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  1. Whole-genome sequencing—new tools for gonorrhoea control

    Article • The Lancet Infectious Diseases, July 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Roberto G Melano

  2. Dissemination of the mcr-1 colistin resistance gene

    Article • The Lancet Infectious Diseases, March 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Roberto G Melano

  3. Clonal Complex 17 Group B Streptococcus strains causing invasive disease in neonates and adults originate from the same genetic pool

    Article • Scientific Reports, February 2016, Nature

    Dr Roberto G Melano, Dr Allison McGeer

  4. Assessment of Listeria sp. Interference Using a Molecular Assay To Detect Listeria monocytogenes in Food

    Article • Journal of Food Protection, January 2016, International Association for Food Protection

    Dr Roberto G Melano

  5. What Is the Appropriate Meropenem MIC for Screening of Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae in Low-Prevalence Settings?

    Article • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, December 2015, ASM Journals

    Dr Roberto G Melano, Dr Allison McGeer

  6. Lateral dissemination and inter-patient transmission ofblaKPC-3: role of a conjugative plasmid in spreading carbapenem resistance

    Article • Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, October 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Roberto G Melano

  7. Simplified Protocol for Carba NP Test for Enhanced Detection of Carbapenemase Producers Directly from Bacterial Cultures

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, September 2015, ASM Journals

    Dr Roberto G Melano

  8. Detection of carbapenemase activity in Enterobacteriaceae: comparison of the carbapenem inactivation method versus the Carba NP test: Table 1.

    Article • Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, September 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Roberto G Melano

  9. Emergence of Serotype IV Group B Streptococcus Adult Invasive Disease in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, Canada, Is Driven by Clonal Sequence Type 459 Strains

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2015, ASM Journals

    Dr Roberto G Melano, Dr Allison McGeer

  10. Characterization of an Enterococcus gallinarum Isolate Carrying a DualvanAandvanBCassette

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, May 2015, ASM Journals

    Dr Roberto G Melano

  11. Characterization of Multiple NDM-1-Producing Enterobacteriaceae Isolates from the Same Patient

    Article • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, April 2015, ASM Journals

    Dr Roberto G Melano

  12. Population Structure and Antimicrobial Resistance of Invasive Serotype IV Group B Streptococcus , Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, April 2015, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Dr Allison McGeer, Dr Roberto G Melano

  13. Molecular Characterization of Klebsiella pneumoniae Carbapenemase (KPC)-Producing Enterobacteriaceae in Ontario, Canada, 2008-2011

    Article • PLoS ONE, December 2014, PLOS

    Dr Roberto G Melano

  14. Profiling of rpoB Mutations and MICs for Rifampin and Rifabutin in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, April 2014, ASM Journals

    Dr Roberto G Melano, Jennifer Guthrie

  15. Comparative Genomic Analysis of KPC-Encoding pKpQIL-Like Plasmids and Their Distribution in New Jersey and New York Hospitals

    Article • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, March 2014, ASM Journals

    Dr Roberto G Melano, Dr Michael R Jacobs

  16. Azithromycin Resistance Is Coevolving with Reduced Susceptibility to Cephalosporins in Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Ontario, Canada

    Article • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, February 2014, ASM Journals

    Dr Roberto G Melano

  17. Molecular Survey of the Dissemination of TwoblaKPC-Harboring IncFIA Plasmids in New Jersey and New York Hospitals

    Article • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, February 2014, ASM Journals

    Dr Roberto G Melano, Dr Michael R Jacobs

  18. Reply to “Further Proofs of Concept for the Carba NP Test”

    Article • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, January 2014, ASM Journals

    Dr Roberto G Melano

  19. Antimicrobial Activity of Solithromycin against Clinical Isolates of Legionella pneumophila Serogroup 1

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

    Dr Roberto G Melano

  20. Complete Nucleotide Sequence of ablaKPC-Harboring IncI2 Plasmid and Its Dissemination in New Jersey and New York Hospitals

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

    Dr Roberto G Melano, Dr Michael R Jacobs

  21. Evaluation of the Carba NP Test for Rapid Detection of Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa

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

    Dr Roberto G Melano

  22. OXA-48-like carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in Ottawa, Canada

    Article • Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, July 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Roberto G Melano

  23. Verona Integron–encoded Metallo-β-Lactamase 1 in Enterobacteria, Ontario, Canada

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, July 2013, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Dr Roberto G Melano

  24. Determination ofIn VitroActivities of Solithromycin at Different pHs and Its Intracellular Activity against Clinical Isolates of Neisseria gonorrhoeae from a Laboratory Collection

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

    Dr Roberto G Melano

  25. Cephalosporin Resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae Infections—Reply

    Article • JAMA, May 2013, American Medical Association (AMA)

    Dr Roberto G Melano

  26. Neisseria gonorrhoeae Treatment Failure and Susceptibility to Cefixime in Toronto, Canada

    Article • JAMA, January 2013, American Medical Association (AMA)

    Dr Roberto G Melano

  27. Complete Sequence of ablaKPC-2-Harboring IncFIIK1Plasmid from a Klebsiella pneumoniae Sequence Type 258 Strain

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

    Dr Roberto G Melano, Dr Michael R Jacobs

  28. Complete Nucleotide Sequences ofblaKPC-4- andblaKPC-5-Harboring IncN and IncX Plasmids from Klebsiella pneumoniae Strains Isolated in New Jersey

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

    Dr Roberto G Melano, Dr Michael R Jacobs

  29. Outbreak of Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae Containing blaNDM-1, Ontario, Canada

    Article • Clinical Infectious Diseases, September 2012, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Roberto G Melano, Dr Allison McGeer

  30. Escherichia coli O104:H4 Infections and International Travel

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

    Dr Roberto G Melano

  31. MupB, a New High-Level Mupirocin Resistance Mechanism in Staphylococcus aureus

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

    Dr Roberto G Melano

  32. Clonal dissemination of Klebsiella pneumoniae ST258 harbouring KPC-2 in Argentina

    Article • Clinical Microbiology and Infection, October 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Roberto G Melano, Dr Alejandro Petroni

  33. Identification of Sexual Networks Through Molecular Typing of Quinolone-Resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Ontario, Canada

    Article • Sexually Transmitted Diseases, September 2011, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Roberto G Melano

  34. New Delhi metallo- -lactamase-1: local acquisition in Ontario, Canada, and challenges in detection

    Article • Canadian Medical Association Journal, May 2011, Canadian Medical Association (CMA)

    Dr Roberto G Melano, Dr Allison McGeer

  35. Comparative Evaluation of a Chromogenic Agar Medium, the Modified Hodge Test, and a Battery of Meropenem-Inhibitor Discs for Detection of Carbapenemase Activity in Enterobacteriaceae

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, March 2011, ASM Journals

    Dr Roberto G Melano

  36. Distribution of Antiseptic Resistance GenesqacA, qacB, andsmrin Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolated in Toronto, Canada, from 2005 to 2009

    Article • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, March 2011, ASM Journals

    Dr Roberto G Melano, Dr Allison McGeer

  37. New Delhi Metallo-β-Lactamase, Ontario, Canada

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

    Dr Roberto G Melano

  38. Analytical and clinical validation of novel real-time reverse transcriptase–polymerase chain reaction assays for the clinical detection of swine-origin H1N1 influenza viruses

    Article • Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, February 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Roberto G Melano, Jennifer Guthrie

  39. Molecular Analysis of Antimicrobial Resistance Mechanisms inNeisseria gonorrhoeaeIsolates from Ontario, Canada

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

    Dr Roberto G Melano

  40. rmtD2, a New Allele of a 16S rRNA Methylase Gene, Has Been Present inEnterobacteriaceaeIsolates from Argentina for More than a Decade

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

    Dr Roberto G Melano, Dr Alejandro Petroni

  41. Characterization of the quinolone resistant determining regions in clinical isolates of pneumococci collected in Canada

    Article • Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials, January 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Roberto G Melano, Dr Allison McGeer

  42. Klebsiella pneumoniae Carbapenemase, Canada

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, May 2009, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Dr Roberto G Melano

  43. Evaluation of Melting Curve Analysis for Screening the Most Prevalent Mutations in Topoisomerase Genes from Streptococcus pneumoniae

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, January 2008, ASM Journals

    Dr Roberto G Melano

  44. Antimicrobial resistance among invasive isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae collected across Canada

    Article • Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, September 2007, Elsevier

    Dr Roberto G Melano

  45. Molecular epidemiology of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in Argentina

    Article • International Journal of Infectious Diseases, January 2007, Elsevier

    Dr Roberto G Melano

  46. Cephalosporin resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae from Nova Scotia, Canada

    Article • Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, October 2006, Elsevier

    Dr Roberto G Melano

  47. Extended-spectrum β-lactamases in Shigella flexneri from Argentina: first report of TOHO-1 outside Japan

    Article • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, June 2005, Elsevier

    Dr Roberto G Melano, Dr Alejandro Petroni

  48. A new HLA-DR6 allele (DRB1 * 1413) found in a tribe of Brazilian Indians

    Article • Immunogenetics, March 1994, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Roberto G Melano