Listar Microbiología por autor "Acuña Amador, Luis Alberto"
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A Clostridium difficile Lineage Endemic to Costa Rican Hospitals Is Multidrug Resistant by Acquisition of Chromosomal Mutations and Novel Mobile Genetic Elements
Ramírez Vargas, Gabriel; Quesada Gómez, Carlos; Acuña Amador, Luis Alberto; López Ureña, Diana; Murillo Corrales, Tatiana; Gamboa Coronado, María del Mar; Chaves Olarte, Esteban; Thomson, Nicholas R.; Rodríguez Cavallini, Evelyn; Rodríguez Sánchez, César (2017-01)The antimicrobial resistance (AMR) rates and levels recorded for Clostridium difficile are on the rise. This study reports the nature, levels, diversity, and genomic context of the antimicrobial resistance of human C. ... -
Emergence of an Outbreak-Associated Clostridium difficile Variant with Increased Virulence
Quesada Gómez, Carlos; López Ureña, Diana; Chaves Olarte, Esteban; Acuña Amador, Luis Alberto; Villalobos Zúñiga, Manuel Antonio; Du, Tim; Freire, Rosemayre; Guzmán Verri, Caterina; Gamboa Coronado, María del Mar; Lawley, Trevor D.; Moreno Robles, Edgardo; Mulvey, Michael R.; de Castro Brito, Gerly Anne; Rodríguez Cavallini, Evelyn; Rodríguez Sánchez, César (2015-04)The prevalence of Clostridium difficile infections has increased due to the emergence of epidemic variants from diverse genetic lineages. Here we describe the emergence of a novel variant during an outbreak in a Costa Rican ... -
Porphyromonas spp. have an extensive host range in ill and healthy individuals and an unexpected environmental distribution: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Acuña Amador, Luis Alberto; Barloy Hubler, Frédérique (2020-10-01)Studies on the anaerobic bacteria Porphyromonas, mainly focused on P. gingivalis, have revealed new bacterial structures, metabolic pathways, and physiologic functionalities. Porphyromonas are mainly described as being ...