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List of works by Fernando Alcaide

A global gene pool for high-level cephalosporin resistance in commensal Streptococcus species and Streptococcus pneumoniae

scientific article published on October 1997

Absence of Ribosomal RNA of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex in Sarcoidosis

scientific article published on 01 January 2005

Additional data about the influence of an inhibitory factor on growth of Mycobacterium kansasii in BACTEC 12B medium.

scientific article published on February 1996

Advances in rapid diagnosis of tuberculosis disease and anti-tuberculous drug resistance

scientific article published on March 1, 2011

Application of mass spectrometry in mycobacteria

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Bacteremia due to viridans streptococci that are highly resistant to penicillin: increase among neutropenic patients with cancer.

scientific article published in May 1995

Bacteremic Pneumonia in Neutropenic Patients With Cancer

scientific article published on 01 April 1998

Characterization of mutations in streptomycin-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates in the area of Barcelona

scientific article published on 28 August 2010

Characterization of the embB gene in Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from Barcelona and rapid detection of main mutations related to ethambutol resistance using a low-density DNA array

scientific article published on 11 November 2013

Characterization of the embB gene in Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from Barcelona and rapid detection of main mutations related to ethambutol resistance using a low-density DNA array-authors' response

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Comparative in vitro activities of linezolid, telithromycin, clarithromycin, levofloxacin, moxifloxacin, and four conventional antimycobacterial drugs against Mycobacterium kansasii.

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Comparison of the 2-step tuberculin skin test and the quantiFERON-TB gold in-tube test for the screening of tuberculosis infection before liver transplantation

scientific article published on 01 October 2011

Current microbiological diagnosis of tuberculosis.

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Current treatment of nontuberculous mycobacteriosis: an update

scientific article published on May 1, 2012

Detection of Minority Variants and Mixed Infections in Mycobacterium tuberculosis by Direct Whole-Genome Sequencing on Noncultured Specimens Using a Specific-DNA Capture Strategy

scientific article published on 15 December 2021

Detection of interleukin-2 is not useful for distinguishing between latent and active tuberculosis in clinical practice: a prospective cohort study.

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Detection of latent tuberculosis by the tuberculin skin test and a whole-blood interferon-γ release assay, and the development of active tuberculosis in HIV-seropositive persons

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Detection of streptomycin and quinolone resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis by a low-density DNA array

scientific article published on 29 July 2013

Diagnosis of tuberculosis infection by tuberculin skin test and a whole-blood interferon-γ release assay in patients considered for anti-tumor necrosis factor-α therapy

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Direct detection in clinical samples of multiple gene mutations causing resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to isoniazid and rifampicin using fluorogenic probes.

scientific article published on 6 May 2005

Direct detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in clinical samples by a molecular method based on GenoQuick technology

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Draft Genome Sequences of Mycobacterium setense Type Strain DSM-45070 and the Nonpathogenic Strain Manresensis, Isolated from the Bank of the Cardener River in Manresa, Catalonia, Spain

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Effectiveness of an integrated real-time PCR method for detection of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in smear-negative extrapulmonary samples in an area of low tuberculosis prevalence.

scientific article published on 7 December 2011

Epidemiology of Mycobacterium kansasii

scientific article published on 01 August 1999

Evaluation of the BACTEC MGIT 960 and the MB/BacT systems for recovery of mycobacteria from clinical specimens and for species identification by DNA AccuProbe

scientific article published on January 2000

Evaluation of the VersaTREK system compared to the Bactec MGIT 960 system for first-line drug susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

scientific article published on 30 November 2011

Evaluation of the Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra Assay for Direct Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex in Smear-Negative Extrapulmonary Samples

scientific article published on 27 August 2018

Evaluation of two protein extraction protocols based on freezing and mechanical disruption for identifying nontuberculous mycobacteria by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry from liquid and solid cultures.

scientific article published on 24 January 2018

Evolution of cutaneous tuberculosis over the past 30 years in a tertiary hospital on the European Mediterranean coast

scientific article published on 22 October 2012

Factors associated with differences between conventional contact tracing and molecular epidemiology in study of tuberculosis transmission and analysis in the city of Barcelona, Spain

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First human isolate of Mycobacterium madagascariense in the sputum of a patient with tracheobronchitis

scientific article published in February 2013

First human isolate of Mycobacterium poriferae in the sputum of a patient with chronic bronchitis

scientific article published on 8 June 2011

Fluoroquinolone resistance mutations in the parC, parE, and gyrA genes of clinical isolates of viridans group streptococci

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GeneXpert® for smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis: does it play a role in low-burden countries?

scientific article published on 28 December 2012

Group B streptococcal disease in nonpregnant adults: incidence, clinical characteristics, and outcome.

scientific article published on 25 February 2004

Heterogeneity and clonality among isolates of Mycobacterium kansasii: implications for epidemiological and pathogenicity studies

scientific article (publication date: August 1997)

High rates of resistance to cephalosporins among viridans-group streptococci causing bacteraemia in neutropenic cancer patients.

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How To: Identify Non-Tuberculous Mycobacterium Species By Using Maldi-Tof Mass Spectrometry.

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Impaired fitness of Mycobacterium tuberculosis resistant isolates in a cell culture model of murine macrophages

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Incidence and molecular typing of Mycobacterium kansasii in a defined geographical area in Catalonia, Spain

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Increasing isolation of rapidly growing mycobacteria in a low-incidence setting of environmental mycobacteria, 1994-2015.

scientific article published on 20 March 2017

Infecciones cutáneas y de partes blandas por micobacterias no tuberculosas

scientific article published on 01 January 2010

Inteins in mycobacterial GyrA are a taxonomic character.

scientific article published on February 1998

Introduction

Lab-on-Chip-Based Platform for Fast Molecular Diagnosis of Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis.

scientific article published on 5 August 2015

Long-term relapses after 12-month treatment for Mycobacterium kansasii lung disease

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Methods for determining the antimicrobial susceptibility of mycobacteria.

scientific article published on 25 May 2016

Molecular analysis of isoniazid and rifampin resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates recovered from Barcelona

scientific article published in January 2005

Molecular techniques in the diagnosis of drug-resistant tuberculosis.

scientific article published on September 1997

Multicenter laboratory evaluation of the MB/BacT Mycobacterium detection system and the BACTEC MGIT 960 system in comparison with the BACTEC 460TB system for susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

scientific article published on 18 April 2007

Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis

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Multiple Cranial Osteolytic Lesions due to Mycobacterium kansasii in a Patient with AIDS

scientific article published on 01 January 1998

Multiplex Real-Time PCR-shortTUB Assay for Detection of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex in Smear-Negative Clinical Samples with Low Mycobacterial Loads

scientific article published on 26 July 2019

Mycobacteria Clumping Increase Their Capacity to Damage Macrophages

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Mycobacterium kansasii disease among patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus type 1: improved prognosis in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy.

scientific article published in July 2003

Myocardial abscess at a distant zone from the active valvular infection

scientific article published on 01 April 1998

Nuevos métodos de identificación de micobacterias

scientific article published on 01 October 2006

Polyclonality among clinical strains of non-pigmented rapidly growing mycobacteria: phenotypic and genotypic differences and their potential implications

scientific article published on 11 December 2014

QuantiFERON®-TB Gold In-Tube as a confirmatory test for tuberculin skin test in tuberculosis contact tracing: A non-inferiority clinical trial

scientific article published on 18 August 2017

QuantiFERON®-TB Gold In-Tube for contact screening in BCG-vaccinated adults: A longitudinal cohort study.

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Rapid detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and rifampin resistance in smear-negative clinical samples by use of an integrated real-time PCR method

scientific article published on 29 December 2010

Role of embB in natural and acquired resistance to ethambutol in mycobacteria

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Serious complications of bacteremia caused by Viridans streptococci in neutropenic patients with cancer.

scientific article published on 6 November 2000

Silent mutation in rpoB detected from clinical samples with rifampin-susceptible Mycobacterium tuberculosis

scientific article published on October 2011

The Mycobacterium xenopi GyrA protein splicing element: characterization of a minimal intein

scientific article published on October 1, 1997

Trehalose Polyphleates, External Cell Wall Lipids in Mycobacterium abscessus, Are Associated with the Formation of Clumps with Cording Morphology, Which Have Been Associated with Virulence.

scientific article published on 25 July 2017

Tuberculosis in solid organ transplant patients

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Tuberculosis transmission patterns among Spanish-born and foreign-born populations in the city of Barcelona.

scientific article published on 4 August 2009

Use of a commercial double-test tablet (Rosco PGUA/indole) for screening of Escherichia coli

scientific article published in May 1992

Use of a mycobacteriophage-based assay for rapid assessment of susceptibilities of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates to isoniazid and influence of resistance level on assay performance.

scientific article published on January 2006

[Drug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. A multicenter study of the Barcelona area. Grupo de Trabajo sobre Resistencias en Tuberculosis]

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¿Qué aporta la biología molecular al diagnóstico de la tuberculosis?

scientific article published on 26 August 2009