2026: 

Containing a PER-1 producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa Outbreak Linked to Sink Contamination in an Intensive Care Unit. ARAÚJO-PÍREZ, L., PAPA-EZDRA, R., OUTEDA, M., GUZMÁN, R., HERNÁNDEZ, N., MÉNDEZ, G., GADEA, P., MOREIRA, M., INCHAUSTI, A., BURGHI, G., SEIJA, V., VIGNOLI, R., ALBORNOZ-DA
SILVA, H. Infection Prevention in Practice, p.:100538 2026
DOI: 10.1016/j.infpip.2026.100538

Beyond human-centered surveillance: rethinking antimicrobial resistance monitoring in a One Health framework. VIGNOLI, R., DI CONZA, J., LINCOPAN, N. Revista Argentina de Microbiología, v.: 58 p.:3 – 5,2026. DOI: 10.1016/j.ram.2026.01.002

Transmission pathways of World Health Organization critical priority carbapenemase￾producing pathogens: cross-sectoral transmission dynamics in food systems, wildlife and aquaculture. LINCOPAN, N., SELLERA, F., VIGNOLI, R., MARTINS-GONÇALVES, T., FUENTES-CASTILLO, D. Revue Scientifique et Technique de l OIE, v.: 44 2026. DOI: 10.20506/rst.44.3687

2025: 

Identification and characterization of Listeria monocytogenes and Listeria innocua in bovine listeriosis cases in Uruguay. MATTO, C., RIVERO, R., MOTA, I., BRAGA, V., GIANNEECHINI, E., VARELA, G. Tropical Animal Health and Production,2025. DOI: 10.1007/s11250-025-04399-3

Genomic analysis of Listeria monocytogenes diversity over a 10- year period in Uruguay. MOTA, M.I., VARELA, G. Scientific Reports, v.: 15 p.:1 – 12, 2025. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-22190-0

First Report in the Americas of S. enterica Var. Enteritidis Carrying blaNDM-1 in a Putatively New Sub-Lineage of IncC2 Plasmids. CORDEIRO, N., PAPA-EZDRA, R., TRAGLIA, G., BADO, I., GARCÍA-FULGUEIRAS, V., CORTINAS, M.N., CAIATA, L.., LÓPEZ-VEGA, M., OTERO, A., LÓPEZ, M., HITATEGUY, P., MOGDASY, M.,
VIGNOLI, R. Antibiotics, v.: 14 p.:620 2025. DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics14060620

What are we eating? Detection of antibiotic resistance mechanisms in frozen chicken nuggets imported from Brazil. CORDEIRO, N., COPPOLA, N., FERREIRA, F., VIGNOLI, R., BADO, I. One Health, v.: 21 p.:101171 2025
DOI: 10.1016/j.onehlt.2025.101171

Targeted Enrichment Sequencing Utilizing a Respiratory Pathogen Panel for Genomic Wastewater-Based Viral Epidemiology in Uruguay. CANCELA, F., LIZASOAIN, A., PANZERA, Y., FERNÁNDEZ-LÓPEZ, E.., LOZANO, J., CALLEROS, L., GRECCO, S., MARANDINO, A.E., CORTINAS, M.N., MASACHESSI, G., NATES, S., ICASURIAGA, R., COLINA, R., MIRAZO, S. Food and Environmental Virology, v.: 17 2025. DOI: 10.1007/s12560-024-09629-9

Cryptic transmission of a SARS-CoV-2 variant detected by wastewater surveillance in Panama. GAITÁN, M., ZALDIVAR, Y., HERNANDEZ, M., GÓNDOLA, J., CHAVARRÍA, O., MORENO, B., FRANCO, D., DEANTONIO, R., MIRAZO, S., CANCELA, F., BARNETT, M.E., MARTINEZ, A.A., PASCALE, J.M., LÓPEZ-VERGÈS, S.
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, v.: 14 2025
DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2024.1467484

Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma Gondii and Neospora caninum in free-ranging wild boar (Sus Scrofa) and Axis Deer(Axis Axis) in Uruguay. CABRERA, A.M., RUPPEL, F.S., ECHEVERRÍA, S.E., TOMASINA, R., GONZÁLEZ, F., CASTRO, G.A.,
DE BRUN, M.L., CRAVINO, A., CANCELA, F., CORREA, R., ALTUNA, M., PUENTES, R.,
BASMADJIÁN, Y., ROBELLO, C., MIRAZO, S. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, v.: 61 2025
DOI: 10.7589/jwd-d-24-00133

Evaluación de la adherencia a un protocolo en la utilización de antimicrobianos en las infecciones agudas bajas en niños durante el invierno del 2023. PARDO, L.., TELECHEA, H., DOGLIOTTI, S., PEREIRA, L.., GIORDANO, R., LÓPEZ, H., MACHADO, L.., MONTES, C., RABOTTI, M., VALIENTE, A., GIACHETTO, G.
Revista Chilena de Infectología, v.: 42 5, p.:455 – 462, 2025

Urogenital microbiome, intracellular bacterial communities, and their contribution to urinary tract infections. ROBINO, L.., NAVARRO, N M., CANALE, N., GONZÁLEZ, M, J., CRUZ, E., SAUTO, R., MORALES, C., NEFFA, F., ZEBALLOS, J., GESSEN GERDHARD., ZUNINO, P., SCAVONE, P. Microbiology Spectrum,2025

Broaden properties of ambroxol hydrochloride as an antibiofilm compound
GONZÁLEZ, M.J., LAIN, M., IRIBARNEGARAY, V., ROBINO, L., SCAVONE, P.
Revista Argentina de Microbiología, 2025. DOI: 10.1016/j.ram.2024.10.010

2024: 

Detection of Vancomycin Resistance among Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Strains Recovered from Children with Invasive Diseases in a Reference Pediatric Hospital. PARDO, L., MOTA, M.I., PARNIZARI, A., VARELA, A., ALGORTA, G., VARELA, G. Antibiotics, v.: 13 p.:298 2024. DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics13040298

Great Plasticity in a Great Pathogen: Capsular Types, Virulence Factors and Biofilm Formation in ESBL-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae from Pediatric Infections in Uruguay. ARAÚJO, L., PAPA-EZDRA, R., ÁVILA, P., IRIBARNEGARAY, V., BADO, I., TELECHEA, H., GARCIA￾FULGUEIRAS, V., VIGNOLI, R. Antibiotics, v.: 13 p.:1 – 12, 2024. DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics13020170

Outbreak of Pseudomonas aeruginosa High-Risk Clone ST309 Serotype O11 Featuring blaPER-1 and qnrVC6. PAPA-EZDRA, R., OUTEDA, M., CORDEIRO, N.F., ARAÚJO, L., GADEA, P., GARCIA-FULGUEIRAS, V., SEIJA, V., BADO, I., VIGNOLI, R.
Antibiotics, v.: 13 p.:1 – 15, 2024 DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics13020159

First Detection of High-Level Aminoglycoside-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae and Enterobacter cloacae Isolates Due to 16S rRNA Methyltransferases with and without blaNDM in Uruguay. PAPA-EZDRA, R., CORDEIRO, N.F., FERREIRA, F., GARCÍA-FULGUEIRAS, V., ARAÚJO, L., MOTA, M.I., OUTEDA, M., SEIJA, V., VIGNOLI, R., BADO, I. Antibiotics, v.: 13 p.:1029 2024. DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics13111029

Assessment of Hepatitis E Virus RNA Detection in Meat Samples: Optimization of Pre￾analytical Conditions. DI COLA, G., FANTILLI, A., RODRÍGUEZ-LOMBARDI, G., RUCCI, K.A., CASTRO, G., MIRAZO, S., NATES, S.V., PISANO, M.B., RÉ, V
Food and Environmental Virology, v.: 17 2024

Resistencia a los inhibidores de la integrasa en niños con el virus de la inmunodeficiencia humana por transmisión vertical: primeros casos en Uruguay. GONZÁLEZ V., SANDE, V., PARDO, L.V., GUTIERREZ, S. Archivos Argentinos de Pediatría, v.: 122 p.:1 – 6, 2024

First report on the physicochemical and proteomic characterization of Proteus mirabilis outer membrane vesicles under urine-mimicking growth conditions: comparative analysis with Escherichia coli. GONZÁLEZ, M.J., NAVARRO, N., CRUZ, E., SÁNCHEZ, S., MORALES, J.O., ZUNINO, P., ROBINO, L., LIMA, A., SCAVONE, P.
Frontiers in Microbiology, v.: 15 2024

2023: 

Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) strains recovered from bovine carcasses in Uruguay.
MUSSIO, P., MARTÍNEZ I., LUZARDO, S., NAVARRO, A., LEOTTA, G., VARELA, G.
Frontiers in Microbiology, v.: 14 2023. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb

Phenotypic and genotypic survey of antibiotic resistance in Salmonella enterica isolates from dairy farms in Uruguay. CASAUX, M.L., D’ALESSANDRO, B., VIGNOLI, R., FRAGA, M. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, v.: 10 p.:1 – 13, 2023
DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2023.1055432

Novel Resistance Regions Carrying TnaphA6, blaVIM-2, and blaPER-1, Embedded in an ISPa40-Derived Transposon from Two Multi-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa Clinical Isolates. PAPA-EZDRA, R., CORDEIRO, N.F., OUTEDA, M., GARCIA-FULGUEIRAS, V., ARAÚJO, L., SEIJA, V., AYALA, J.A., BADO.I., VIGNOLI, R.
Antibiotics, v.: 12 p.:1 – 11,2023. DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics12020304

In vitro effectiveness of ceftazidime-avibactam in combination with aztreonam on carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales. PAPA-EZDRA, R., ARAÚJO, L., CAIATA, L., FERREIRA, F., ÁVILA, P., SEIJA, V., GALIANA, A., BADO, I., VIGNOLI, R.
Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance, v.: 35 p.:62 – 66, 2023
DOI: 10.1016/j.jgar.2023.08.010

Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli (STEC) Associated with Calf Mortality in Uruguay. FERNÁNDEZ, M|., CASAUX, M.L., FRAGA, M., VIGNOLI, R., BADO, I., ZUNINO, P., UMPIÉRREZ, A. Microorganisms, v.: 11 p.:1704 2023
DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms11071704

Editorial: Antimicrobial resistance in zoonotic bacteria in developing countries: the role of food animal production in public health, volume II (Reseña,2023). LEÓN-FÉLIX, J., VIGNOLI, R. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, v.: 10 2023 DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2023.1295971

Co-circulation of Hepatitis E Virus (HEV) Genotype 3 and Moose-HEV-Like Strains in Free￾Ranging-Spotted Deer (Axis axis) in Uruguay. CANCELA, F., CRAVINO, A., ICASURIAGA, R., GONZÁLEZ, P., BENTANCOR, F., LEIZAGOYEN, C., ECHAIDES, C., FERREIRO, I., CABRERA, A., ARBIZA, J., MIRAZO, S. Food and Environmental Virology, v.: 15p.:281-91, 2023. DOI: 10.1007/s12560-023-09563-2

In vitro antiviral activity of favipiravir and its 6-and 3 -O- substituted derivatives against coronavirus: Acetylation leads to improvement of antiviral activity. ELIZALDE, V., MIRAZO, S., ROMERO, A.H., ALVAREZ, G. Archiv der Pharmazie, v.: 357 2023. DOI: 10.1002/ardp.202300494

Epidemiology Update of Hepatitis E Virus (HEV) in Uruguay: Subtyping, Environmental Surveillance and Zoonotic Transmission. CANCELA, F., ICASURIAGA, R., CUEVAS, S., HERGATACORZIAN, V., OLIVERA, M., PANZERA, Y.,
PÉREZ, R., LÓPEZ, J., BORZACCONI, L., GONZÁLEZ, E., MONTALDO, N., GAITÁN, M., LÓPEZ￾VERGES, S., BORTAGARAY, V., VICTORIA, M., COLINA, R., ARBIZA, J., BEROIS, M., MIRAZO, S. Viruses, v.: 15 p.:2006 2023. DOI: 10.3390/v15102006

Wastewater surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 genomic populations on a country-wide scale through targeted sequencing. CANCELA, F., RAMOS, N., SMYTH, D.S., ETCHEBEHERE, C., BEROIS, M., RODRÍGUEZ, J., RUFO, C., ALEMÁN, A., BORZACCONI, L., LÓPEZ, J GONZÁLEZ, E., BOTTO, G., THORNHILL, S.G., MIRAZO, S., TRUJILLO, M. PLoS ONE, v.: 18 2023. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0284483

Gold,silver and magnesium doped zinc oxide nanoparticles prevents the formation and eradicates bacterial biofilms. NAVARRO N., GONZÁLEZ M.J., SANCHEZ SOFIA., ROBINO L., MORALES JAVIER., SCAVONE, P. Nanomedicine,2023
DOI: 10.2217/nnm-2022-0239 C

In house-development of a rapid immunochromatographic test for the detection of Escherichia coli in urine samples. DA CUNDA, P., GONZÁLEZ M.J., MÓNACO, MORENO, M., SCAVONE, P., ROBINO L. Revista Argentina de Microbiología,2023

Listeria innocua isolated from diseased ruminants harbor minor virulence genes of L. monocytogenes. Matto C.,D’Alessandro B.,Mota M.I.,Braga V.,Buschiazzo A.,Gianneechini E.,Varela G.,& Rivero R.  Veterinary Medicine and Science,1–6. DOI: 10.1002/vms3.710 , 2023

2022:

Portación nasal de Staphylococcus aureus en el personal de salud de áreas críticas de un Hospital Pediátrico durante julio-setiembre 2018. PARDO L., TELECHEA H., MARTÍNEZ, A., PERDOMO M., PEREIRA B., PERINI AB., PICA M., PIRES A., PUSCHENEGG L., GIACHETTO G., VARELA, G. Anales de la Facultad de Medicina, v.: 9 2022
DOI: 10.25184/anfamed2022v9n1a2

Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of oxacillin-susceptible and mecA positive Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated in Uruguay.
PARDO, L., GIUDICI, G., MOTA, M.I., GUTIÉRREZ, C., VARELA, A., ALGORTA, G., SEIJA V., A. GALIANA., AGUERREBERE, P., KLEIN, M., VARELA, G.
Revista Argentina de Microbiología, 2022 DOI:10.1016/j.ram.2022.05.004

Non-O157 Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli with potential harmful profiles to humans are isolated from calves feces in Uruguay. Umpiérrez A, Ernst D, Fraga Cotelo M, Torres A, Fernández M, Vignoli R, Bado I, Vidal R, Zunino P. . Austral Journal of Veterinary Sciences, 2022.

Avances en el conocimiento de las cepas STEC aisladas de seres humanos y animales en Uruguay (Resumen,2022) VARELA, G.
Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nefrología Pediátrica, p.:23 – 23, 2022
http://www.alanepeonline.com/principal.htm
Exposiciones del Primer simposio Argentino de Escherichia coli productor de toxina Shiga responsable del síndrome urémico hemolítico (SUH). La revista está indizada en Latindex.

Structural aspects of hepatitis E virus. CANCELA, F., NOCETI, O., ARBIZA, J., MIRAZO, S. Archives of Virology, v.: 167 p.:2457-2481, 2022
DOI: 10.1007/s00705-022-05575-8

A combined approach of rolling-circle amplification-single site restriction endonuclease digestion followed by next generation sequencing to characterize the whole genome and intra-host variants of human Torque teno virus 
CANCELA, F., MARANDINO, A., PANZERA, Y., BETANCOUR, G., MIRAZO, S., ARBIZA, J., RAMOS, N. Virus Research, v.: 323 p.:198974 2022 . DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2022.198974

Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of oxacillin-susceptible and mecA positive Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated in Uruguay .
PARDO, L., GIUDICE G., MOTA M I., GUTIÉRREZ, C., VARELA A., ALGORTA, G., SEIJA V., GALIANA, A., AGERREBERE, P., KLEIN, M., VARELA, G. Revista Argentina de Microbiología,2022 DOI: 10.1016/j.ram.2022.05.004

Imported One-Day-Old Chicks as Trojan Horses for Multidrug-Resistant Priority Pathogens Harboring mcr-9, rmtG and Extended-Spectrum beta-Lactamase genes. Coppola N, Cordeiro N, Trenchi G, Esposito F, Fuga B, Fuentes-Castillo, Lincopan N , Iriarte A, Bado I*, Vignoli R*. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2022 Jan 25;88(2):e0167521.

Seroprevalence of anti-Leptospira antibodies in equines and associated workers—Isolation of Leptospira interrogans serogroup Canicola from equine urine. Meny P., Iglesias T., Menéndez C., Quintero J., Ríos C., Ashfield N., Ferreira O., Mosca V., De Brun L., Ortiz G., De Vries I., Varela G., Schelotto F.  Zoonoses Public Health, 2022 DOI: 10.1111/zph.12942.

Survey of selected pathogens in free-ranging pinnipeds in Uruguay. Katz H., Schelotto F., Bakker D., Castro-Ramos M., Gutierrez-Expósito D., Panzera Y., Pérez R., Franco-Trecu V., Hernández E., Menéndez C., Meny P.  2022 Diseases of aquatic organisms (Dis Aquat Ors) Vol. 150: 69–83, 2022. https://doi.org/10.3354/dao03676

Antibiotic susceptibility and fosfomycin resistance characterization in a cohort of children older than 6 years of age with urinary tract infection.
GARCIA-FULGUEIRAS, V., CAIATA, L., BADO, I., GIACHETTO, G., ROBINO, L.
Revista Argentina de Microbiología, v.: 54 p.:120 – 124, 2022
DOI: 10.1016/j.ram.2021.04.002

Detection and genome characterization of SARS-CoV-2 P.6 lineage in dogs and cats living with Uruguayan COVID-19 patients. PANZERA.Y., MIRAZO.S., BAZ, M., TECHERA.C., GRECCO.S., CANCELA.F., FUQUES.E., CONDON.E., CALLEROS.L., CAMILO, N., FREGOSSI, A., VAZ, I., PESSINA.P., DESHPANDE, N., PÉREZ.R., BENECH. A. Memorias Do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz,2022. DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760220177

A combined approach of rolling-circle amplification-single site restriction endonuclease digestion followed by next generation sequencing to characterize the whole genome and intra-host variants of human Torque teno virus.
CANCELA, F., MARANDINO, A., PANZERA, Y., BETANCOUR, G., MIRAZO, S., ARBIZA, J., RAMOS, N. Virus Research,2022. DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2022.198974

2021:

1. Papa-Ezdra R. et al. Description of novel resistance islands coding blaCTX-M-2 in IncC type 2 plasmids. Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance, v .: 26 p.: 37 41 , 2021.

2. Papa-Ezdra R. et al. Prevalence and molecular characterization of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales in an outbreak free setting in a single hospital from Uruguay. Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance 24: 58–62, 2021.

3. Garcia-Fulgueiras V. et al. Antibiotic susceptibility and fosfomycin resistance characterization in a cohort of children older than 6 years with urinary tract infection. Argentine Journal of Microbiology, 2021. doi.org/10.1016/j.ram.2021.04.002.

4. Garcia-Fulgueiras V.*, Magallanes C*. et al. In vivo high plasticity of multi drug resistant ST258 Klebsiella pneumoniae. Microbial Drug Resistance Mechanisms Epidemiology and Disease, v.: 27 p.: 1126 1130, 2021.

2020:

1. González MJ. et al. Selection of Effective Antibiotics for Uropathogenic Escherichia coli Intracellular Bacteria Reduction. Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2020 Oct 21;10:542755. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2020.542755.

2. Robino L, Scavone P. Nanotechnology in biofilm prevention. Future Microbiol. 2020 Apr;15:377-379. doi: 10.2217/fmb-2019-0327. Epub 2020 Apr 3. PMID: 32242746.

3. Robino L. et al. Fosfomicina en el tratamiento de la infección urinaria baja en niños mayores de 6 años. Evolución clínico-microbiológica. Arch. Pediatr. Urug. 2020; 91( Suppl 2 ): 24-33. doi.org/10.31134/ap.91.s2.3.

4. Kuster N, Robino L. Interpretación de los tests de sospecha e inicio de la terapia antibiótica empírica en infecciones urinarias. Arch. Pediatr. Urug. 2020 Feb; 91( 1 ): 21-28. doi.org/10.31134/ap.91.1.4.

5. D’Alessandro B et al. Comparative genomics of Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis ST-11 isolated in Uruguay reveals lineages associated with particular epidemiological traits. Sci Rep. 2020 Feb 27;10(1):3638. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-60502-8.

6. Delpiazzo R et al. Accurate and fast identification of Campylobacter fetus in bulls by real-time PCR targeting a 16S rRNA gene sequence. Vet Anim Sci. 2020 Dec 24;11:100163. doi: 10.1016/j.vas.2020.100163.

7. Costa D et al. Polyclonal Campylobacter fetus Infections Among Unrelated Patients, Montevideo, Uruguay, 2013-2018. Clin Infect Dis. 2020 Mar 3;70(6):1236-1239. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciz657.

8. Coppola N. et al. Transferable Resistance to Highest Priority Critically Important Antibiotics for Human Health in Escherichia coli Strains Obtained From Livestock Feces in Uruguay. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2020. 7:588919.

9. Michelazzi V. et al. Tracing back the evolutionary route of the Enteroinvasive Escherichia coli (EIEC) and Shigella through the example of the highly pathogenic O96:H19 EIEC clone. Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology, 2020.

10. Mota MI., Vázquez S. et al. ¿Does Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli and Listeria monocytogenes contribute significantly to the burden of antimicrobial resistance in Uruguay?. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2020.

2019:

1. González MJ. et al. Fosfomycin tromethamine activity on biofilm and intracellular bacterial communities produced by uropathogenic Escherichia coli isolated from patients with urinary tract infection. Pathog Dis. 2019 Apr 1;77(3):ftz022. doi: 10.1093/femspd/ftz022.

2. Iribarnegaray V. et al. Magnesium-doped zinc oxide nanoparticles alter biofilm formation of Proteus mirabilis. Nanomedicine (Lond). 2019 Jun;14(12):1551-1564. doi: 10.2217/nnm-2018-0420. Epub 2019 Jun 5. PMID: 31166149.

3. Giner-Lamia J. et al. Genome analysis of Salmonella enterica subsp. diarizonae isolates from invasive human infections reveals enrichment of virulence-related functions in lineage ST1256. BMC Genomics. 2019; 20(1):99. doi: 10.1186/s12864-018-5352-z.

4. Matto C. et al. Detección de Listeria monocytogenes en un rodeo de bovinos de carne en el que previamente ocurrió un caso clínico de listeriosis nerviosa. Veterinaria. v.: 55 (211), p.:14 – 20, 2019.

5. Machado V. et al. Presence of enterotoxin genes in isolates of Staphylococcus aureus recovered from food, surfaces and environment of food establishments, and foodborne disease cases. Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 2019.

6. Meny P. et al. Leptospirosis: seroprevalencia en poblaciones de equinos y referentes humanos en Uruguay. Revista De Educação Continuada Em Medicina Veterinária E Zootecnia Do CRMV-SP, V.: 17 P.:85 – 85, 2019.

7. Meny P et al. Seroprevalence of leptospirosis in human groups at risk due to environmental, labour or social conditions. Revista Argentina de Microbiología, 2019.

8. Pardo L. et al. Macrolide, lincosamide-streptogramin B resistance phenotypes and its associated genotypes in Staphylococcus aureus isolates from a tertiary-level public hospital of Uruguay. Revista Argentina de Microbiología, 2019.

9. Da Cunda P. et al. Characterization of the Different Stages of Biofilm Formation and Antibiotic Susceptibility in a Clinical Acinetobacter baumannii Strain. Microbial Drug Resistance-Mechanisms Epidemiology and Disease. Volume 00, Number 00, 2019.

10. Papa-Ezdra R. et al. First three Escherichia coli isolates harboring mcr-1 in Uruguay. Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance, v.: 20, p.:187 – 190, 2019

11. Di Pilato V. et al. Characterization of the first blaCTX-M-14/ermB-carrying IncI1 plasmid from Latin America. Plasmid, v.: 102, p.:1 – 5, 2019.

12. Garcia-Fulgueiras V. et al. First characterization of K. pneumoniae ST11 clinical isolates harboring blaKPC-3 in Latin America. Argentine Journal of Microbiology, v.: 52, p.:211-216, 2019.

2018:

1. D’Alessandro B et al. A novel prophage identified in strains from Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis is a phylogenetic signature of the lineage ST-1974. Microbial Genomics. 2018;4(3):e000161. doi:10.1099/mgen.0.000161.

2. Papa-Ezdra R. et al. First report of Pseudomonas aeruginosa co-harboring blaVIM-2 and blaPER-1 in Latin America. Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance 15 (2018) 121–122.

3. Pardo L. et al. Staphylococcus aureus portadores del gen mecA sensibles a oxacilina (OS-MRSA): otro desafío para los laboratorios de bacteriología. Revista Médica Uruguaya, v.: 34 (4), p.:240 – 243, 2018.

4. Zarantonelli L. et al. Isolation of pathogenic Leptospira strains from naturally infected cattle in Uruguay reveals high serovar diversity, and uncovers a relevant risk for human leptospirosis. PLoS neglected tropical diseases vol. 12,9 e0006694. 13 Sep. 2018, doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0006694.

5. Peirano V. et al. Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli Associated with Acute Gastroenteritis in Children from Soriano, Uruguay. Can J Infect Dis Med Microbiol. Published 2018 Oct 24. doi:10.1155/2018/8387218.

6. Matto C. et al. Detection of Listeria spp. in cattle and the environment in pasture-based dairy farms. Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira, v.: 38 (9), p.:1736 – 1741, 2018.

7. Bado I. et al. Molecular characterization of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in the ICU of Uruguay’s University Hospital identifies the first rmtC gene in the species. 2018. Microbial Drug Resistance, v.: 24, p.: 1012–1019, 2018.

8. Bado I. et al. Detection of qnrVC6, within a new genetic context, in a NDM-1-producing Citrobacter freundii clinical isolate from Uruguay. 2018. Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance, v.: 14, p.:95 –98, 2018.

2017:

1. González MJ. et al. Effect of different antibiotics on biofilm produced by uropathogenic Escherichia coli isolated from children with urinary tract infection. Pathog Dis. 2017. 1;75(4). doi: 10.1093/femspd/ftx053. PMID: 28505288.

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