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List of works by Ana C. Gales

A hospital-based matched case-control study to identify clinical outcome and risk factors associated with carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae infection

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A proposal for using data from antimicrobial prescriptions: the EUREQA experience

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Advances in the microbiological diagnosis of sepsis.

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An outbreak of catalase-negative methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

scientific article published on 2 February 2007

Antimicrobial activity and spectrum of the new glycylcycline, GAR-936 tested against 1,203 recent clinical bacterial isolates

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Antimicrobial activity of ceftobiprole against gram-negative and gram-positive pathogens: results from INVITA-A-CEFTO Brazilian study.

scientific article published in July 2011

Antimicrobial activity of dalbavancin tested against Gram-positive clinical isolates from Latin American medical centres

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Antimicrobial activity of doripenem against Gram-negative pathogens: results from INVITA-A-DORI Brazilian study

scientific article published in November 2011

Antimicrobial resistance among Gram-negative bacilli isolated from Latin America: results from SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program (Latin America, 2008-2010).

scientific article published on 31 May 2012

Antimicrobial resistance in Enterobacteriaceae in Brazil: focus on β-lactams and polymyxins

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Antimicrobial susceptibility of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Latin America: results from five years of the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program

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Antimicrobial susceptibility patterns for pathogens isolated from patients in Latin American medical centers with a diagnosis of pneumonia: analysis of results from the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program (1997)

scientific article published on 01 December 1998

Bactericidal effect of S-nitrosothiols against clinical isolates from keratitis.

scientific article published on 20 November 2012

Beta-lactam resistance mechanisms in Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains causing bloodstream infections: comparative results between Brazilian and American isolates

scientific article published on 28 March 2012

Bloodstream infections with OXA-23-producing Acinetobacter baumannii isolates in a university-affiliated hospital in Brazil: epidemiology and clinical outcomes

scientific article published on 23 July 2011

Bloodstream infections with metallo-beta-lactamase-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa: epidemiology, microbiology, and clinical outcomes.

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Carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa: clonal spread in southern Brazil and in the state of Goiás.

scientific article published in September 2010

Carriage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in children in Brazil

scientific article published on 19 January 2007

Cation concentration variability of four distinct Mueller-Hinton agar brands influences polymyxin B susceptibility results.

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Change in colony morphology of Candida lusitaniae in association with development of amphotericin B resistance

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Changing Antimicrobial Susceptibility Patterns among Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae from Brazil: Report from the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program (1998–2004)

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Characterization of BKC-1 class A carbapenemase from Klebsiella pneumoniae clinical isolates in Brazil.

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Characterization of Enterococcus species isolated from marine recreational waters by MALDI-TOF MS and Rapid ID API® 20 Strep system

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Characterization of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates: occurrence rates, antimicrobial susceptibility patterns, and molecular typing in the global SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program, 1997-1999.

scientific article published in May 2001

Children living near a sanitary landfill have increased breath methane and Methanobrevibacter smithii in their intestinal microbiota

scientific article published on 13 October 2014

Clinical utilization of bacteriophages: a new perspective to combat the antimicrobial resistance in Brazil

scientific article published on 15 May 2020

Cloverleaf test (modified Hodge test) for detecting carbapenemase production in Klebsiella pneumoniae: be aware of false positive results

scientific article published on 8 December 2009

Co-transmission of Rahnella aquatilis between hospitalized patients

scientific article published on 24 September 2015

Comment on: Performance of the Oxoid M.I.C.Evaluator™ Strips compared with the Etest® assay and BSAC agar dilution

scientific article published on 08 March 2011

Comparison of DNA Extraction Protocols and Molecular Targets to Diagnose Tuberculous Meningitis

scientific article published on 30 May 2017

Comparison of M.I.C.E. and Etest with CLSI agar dilution for antimicrobial susceptibility testing against oxacillin-resistant Staphylococcus spp

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Comparison of phenotypic tests for detecting BKC-1-producing Enterobacteriaceae isolates.

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Contemporary activity of colistin and polymyxin B against a worldwide collection of Gram-negative pathogens: results from the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program (2006-09)

scientific article published on 29 June 2011

Coproduction of KPC-2 and IMP-10 in Carbapenem-Resistant Serratia marcescens Isolates from an Outbreak in a Brazilian Teaching Hospital

scientific article published on 15 April 2015

Culture proven bacterial endophthalmitis: a 6-year review

scientific article published in September 2008

DRESS Syndrome due to Nevirapine Treated with Methylprednisolone

scientific article published on August 2013

Detection and gram discrimination of bacterial pathogens from aqueous and vitreous humor using real-time PCR assays

scientific article published on 22 February 2011

Detection of GES-5-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in Brazil

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Detection of OXA-231, a new variant of blaOXA-143, in Acinetobacter baumannii from Brazil: a case report

scientific article published on June 26, 2012

Detection of SPM-1-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa and class D β-lactamase-producing Acinetobacter baumannii isolates by use of liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry and matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry

scientific article published on 24 October 2012

Detection of carbapenemase activity directly from blood culture vials using MALDI-TOF MS: a quick answer for the right decision

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Detection of group A beta-hemolytic Streptococcus employing three different detection methods: culture, rapid antigen detecting test, and molecular assay

scientific article published on October 1, 2003

Diagnosis by real-time polymerase chain reaction of pathogens and antimicrobial resistance genes in bone marrow transplant patients with bloodstream infections

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Diagnosis of bacteremia in pediatric oncologic patients by in-house real-time PCR.

scientific article published on 23 July 2015

Dissemination of IMP-1 metallo- beta -lactamase-producing Acinetobacter species in a Brazilian teaching hospital.

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Dissemination of bla(IMP-1)-carrying integron In86 among Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates harboring a new trimethoprim resistance gene dfr23.

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Diversity of beta-lactamases produced by ceftazidime-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates causing bloodstream infections in Brazil

scientific article published on 13 July 2009

Effectiveness of the human papillomavirus (types 6, 11, 16, and 18) vaccine in the treatment of children with recurrent respiratory papillomatosis

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Efflux pumps expression and its association with porin down-regulation and beta-lactamase production among Pseudomonas aeruginosa causing bloodstream infections in Brazil

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Emergence of an IMP-like metallo-enzyme in an Acinetobacter baumannii clinical strain from a Brazilian teaching hospital

scientific article published on 01 January 2003

Emergence of linezolid-resistant Staphylococcus aureus during treatment of pulmonary infection in a patient with cystic fibrosis.

scientific article published on 9 March 2006

Emergence of the extended-spectrum beta-lactamase GES-1 in a Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain from Brazil: report from the SENTRY antimicrobial surveillance program

scientific article published in June 2004

Emerging importance of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter species and Stenotrophomonas maltophilia as pathogens in seriously ill patients: geographic patterns, epidemiological features, and trends in the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program (199

scientific article published in May 2001

Environmental contamination during a vancomycin-resistant Enterococci outbreak at a hospital in Argentina

scientific article published in October 2007

Epidemiology and Microbiologic Characterization of Nosocomial Candidemia from a Brazilian National Surveillance Program

scientific article published on 25 January 2016

Evaluation of the in vitro activity of six broad-spectrum beta-lactam antimicrobial agents tested against over 2,000 clinical isolates from 22 medical centers in Japan. Japan Antimicrobial Resistance Study Group.

scientific article published in June 1999

First description of KPC-2-producing Klebsiella oxytoca in Brazil

scientific article published on 10 June 2013

First isolation of metallo-beta-lactamase-producing multiresistant Klebsiella pneumoniae from a patient in Brazil.

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First report of KPC-2-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae strains in Brazil

scientific article published on 17 November 2008

First report of plasmid-mediated qnrA1 in a ciprofloxacin-resistant Escherichia coli strain in Latin America

scientific article published on 12 January 2007

First report of plasmid-mediated resistance to quinolones and cefotaxime in an Enterobacter cloacae strain isolated from an outpatient in Brazil.

scientific article published on 23 October 2006

Frequency and Diversity of Hybrid Escherichia coli Strains Isolated from Urinary Tract Infections

scientific article published in 2021

Frequency of BKC-1-Producing Klebsiella Species Isolates

scientific article published on 23 May 2016

Frequency of occurrence and antimicrobial susceptibility patterns for pathogens isolated from Latin American patients with a diagnosis of pneumonia: results from the SENTRY antimicrobial surveillance program (1998)

scientific article published on 01 May 2000

Frequency of plasmid-mediated AmpC in Enterobacteriaceae isolated in a Brazilian Teaching Hospital.

scientific article published on 30 October 2013

Further identification of CTX-M-2 extended-spectrum beta-lactamase in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

scientific article published on 17 February 2009

Global assessment of the antimicrobial activity of polymyxin B against 54 731 clinical isolates of Gram-negative bacilli: report from the SENTRY antimicrobial surveillance programme (2001-2004).

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High mortality outbreak of carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection in a Brazilian pediatric oncology hospital

scientific article published on 13 December 2016

IMPs, VIMs and SPMs: the diversity of metallo-beta-lactamases produced by carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a Brazilian hospital

scientific article published in January 2005

In vitro susceptibility of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia isolates: comparison of disc diffusion, Etest and agar dilution methods

scientific article published on 18 February 2004

In71, an Enterobacter cloacae blaVIM-1 -Carrying Integron Related to In70.2 from Italian Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolates: A SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program Report

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Increasing prevalence of antimicrobial resistance among Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates in Latin American medical centres: 5 year report of the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program (1997-2001)

scientific article published on 29 May 2003

Influence of Culture Media on Detection of Carbapenem Hydrolysis by Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization-Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry

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Influence of disk preparation on detection of metallo-beta-lactamase-producing isolates by the combined disk assay.

scientific article published on 4 April 2007

Intraclonal Genome Stability of the Metallo-β-lactamase SPM-1-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa ST277, an Endemic Clone Disseminated in Brazilian Hospitals.

scientific article published on 05 December 2016

Intravenous polymyxin B for the treatment of nosocomial pneumonia caused by multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa

scientific article published on 13 July 2007

KPC-2-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in a hospital in the Midwest region of Brazil

scientific article published on June 2015

KPC-PRODUCING Serratia marcescens IN A HOME-CARE PATIENT FROM RECIFE, BRAZIL

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Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in the intensive care unit: a real challenge to physicians, scientific community, and society.

scientific article published on May 2013

Linezolid resistance in Brazilian Staphylococcus hominis strains is associated with L3 and 23S rRNA ribosomal mutations

scientific article published on 20 May 2013

Metallo-beta-lactamase detection: comparative evaluation of double-disk synergy versus combined disk tests for IMP-, GIM-, SIM-, SPM-, or VIM-producing isolates

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Metallo-β-lactamase-production in meropenem-susceptible Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates: risk for silent spread.

scientific article published in September 2012

Molecular biology applied to the laboratory diagnosis of bacterial endophthalmitis

scientific article published on September 2009

Molecular characterization of SPM-1, a novel metallo-beta-lactamase isolated in Latin America: report from the SENTRY antimicrobial surveillance programme

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Molecular typing of antimicrobial-resistant Shiga-toxin-producing Escherichia coli strains (STEC) in Brazil.

scientific article published on 30 November 2010

Multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii: resistance mechanisms and implications for therapy

scientific article published on January 2010

Nosocomial bloodstream infections caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae: impact of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) production on clinical outcome in a hospital with high ESBL prevalence

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Nosocomial bloodstream infections in Brazilian hospitals: analysis of 2,563 cases from a prospective nationwide surveillance study

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OXA-72-producing Acinetobacter baumannii in Brazil: a case report

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Occurrence of IMP-1 in non-baumannii Acinetobacter clinical isolates from Brazil

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Occurrence of single-point gyrA mutations among ciprofloxacin-susceptible Escherichia coli isolates causing urinary tract infections in Latin America

scientific article published in January 2000

Old antibiotics for multidrug-resistant pathogens: from in vitro activity to clinical outcomes

scientific article published on 24 January 2017

Oral infection by the Human Papilloma Virus in women with cervical lesions at a prison in São Paulo, Brazil.

scientific article published in April 2012

Outbreak of OXY-2-Producing Klebsiella oxytoca in a renal transplant unit.

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Outbreak of Staphylococcus hominis subsp. novobiosepticus bloodstream infections in Sao Paulo city, Brazil

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Performance of MALDI-ToF MS for species identification of Burkholderia cepacia complex clinical isolates

scientific article published on July 23, 2013

Pharmacodynamic Evaluation of the Potential Clinical Utility of Fosfomycin and Meropenem in Combination Therapy against KPC-2-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae

scientific article published on 02 May 2016

Pharmacodynamic profiling of commonly prescribed antimicrobial drugs against Escherichia coli isolates from urinary tract.

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Prevalence and clinical outcomes of episodes of ventilator-associated pneumonia caused by SPM-1-producing and non-producing imipenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa

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Prevalence of community-occurring extended spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in Brazil.

scientific article published on 24 April 2007

Prevalence of extended spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing clinical isolates in the Asia-Pacific region and South Africa: regional results from SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program (1998-99).

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Pyrosequencing-based analysis reveals a novel capsular gene cluster in a KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae clinical isolate identified in Brazil

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Rapid detection and identification of metallo-beta-lactamase-encoding genes by multiplex real-time PCR assay and melt curve analysis

scientific article published on 8 November 2006

Rapid detection of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) in rectal samples from patients admitted to intensive care units

scientific article published in August 2009

Real-time polymerase chain reaction test to discriminate between contamination and intraocular infection after cataract surgery

scientific article published on May 20, 2011

Resistance trends of Acinetobacter spp. in Latin America and characterization of international dissemination of multi-drug resistant strains: five-year report of the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program

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Respiratory tract pathogens isolated from patients hospitalized with suspected pneumonia in Latin America: frequency of occurrence and antimicrobial susceptibility profile: results from the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program (1997-2000).

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Risk factors for KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae: watch out for surgery

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SPM-1-Producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Analysis of the Ancestor Relationship Using Multilocus Sequence Typing, Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis, and Automated Ribotyping

scientific article published on 19 February 2011

Salmonella spp. isolates causing bloodstream infections in Latin America: report of antimicrobial activity from the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program (1997-2000).

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Small hospitals matter: insights from the emergence and spread of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in 2 public hospitals in inner Brazil.

scientific article published on 14 April 2015

Spatial exploration of Streptococcus pneumoniae clonal clustering in São Paulo, Brazil.

scientific article published on September 2011

Streptococcus pyogenes strains in Sao Paulo, Brazil: molecular characterization as a basis for StreptInCor coverage capacity analysis

scientific article published on 5 August 2015

Structure for prevention of health care-associated infections in Brazilian hospitals: A countrywide study.

scientific article published on 24 September 2015

Temporal evolution of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in Curitiba, southern Brazil.

scientific article published on 31 January 2010

Temporal evolution of polymyxin B-resistant klebsiella pneumoniae clones recovered from blood cultures in a teaching hospital during a 7-year period.

scientific article published on 5 September 2017

The first report of infection with Klebsiella pneumoniae carrying the bla(kpc) gene in State of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

scientific article published in January 2013

The inappropriate use of antibiotics in upper respiratory tract infections: it is time for action

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The polymyxin B-induced transcriptomic response of a clinical, multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae involves multiple regulatory elements and intracellular targets

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The route of antimicrobial resistance from the hospital effluent to the environment: focus on the occurrence of KPC-producing Aeromonas spp. and Enterobacteriaceae in sewage.

scientific article published on 9 March 2013

Tigecycline activity tested against 11808 bacterial pathogens recently collected from US medical centers

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Trends of 9,416 multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria.

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Urinary tract infection trends in Latin American hospitals: report from the SENTRY antimicrobial surveillance program (1997-2000).

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Worldwide diversity of Klebsiella pneumoniae that produce beta-lactamase blaKPC-2 gene

scientific article published on September 2010

beta-Lactam MICs correlate poorly with mutant prevention concentrations for clinical isolates of Acinetobacter spp. and Pseudomonas aeruginosa

scientific article published on June 2006