes, Milagrosa, Sanchez-Romero, Isabel, Rodriguez-Diaz, Juan Carlos, Alarcon-Cavero, Teresa, Isabel Suarez Barrenechea, Ana et al. DOI: 10.1016/j.eimc.2019.11.008
PMID: 32092369 Journal: JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION Year: 2020 Reference: J Hosp Infect. 2020 May;105(1):3-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2020.02.011. Epub 2020 Feb 21. Impact factor: 3.271 Publication type: Paper in international publication Authors: de Benito, J, Rico, E, Perez, C, Belver, A, Sabate, S, Razquin, E, Torner, N, Vileu, R M, de Andres, A, Cunille, M et al. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2020.02.011
PMID: 32849315 Journal: Frontiers in Microbiology Year: 2020 Reference: Front Microbiol. 2020 Jul 28;11:1397. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.01397. eCollection 2020. Impact factor: 4.235 Publication type: Paper in international publication Authors: De La Puente, Javier, Hofle, Ursula, Jose Gonzalez-Lopez, Juan, Camacho, Maria Cruz, Sola-Gines, Marc, Moreno-Mingorance, Albert, Manuel Hernandez, Jose, Torres-Medina, Fernando, Ramis, Antoni, Majo, Natalia et al. DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.01397
PMID: 32837966 Journal: ANALES DE PEDIATRIA Year: 2020 Reference: An Pediatr (Engl Ed). 2020 Aug;93(2):127-129. doi: 10.1016/j.anpede.2019.11.007. Epub 2020 Jul 19. Impact factor: 1.313 Publication type: Letter whit IF Authors: Scatti-Regas, Aina, Aguilar-Ferrer, Marta Carmen, Anton-Pagarolas, Andres, Martinez-Gomez, Xavier, Gonzalez-Peris, Sebastia et al. DOI: 10.1016/j.anpede.2019.11.007
PMID: 31706289 Journal: BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES Year: 2019 Reference: BMC Infect Dis. 2019 Nov 9;19(1):956. doi: 10.1186/s12879-019-4608-9. Impact factor: 2.565 Publication type: Paper in international publication Authors: Bosch-Nicolau, Pau, Salvador, Fernando, Sanchez-Montalva, Adrian, Sulleiro, Elena, Burgos, Joaquin, Molina, Israel et al. DOI: 10.1186/s12879-019-4608-9
PMID: 30633778 Journal: PLoS One Year: 2019 Reference: PLoS One. 2019 Jan 11;14(1):e0210353. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0210353. eCollection 2019. Impact factor: 2.776 Publication type: Paper in international publication Authors: Martinez, Ana, Soldevila, Nuria, Romero-Tamarit, Arantxa, Torner, Nuria, Godoy, Pere, Rius, Cristina, Jane, Mireia, Dominguez, Angela, Antón Pagarolas, Andres, Pumarola Suñé, Tomàs et al. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0210353
PMID: 31377343 Journal: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS Year: 2019 Reference: Int J Antimicrob Agents. 2019 Oct;54(4):442-448. doi: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2019.07.017. Epub 2019 Aug 1. Impact factor: 4.615 Publication type: Paper in international publication Authors: Paterson, David, Pascual, Alvaro, Martinez-Martinez, Luis, Rodriguez-Bano, Jesus, Torre-Cisneros, Julian, Almirante Gragera, Benito, Larrosa Escartin, María Nieves, Puig Asensio, Mireia, REIPI ESGBIS INCREMENT Grp, Carmeli, Yehuda et al. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2019.07.017
PMID: 31578265 Journal: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY Year: 2019 Reference: J Clin Microbiol. 2019 Nov 22;57(12). pii: JCM.01287-19. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01287-19. Print 2019 Dec. Impact factor: 4.959 Publication type: Paper in international publication Authors: Goterris, Lidia, Fernandez, M A Mancebo, Aguilar-Company, Juan, Falco, Vicenc, Ruiz-Camps, Isabel, Martin-Gomez, M Teresa et al. DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01287-19
The collaboration will focus on several key areas of mutual interest in microbiology in particular antimicrobial resistance and stewardship.
On European Antibiotic Awareness Day, we highlight the importance of using these medications responsibly and finding innovative solutions to combat this issue.
The new diagnostic method, designed for use in endemic regions, combines a mobile application with a low-cost robotic microscope.
