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  1. Mechanisms of Bacterial Tolerance and Persistence in the Gastrointestinal and Respiratory Environments

    Article • Clinical Microbiology Reviews, October 2018, ASM Journals

    Maria Tomas, lucia blasco, PhD student Laura Fernandez-Garcia

  2. Pyocyanin Restricts Social Cheating in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, June 2018, Frontiers

    Maria Tomas

  3. Relationship between Tolerance and Persistence Mechanisms in Acinetobacter baumannii Strains with AbkAB Toxin-Antitoxin System

    Article • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, May 2018, ASM Journals

    PhD student Laura Fernandez-Garcia, lucia blasco, Maria Tomas

  4. Reporting identification of Acinetobacter spp genomic species: A nationwide proficiency study in Spain

    Article • Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiología Clínica, March 2018, Elsevier

    Maria Tomas

  5. Evolution of the Quorum network and the mobilome (plasmids and bacteriophages) in clinical strains of Acinetobacter baumannii during a decade

    Article • Scientific Reports, February 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    lucia blasco, PhD student Laura Fernandez-Garcia, Maria Tomas

  6. Clostridium difficile Infection: Pathogenesis, Diagnosis and Treatment

    Article • September 2017, IntechOpen

    PhD student Laura Fernandez-Garcia, Maria Tomas, lucia blasco

  7. Response to Bile Salts in Clinical Strains of Acinetobacter baumannii Lacking the AdeABC Efflux Pump: Virulence Associated with Quorum Sensing

    Article • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, May 2017, Frontiers

    Maria Tomas, PhD student Laura Fernandez-Garcia, lucia blasco

  8. Quorum sensing network in clinical strains of A. baumannii: AidA is a new quorum quenching enzyme

    Article • PLoS ONE, March 2017, PLOS

    Maria Tomas, PhD student Laura Fernandez-Garcia, lucia blasco

  9. Overproduction of outer membrane protein A (OmpA) by Acinetobacter baumannii is a risk factor for nosocomial pneumonia, bacteremia and mortality increase.

    Article • The Journal of Infectious Diseases, January 2017, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Maria Tomas

  10. Genome Sequence of AirborneAcinetobactersp. Strain 5-2Ac02 in the Hospital Environment, Close to the Species ofAcinetobacter towneri

    Article • Genome Announcements, December 2016, ASM Journals

    Maria Tomas, PhD student Laura Fernandez-Garcia, lucia blasco

  11. Genomic Evolution of Two Acinetobacter baumannii Clinical Strains from ST-2 Clones Isolated in 2000 and 2010 (ST-2_clon_2000 and ST-2_clon_2010)

    Article • Genome Announcements, October 2016, ASM Journals

    Maria Tomas, PhD student Laura Fernandez-Garcia, lucia blasco

  12. Genome Sequence of a Clinical Strain of Acinetobacter baumannii Belonging to the ST79/PFGE-HUI-1 Clone Lacking the AdeABC (Resistance-Nodulation-Cell Division-Type) Efflux Pump

    Article • Genome Announcements, September 2016, ASM Journals

    Maria Tomas, PhD student Laura Fernandez-Garcia, lucia blasco

  13. Toxin-Antitoxin Systems in Clinical Pathogens

    Article • Toxins, July 2016, MDPI AG

    Maria Tomas, PhD student Laura Fernandez-Garcia, lucia blasco

  14. Use of the cobas 4800 system for the rapid detection of toxigenic Clostridium difficile and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

    Article • Journal of Microbiological Methods, January 2016, Elsevier

    Maria Tomas

  15. Draft Genome Sequence of the Biofilm-Hyperproducing Acinetobacter baumannii Clinical Strain MAR002

    Article • Genome Announcements, July 2015, ASM Journals

    Dr Margarita Poza, Maria Tomas

  16. Quantitative proteomic analysis of host—pathogen interactions: a study of Acinetobacter baumannii responses to host airways

    Article • BMC Genomics, May 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Maria Tomas

  17. Diagnosis and antimicrobial treatment of invasive infections due to multidrug-resistant Enterobacteriaceae. Guidelines of the Spanish Society of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology

    Article • Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiología Clínica, May 2015, Elsevier

    Maria Tomas

  18. Executive summary of the diagnosis and antimicrobial treatment of invasive infections due to multidrug-resistant Enterobacteriaceae. Guidelines of the Spanish Society of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology (SEIMC)

    Article • Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiología Clínica, May 2015, Elsevier

    Maria Tomas

  19. Role of quorum sensing in bacterial infections

    Article • World Journal of Clinical Cases, January 2015, Baishideng Publishing Group Co., Limited (formerly WJG Press)

    Maria Tomas

  20. The Acinetobacter baumannii Omp33-36 Porin Is a Virulence Factor That Induces Apoptosis and Modulates Autophagy in Human Cells

    Article • Infection and Immunity, August 2014, ASM Journals

    Maria Tomas

  21. Epidemiologic and Clinical Impact of Acinetobacter baumannii Colonization and Infection

    Article • Medicine, July 2014, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Maria Tomas

  22. Monotherapy versus combination therapy for sepsis due to multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii: analysis of a multicentre prospective cohort

    Article • Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, June 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Maria Tomas

  23. Characterization of plasmids carrying the blaOXA-24/40 carbapenemase gene and the genes encoding the AbkA/AbkB proteins of a toxin/antitoxin system*

    Article • Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, May 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Maria Tomas

  24. Molecular Mechanisms Involved in the Response to Desiccation Stress and Persistence in Acinetobacter baumannii

    Article • Journal of Proteome Research, December 2013, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Maria Tomas

  25. Whole Transcriptome Analysis of Acinetobacter baumannii Assessed by RNA-Sequencing Reveals Different mRNA Expression Profiles in Biofilm Compared to Planktonic Cells

    Article • PLoS ONE, August 2013, PLOS

    Maria Tomas

  26. Contribution of Efflux Pumps, Porins, and β-Lactamases to Multidrug Resistance in Clinical Isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii

    Article • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, August 2013, ASM Journals

    Maria Tomas

  27. Fe de errores de «Actividad de 18 agentes antimicrobianos frente a aislados clínicos de Acinetobacter baumannii: segundo estudio nacional multicéntrico (proyecto GEIH-REIPI-Ab 2010)»

    Article • Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiología Clínica, May 2013, Elsevier

    Maria Tomas

  28. Antimicrobial Resistance and Virulence: a Successful or Deleterious Association in the Bacterial World?

    Article • Clinical Microbiology Reviews, April 2013, ASM Journals

    Maria Tomas

  29. Actividad de 18 agentes antimicrobianos frente a aislados clínicos de Acinetobacter baumannii: segundo estudio nacional multicéntrico (proyecto GEIH-REIPI-Ab 2010)

    Article • Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiología Clínica, January 2013, Elsevier

    Maria Tomas

  30. Extracellular Proteome of a Highly Invasive Multidrug-resistant Clinical Strain of Acinetobacter baumannii

    Article • Journal of Proteome Research, October 2012, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Maria Tomas

  31. First Report of an OXA-23 Carbapenemase-Producing Acinetobacter baumannii Clinical Isolate Related to Tn2006in Spain

    Article • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, October 2012, ASM Journals

    Jordi Vila, Maria Tomas

  32. Resistencia a los antimicrobianos y virulencia, ¿una asociación beneficiosa para el mundo microbiano?

    Article • Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiología Clínica, October 2012, Elsevier

    Maria Tomas

  33. Effect of Transcriptional Activators SoxS, RobA, and RamA on Expression of Multidrug Efflux Pump AcrAB-TolC in Enterobacter cloacae

    Article • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, September 2012, ASM Journals

    Maria Tomas

  34. Fast Assessment of Resistance to Carbapenems and Ciprofloxacin of Clinical Strains of Acinetobacter baumannii

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, August 2012, ASM Journals

    Maria Tomas

  35. Exploring Bacterial Diversity in Hospital Environments by GS-FLX Titanium Pyrosequencing

    Article • PLoS ONE, August 2012, PLOS

    Maria Tomas

  36. Expression of OXA-Type and SFO-1 β-Lactamases Induces Changes in Peptidoglycan Composition and Affects Bacterial Fitness

    Article • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, January 2012, ASM Journals

    Maria Tomas

  37. Quorum quenching quandary: resistance to antivirulence compounds

    Article • The ISME Journal, September 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Maria Tomas

  38. Efflux Pumps, OprD Porin, AmpC  -Lactamase, and Multiresistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolates from Cystic Fibrosis Patients

    Article • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, March 2010, ASM Journals

    Maria Tomas

  39. In vivo bactericidal effect of 0.2% chlorhexidine but not 0.12% on salivary obligate anaerobes

    Article • Archives of Oral Biology, December 2008, Elsevier

    Maria Tomas

  40. Effect of a neutralising agent on the evaluation of the antimicrobial activity of chlorhexidine on the bacterial salivary flora

    Article • Archives of Oral Biology, October 2008, Elsevier

    Maria Tomas

  41. Detection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates producing VEB-type extended-spectrum  -lactamases in the United Kingdom

    Article • Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, September 2008, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Maria Tomas

  42. Susceptibility of oral obligate anaerobes to telithromycin, moxifloxacin and a number of commonly used antibacterials

    Article • Oral Microbiology and Immunology, October 2007, Wiley

    Maria Tomas

  43. Cloning, Nucleotide Sequencing, and Analysis of the AcrAB-TolC Efflux Pump of Enterobacter cloacae and Determination of Its Involvement in Antibiotic Resistance in a Clinical Isolate

    Article • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, July 2007, ASM Journals

    Maria Tomas

  44. Effect of a Chlorhexidine Mouthwash on the Risk of Postextraction Bacteremia

    Article • Infection Control, May 2007, Cambridge University Press

    Maria Tomas

  45. Molecular characterization of the gene encoding a new AmpC β-lactamase in Acinetobacter baylyi

    Article • Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, April 2007, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Maria Tomas

  46. Interspecies spread of CTX-M-32 extended-spectrum β-lactamase and the role of the insertion sequence IS1 in down-regulating blaCTX-M gene expression

    Article • Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, March 2007, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Maria Tomas

  47. Cloning and Functional Analysis of the Gene Encoding the 33- to 36-Kilodalton Outer Membrane Protein Associated with Carbapenem Resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii

    Article • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, December 2005, ASM Journals

    Maria Tomas

  48. Hospital outbreak caused by a carbapenem-resistant strain of Acinetobacter baumannii: patient prognosis and risk-factors for colonisation and infection

    Article • Clinical Microbiology and Infection, July 2005, Elsevier

    Maria Tomas

  49. Evaluation of different methods for detecting methicillin (oxacillin) resistance in Staphylococcus aureus

    Article • Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, March 2005, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Maria Tomas

  50. In vitro activity of telithromycin against mefA and ermB erythromycin-resistant viridans streptococci isolated from bacteremia of oral origin in Spain

    Article • Oral Microbiology and Immunology, February 2005, Wiley

    Maria Tomas

  51. Risk Factors for Colonization and Infection in a Hospital Outbreak Caused by a Strain of Klebsiella pneumoniae with Reduced Susceptibility to Expanded-Spectrum Cephalosporins

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, September 2004, ASM Journals

    Maria Tomas

  52. High-Level Resistance to Ceftazidime Conferred by a Novel Enzyme, CTX-M-32, Derived from CTX-M-1 through a Single Asp240-Gly Substitution

    Article • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, June 2004, ASM Journals

    Maria Tomas

  53. Identification and Broad Dissemination of the CTX-M-14  -Lactamase in Different Escherichia coli Strains in the Northwest Area of Spain

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, November 2002, ASM Journals

    Maria Tomas