• Caracterización de nuevos factores de virulencia del patógeno nosocomial Acinetobacter baumannii 

      Álvarez-Fraga, Laura (2018)
      [Resumo] Acinetobacter baumannii é un patóxeno oportunista que xurdiu nos últimos anos como un dos microorganismos máis perigosos dentro do ambiente hospitalario. Na presente tese doutoral caracterizáronse dous novos ...
    • In-Depth Analysis of the Role of the Acinetobactin Cluster in the Virulence of Acinetobacter baumannii 

      Conde-Pérez, Kelly; Vázquez-Ucha, Juan Carlos; Álvarez-Fraga, Laura; Ageitos, Lucía; Rumbo-Feal, Soraya; Martínez-Guitián, Marta; Trigo Tasende, Noelia; Rodríguez, Jaime; Bou, Germán; Jiménez, Carlos; Beceiro, Alejandro; Poza, Margarita (Frontiers, 2021-10-05)
      [Abstract] Acinetobacter baumannii is a multidrug-resistant pathogen that represents a serious threat to global health. A. baumannii possesses a wide range of virulence factors that contribute to the bacterial pathogenicity. ...
    • Involvement of HisF in the persistence of Acinetobacter baumannii during a pneumonia infection 

      Martínez-Guitián, Marta; Vázquez-Ucha, Juan Carlos; Álvarez-Fraga, Laura; Conde-Pérez, Kelly; Lasarte-Monterrubio, Cristina; Vallejo, J. A.; Bou, Germán; Poza, Margarita; Beceiro, Alejandro (Frontiers, 2019)
      [Abstract] Acinetobacter baumannii is currently considered one of themost problematic nosocomial microorganisms. In the present work the hisF gene from the ATCC 17978 strain and the AbH12O-A2 clinical isolate of A. baumannii ...
    • Kpi, a Chaperone-Usher Pili System Associated with the Worldwide-Disseminated High-Risk Clone Klebsiella Pneumoniae ST-15 

      Gato, Eva; Vázquez-Ucha, Juan Carlos; Rumbo-Feal, Soraya; Álvarez-Fraga, Laura; Vallejo, J. A.; Martínez-Guitián, Marta; Beceiro, Alejandro; Ramos Vivas, Jose; Sola-Campoy, Pedro Juan; Pérez-Vázquez, María; Oteo, Jesús; Rodiño-Janeiro, Bruno Kotska; Romero, Antonio; Poza, Margarita; Bou, Germán; Pérez, Astrid (National Academy of Sciences, 2020-07-08)
      [Abstract] Control of infections caused by carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae continues to be challenging. The success of this pathogen is favored by its ability to acquire antimicrobial resistance and to spread ...