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  1. Impact on mortality of adherence to evidence-based interventions in patients with catheter-related bloodstream infection due to methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus

    Article • Infectious Diseases, October 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Fernando Chaves

  2. Ovine Mannheimia haemolytica isolates from lungs with and without pneumonic lesions belong to similar genotypes

    Article • Veterinary Microbiology, June 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Fernando Chaves

  3. Métodos microbiológicos para la vigilancia del estado de portador de bacterias multirresistentes

    Article • Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiología Clínica, December 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Fernando Chaves

  4. Molecular epidemiology and virulence of Escherichia coli O16:H5-ST131: Comparison with H30 and H30-Rx subclones of O25b:H4-ST131

    Article • International Journal of Medical Microbiology, November 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Fernando Chaves

  5. Usefulness of endoluminal catheter colonization surveillance cultures to reduce catheter-related bloodstream infections in hemodialysis

    Article • American Journal of Infection Control, November 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Fernando Chaves

  6. Draft Genome Sequence of Colistin-Only-Susceptible Pseudomonas aeruginosa Strain ST235, a Hypervirulent High-Risk Clone in Spain

    Article • Genome Announcements, October 2014, ASM Journals

    Dr Fernando Chaves

  7. Draft Whole-Genome Sequence of OXA-48-Producing Multidrug-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae KP_ST11_OXA-48

    Article • Genome Announcements, July 2014, ASM Journals

    Dr Fernando Chaves, Dr Jesús Mingorance

  8. Multiclonal spread of VIM-1-producing Enterobacter cloacae isolates associated with In624 and In488 integrons located in an IncHI2 plasmid

    Article • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, May 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Fernando Chaves

  9. Infecciones por variantes de colonia pequeña de Staphylococcus aureus: implicaciones clínicas y microbiológicas

    Article • Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiología Clínica, February 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Fernando Chaves

  10. Molecular epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia in children, Spain: Low risk of methicillin resistance

    Article • Journal of Infection, February 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Fernando Chaves

  11. Colonización nasal por Staphylococcus aureus en estudiantes de medicina: importancia en la transmisión hospitalaria

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

    Dr Fernando Chaves

  12. Draft Whole-Genome Sequence of VIM-1-Producing Multidrug-Resistant Enterobacter cloacae EC_38VIM1

    Article • Genome Announcements, September 2013, ASM Journals

    Dr Fernando Chaves

  13. Relationship between agr dysfunction and reduced vancomycin susceptibility in methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus causing bacteraemia

    Article • Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, August 2013, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Fernando Chaves

  14. Draft Genome Sequence of Strain SA_ST125_MupR of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST125, a Major Clone in Spain

    Article • Genome Announcements, August 2013, ASM Journals

    Dr Fernando Chaves

  15. Staphylococcus aureus abscesses: methicillin-resistance or Panton-Valentine leukocidin presence?

    Article • Archives of Disease in Childhood, June 2013, BMJ

    Dr Fernando Chaves

  16. Infecciones neonatales por Staphylococcus aureus de inicio en la comunidad

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

    Dr Fernando Chaves

  17. Draft Genome Sequence of VIM-2-Producing Multidrug-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa ST175, an Epidemic High-Risk Clone

    Article • Genome Announcements, April 2013, ASM Journals

    Dr Fernando Chaves

  18. Molecular Characterization of Achromobacter Isolates from Cystic Fibrosis and Non-Cystic Fibrosis Patients in Madrid, Spain

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, March 2013, ASM Journals

    Dr Fernando Chaves

  19. Differential findings regarding molecular epidemiology of tuberculosis between two consecutive periods in the context of steady increase of immigration

    Article • Clinical Microbiology and Infection, March 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Fernando Chaves

  20. Artritis séptica con cultivos negativos, utilidad de las técnicas moleculares

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

    Dr Fernando Chaves

  21. Long-term Evolution of Multiple Outbreaks of Serratia marcescens Bacteremia in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

    Article • The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, December 2012, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Fernando Chaves

  22. VIM-2–producing Multidrug-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa ST175 Clone, Spain

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, August 2012, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Dr Fernando Chaves

  23. Clinical significance of Candida colonization of intravascular catheters in the absence of documented candidemia

    Article • Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, June 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Fernando Chaves

  24. Análisis bibliométrico de las publicaciones en enfermedades infecciosas. Estudio comparativo de diez países en el periodo 2000-2009

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

    Dr Fernando Chaves

  25. Role of High Vancomycin Minimum Inhibitory Concentration in the Outcome of Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia

    Article • The Journal of Infectious Diseases, January 2012, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Fernando Chaves

  26. Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Meningitis in Adults

    Article • Medicine, January 2012, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Fernando Chaves

  27. Bacteriemia por Bordetella holmesii en una niña con anemia de células falciformes

    Article • Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiología Clínica, December 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Fernando Chaves

  28. Reduced Susceptibility to Vancomycin in Staphylococcus aureus

    Article • November 2011, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Dr Fernando Chaves

  29. National survey of Escherichia coli causing extraintestinal infections reveals the spread of drug-resistant clonal groups O25b:H4-B2-ST131, O15:H1-D-ST393 and CGA-D-ST69 with high virulence gene content in Spain

    Article • Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, June 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Fernando Chaves

  30. Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Harboring OXA-24 Carbapenemase, Spain

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, June 2011, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Dr Fernando Chaves

  31. High Vancomycin MIC and Complicated Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, June 2011, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Dr Fernando Chaves

  32. Multidrug-ResistantAcinetobacter baumanniiHarboring OXA-24 Carbapenemase, Spain

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, June 2011, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Dr Fernando Chaves

  33. High Vancomycin MIC and Complicated Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, June 2011, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Dr Fernando Chaves

  34. Fiebre y nódulos subcutáneos en paciente con bronquiolitis obliterante con neumonía organizada (BONO)

    Article • Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiología Clínica, May 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Fernando Chaves

  35. Emergencia de infecciones pediátricas por Staphylococcus aureus resistente a meticilina asociadas a la comunidad: ¿debemos dar la alerta?

    Article • Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiología Clínica, December 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Fernando Chaves

  36. Differences in the robustness of clusters involving the Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains most frequently isolated from immigrant cases in Madrid

    Article • Clinical Microbiology and Infection, October 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Fernando Chaves

  37. Misindentification ofMycobacterium kumamotonenseasM. tuberculosis

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, July 2010, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Dr Fernando Chaves

  38. Clinical and Molecular Characteristics of Infections with CO2-Dependent Small-Colony Variants of Staphylococcus aureus

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, June 2010, ASM Journals

    Dr Fernando Chaves

  39. Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) colonisation in cystic fibrosis patients

    Article • Journal of Cystic Fibrosis, June 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Fernando Chaves

  40. Community-associatedStaphylococcus aureusinfections in children

    Article • Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy, May 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Fernando Chaves

  41. Is High Vancomycin Minimum Inhibitory Concentration a Good Marker to Predict the Outcome of Methicillin‐ResistantStaphylococcus aureusBacteremia?

    Article • The Journal of Infectious Diseases, January 2010, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Fernando Chaves

  42. Panton–Valentine leukocidin-positive Staphylococcus aureus skin and soft tissue infections among children in an emergency department in Madrid, Spain

    Article • Clinical Microbiology and Infection, January 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Fernando Chaves

  43. Nosocomial Spread of Colistin-Only-Sensitive Sequence Type 235 Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolates Producing the Extended-Spectrum  -Lactamases GES-1 and GES-5 in Spain

    Article • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, September 2009, ASM Journals

    Dr Fernando Chaves

  44. Re-analysis of epidemiologically linked tuberculosis cases not supported by IS6110-RFLP-based genotyping

    Article • Clinical Microbiology and Infection, August 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Fernando Chaves

  45. Transmission permeability of tuberculosis involving immigrants, revealed by a multicentre analysis of clusters

    Article • Clinical Microbiology and Infection, May 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Fernando Chaves

  46. Molecular characterization of resistance to mupirocin in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates in a tertiary hospital in Spain

    Article • Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, February 2009, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Fernando Chaves

  47. Decreased Tuberculosis Incidence and Declining Clustered Case Rates, Madrid

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, October 2008, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Dr Fernando Chaves

  48. Neumonía necrosante por Staphylococcus aureus resistente a meticilina adquirido en la comunidad en un paciente pediátrico

    Article • Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiología Clínica, July 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Fernando Chaves

  49. Epidemiología de las infecciones por grampositivos multirresistentes

    Article • Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiología Clínica, January 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Fernando Chaves

  50. Turberculosis e inmigración en España

    Article • Revista Española de Salud Pública, December 2007, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Dr Fernando Chaves

  51. Molecular, epidemiological and infectivity characterisation of a Mycobacterium tuberculosis strain prevalent in Madrid

    Article • Clinical Microbiology and Infection, December 2007, Elsevier

    Dr Fernando Chaves

  52. Dietzia maris bacteremia: Use of molecular techniques for accurate identification of actinomycetes

    Article • Clinical Microbiology Newsletter, October 2007, Elsevier

    Dr Fernando Chaves

  53. Staphylococcus aureus poststernotomy mediastinitis: Description of two distinct acquisition pathways with different potential preventive approaches

    Article • Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, September 2007, Elsevier

    Dr Fernando Chaves

  54. Bacteremia Due to Clonally Derived Methicillin-Resistant, Gentamicin-Susceptible Isolates and Methicillin-Susceptible, Gentamicin-Resistant Isolates of Staphylococcus aureus

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, August 2007, ASM Journals

    Dr Fernando Chaves

  55. Listeriosis: la punta del iceberg

    Article • Medicina Clínica, July 2007, Elsevier

    Dr Fernando Chaves

  56. Primary pyogenic liver abscess caused by magA+ Klebsiella pneumoniae in Spain

    Article • Clinical Microbiology Newsletter, July 2007, Elsevier

    Dr Fernando Chaves

  57. Long Persistence of Methicillin-Susceptible Strains of Staphylococcus aureus Causing Sepsis in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, May 2007, ASM Journals

    Dr Fernando Chaves

  58. Endocarditis por Granulicatella adiacens en un paciente anciano

    Article • Medicina Clínica, May 2007, Elsevier

    Dr Fernando Chaves

  59. Analysis of Changes in Recent Tuberculosis Transmission Patterns after a Sharp Increase in Immigration

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, November 2006, ASM Journals

    Dr Fernando Chaves

  60. Population Genetics Study of Isoniazid Resistance Mutations and Evolution of Multidrug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis

    Article • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, August 2006, ASM Journals

    Dr Fernando Chaves

  61. New Route of Importation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing Genotype

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, January 2006, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Dr Fernando Chaves

  62. Emergencia de un clon de Staphylococcus aureus resistente a meticilina de origen comunitario en la población pediátrica del sur de Madrid

    Article • Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiología Clínica, January 2006, Elsevier

    Dr Fernando Chaves

  63. Role of embB Codon 306 Mutations in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Revisited: a Novel Association with Broad Drug Resistance and IS6110 Clustering Rather than Ethambutol Resistance

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

    Dr Fernando Chaves

  64. Epidemiology and Clonality of Methicillin-Resistant and Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus Causing Bacteremia in a Tertiary-Care Hospital in Spain

    Article • Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, February 2005, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Fernando Chaves

  65. Molecular Characterization of Resistance to Mupirocin in Methicillin-Susceptible and -Resistant Isolates of Staphylococcus aureus from Nasal Samples

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

    Dr Fernando Chaves

  66. Patrones de transmisión de la tuberculosis en un área sanitaria de Madrid

    Article • Revista Española de Salud Pública, October 2003, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Dr Fernando Chaves

  67. New Real-Time PCR Able To Detect in a Single Tube Multiple Rifampin Resistance Mutations and High-Level Isoniazid Resistance Mutations in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

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

    Dr Fernando Chaves

  68. Transmisión reciente de la tuberculosis en un área con baja incidencia: estudio epidemiológico y molecular

    Article • Medicina Clínica, January 2002, Elsevier

    Dr Fernando Chaves

  69. Protocolo de actuación clínica en tuberculosis resistente

    Article • Medicine - Programa de Formación Médica Continuada Acreditado, January 2002, Elsevier

    Dr Fernando Chaves

  70. Erythema elevatum diutinum, a clinical entity to be considered in patients infected with HIV-1

    Article • Clinical and Experimental Dermatology, December 2001, Wiley

    Dr Fernando Chaves

  71. Mutations in the rpoB Gene of Rifampin-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates in Spain and Their Rapid Detection by PCR-Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, May 2001, ASM Journals

    Dr Fernando Chaves

  72. Transmisión de la tuberculosis en las prisiones de Madrid

    Article • Medicina Clínica, January 2000, Elsevier

    Dr Fernando Chaves

  73. Transmisión reciente de la tuberculosis en Madrid: utilidad de las técnicas moleculares

    Article • Medicina Clínica, January 2000, Elsevier

    Dr Fernando Chaves

  74. Evidence of exogenous reinfection and mixed infection with more than one strain of Mycobacterium tuberculosis among Spanish HIV-infected inmates

    Article • AIDS, April 1999, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Fernando Chaves

  75. Clinical Significance of Splenic Tuberculosis in Patients Infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus

    Article • Clinical Infectious Diseases, June 1997, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Fernando Chaves

  76. A longitudinal study of transmission of tuberculosis in a large prison population.

    Article • American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, February 1997, American Thoracic Society

    Dr Fernando Chaves

  77. Fatal Nocardia asteroides bacteremia in a cirrhotic and human immunodeficiency virus-infected patient

    Article • Clinical Microbiology Newsletter, October 1995, Elsevier

    Dr Fernando Chaves

  78. Correlation of in-vitro susceptibility test results with clinical response: a study of azole therapy in AIDS patients

    Article • Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, January 1995, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Fernando Chaves