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  1. Cultures of Needleless Connectors Are Useful for Ruling Out Central Venous Catheter Colonization

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

    María Guembe

  2. Micafungin at Physiological Serum Concentrations Shows Antifungal Activity against Candida albicans and Candida parapsilosis Biofilms

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

    María Guembe, Dr Jesus Guinea

  3. Can MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry be used with intravascular catheters?

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

    María Guembe, Belén Rodriguez Sanchez

  4. Is Biofilm Production a Predictor of Catheter-Related Candidemia?

    Article • Medical Mycology, April 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    María Guembe

  5. Predictive value of superficial cultures to anticipate tunneled hemodialysis catheter–related bloodstream infection

    Article • Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, March 2014, Elsevier

    María Guembe

  6. Diagnosis of venous access port colonization requires cultures from multiple sites: should guidelines be amended?

    Article • Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, February 2014, Elsevier

    María Guembe

  7. Innovative Strategies for Preventing Central-Line Associated Infections

    Article • Current Treatment Options in Infectious Diseases, December 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    María Guembe

  8. Bloodstream infections in patients with kidney disease: risk factors for poor outcome and mortality

    Article • Journal of Hospital Infection, November 2013, Elsevier

    María Guembe

  9. The risk of catheter-related bloodstream infection after withdrawal of colonized catheters is low

    Article • European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, October 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    María Guembe

  10. Evolution and aetiological shift of catheter-related bloodstream infection in a whole institution: the microbiology department may act as a watchtower

    Article • Clinical Microbiology and Infection, September 2013, Elsevier

    María Guembe

  11. Value of Superficial Cultures for Prediction of Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infection in Long-Term Catheters: a Prospective Study

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

    María Guembe

  12. Catheter-related bloodstream infection caused by Enterococcus spp.

    Article • Clinical Microbiology and Infection, May 2013, Elsevier

    María Guembe

  13. Can microbiologists help to assess catheter involvement in candidaemic patients before removal?

    Article • Clinical Microbiology and Infection, February 2013, Elsevier

    María Guembe

  14. Use of Universal 16S rRNA Gene PCR as a Diagnostic Tool for Venous Access Port-Related Bloodstream Infections

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 2012, ASM Journals

    María Guembe

  15. Central venous catheter colonization with Staphylococcus aureus is not always an indication for antimicrobial therapy

    Article • Clinical Microbiology and Infection, September 2012, Elsevier

    María Guembe

  16. Guidelines for preventing catheter infection: assessment of knowledge and practice among paediatric and neonatal intensive care healthcare workers

    Article • Journal of Hospital Infection, June 2012, Elsevier

    María Guembe

  17. Impact on knowledge and practice of an intervention to control catheter infection in the ICU

    Article • European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, May 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    María Guembe

  18. How Should Long-Term Tunneled Central Venous Catheters Be Managed in Microbiology Laboratories in Order To Provide an Accurate Diagnosis of Colonization?

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

    María Guembe

  19. Differential time to positivity (DTTP) for the diagnosis of catheter-related bloodstream infection: do we need to obtain one or more peripheral vein blood cultures?

    Article • European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, October 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    María Guembe

  20. Managing intravascular catheter-related infections in heart transplant patients

    Article • Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases, August 2011, Wolters Kluwer Health

    María Guembe

  21. Corrigendum to “Prospective, randomised study of selective versus routine culture of vascular catheter tips: patient outcome, antibiotic use and laboratory workload” [Journal of Hospital Infection 2011;77:309–315]

    Article • Journal of Hospital Infection, June 2011, Elsevier

    María Guembe

  22. Prospective, randomised study of selective versus routine culture of vascular catheter tips: patient outcome, antibiotic use and laboratory workload

    Article • Journal of Hospital Infection, April 2011, Elsevier

    María Guembe

  23. Selection of the vascular catheter: can it minimise the risk of infection?

    Article • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, December 2010, Elsevier

    María Guembe

  24. How Many Lumens Should Be Cultured in the Conservative Diagnosis of Catheter‐Related Bloodstream Infections?

    Article • Clinical Infectious Diseases, June 2010, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    María Guembe

  25. Are central venous catheter tip cultures reliable after 6-day refrigeration?

    Article • Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, July 2009, Elsevier

    María Guembe

  26. Is Candida colonization of central vascular catheters in non-candidemic, non-neutropenic patients an indication for antifungals?

    Article • Intensive Care Medicine, February 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    María Guembe

  27. Synergistic Effect of Posaconazole and Caspofungin against Clinical Zygomycetes

    Article • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, June 2007, ASM Journals

    María Guembe

  28. P1279 Candida dubliniensis in a general hospital over an 8-year period

    Article • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, March 2007, Elsevier

    María Guembe

  29. R2278 Determination of the antifungal activity of itraconazole, voriconazole, posaconazole, amphotericin B and caspofungin against 45 clinical isolates of zygomycetes using the CLSI M-38A procedure

    Article • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, March 2007, Elsevier

    María Guembe

  30. P1968 Determination of the antifungal susceptibility of zygomycetes by the ETest and Sensititre YeastOne: a comparison with the CLSI M-38 A procedure

    Article • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, March 2007, Elsevier

    María Guembe