lunes, 13 de agosto de 2012

Publicaciones en revistas científicas


Gamarra S, Morano S, Dudiuk C, Mancilla E, Nardin ME, de Los Angeles Méndez E, Garcia-Effron G. 2014. Epidemiology and antifungal susceptibilities of yeasts causing vulvovaginitis in a teaching hospital. Mycopathologia. Epub ahead of print Jul 9. Abstract.
 
Dudiuk C, Gamarra S, Leonardeli F, Jimenez-Ortigosa C, Vitale RG, Afeltra J, Perlin DS, Garcia-Effron G. 2014. Set of Classical PCRs for detection of mutations in Candida glabrata FKS genes linked with echinocandin resistance. J Clin Microbiol. Jul; 52(7): 2609-14. Abstract.



Datta K, Rhee P, Byrnes E 3rd, Garcia-Effron G, Perlin DS, Staab JF, Marr KA. 2013. Isavuconazole activity against emerging fungal pathogens with reduced azole-susceptibility: Aspergillus lentulus, Neosartorya udagawae and Cryptococcus gattii.
J Clin Microbiol. 2013 Sep; 51 (9): 3090-93. Texto completo.


Gamarra S, Dudiuk C, Mancilla E, Vera Garate MV, Guerrero S, Garcia-Effron G. 2013. Molecular tolos for cryptic Candida species identification with applications in a clinical laboratory. Biochem Mol Biol Educ. May-Jun; 41(3):180-6. Abstract.


García-Effron G, Canton E, Pemán J, Dilger A, Romá E, Perlin DS. 2012. Epidemiology and echinocandin susceptibility of Candida parapsilosis sensu lato species isolated from blood stream infections at a Spanish University Hospital. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. Nov; 67(11):2739-48. Texto Completo.

Pratt A, Garcia-Effron G, Zhao Y, Park S, Mustaev A, Pillai S, Perlin DS. 2012. Evaluation of fungal-specific fluorescent labeled echinocandin probes as diagnostic adjuncts. Med. Mycol. Jan; 51(1): 103-7. Abstract.

Bartoli MZ, Cingolani B, García-Effron G, Gamarra S. 2011. Análisis de métodos fenotípicos para la diferenciación de Candida dubliniensis y Candida albicans. Propuesta de una secuencia de identificación. Revista FABICIB. 2011. 15: 138-149. Texto completo.

García-Effron G, Canton E, Pemán J, Dilger A, Romá E, Perlin DS. 2011. Assessment of two new molecular based methods for identification of Candida parapsilosis sensu lato species. 2011. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 49(9):3257-61. PMID: 21795509. Texto completo.

Ben-Ami R, Garcia-Effron G, Lewis RE, Gamarra S, Leventakos K, Perlin DS, Kontoyiannis DP. 2011. Fitness and virulence costs of Candida albicans FKS1 hot spot mutations associated with echinocandin resistance. J. Infect. Dis. 204 (4): 626-35. PMID: 21791665. Abstract.

García-Effron G, Park S, Perlin DS. Improved detection of Candida spp. fks hot spot mutants using the CLSI M27-A3 Document by the addition of Bovine Serum Albumin (BSA). Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2011. 55(5):2245-55. PMID: 21383097. Texto completo.

Arendrup M, Rodriguez-Tudela JL, Park S, García-Effron G, Delmas G, Cuenca-Estrella M, Gomez-Lopez A, Perlin DS. Echinocandin susceptibility testing of Candida spp. using the EUCAST EDef 7.1 and CLSI M27-A3 standard procedures: Analysis of the influence of Bovine Serum ALbumin Suplementation, Storage Time and Drug Lots. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2011. 55(4):1580-7. PMID: 21245440. Texto completo.

Gamarra S y García-Effron G. Evolución de la producción científica de Argentina en microbiología entre los años 1987 y 2009. Revista FABICIB. 2011. 14: 209-223. Texto completo.

Zhang YQ, Gamarra S, García-Effron G, Park S, Perlin DS, Rao R. Requirement for ergosterol in V-ATPase function underlies antifungal activity of azole drugs. PLoS Pathog. 2010. Jun 3; 6(6): e1000939. PMID: 20532216. Texto completo.

Rodriguez-Tudela JL, Gomez-Lopez A, Arendrup MC, García-Effron G, Perlin DS, Lass-Flörl C, Cuenca-Estrella M. Comparison of Caspofungin MICs by means of EUCAST EDef 7.1 using two different concentrations of glucose. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2010. Jul; 54(7): 3056-7. PMID; 20479199. Texto completo.

Pfeiffer CD, García-Effron G, Zaas AK, Perfect JR, Perlin DS, Alexander BD. Breakthrough Invasive Candidiasis on Micafungin. J Clin Microbiol. 2010. Jul; 48 (7): 2373-80. PMID: 20421445. Texto completo.

García-Effron G, Chua DJ, Tomada JR, Dipersio J, Perlin DS, Ghannoum M, Bonilla H. Novel FKS Mutations Associated with Echinocandin Resistance in Candida Species. Antimicrob Agents Chemother.  2010. May; 54(5):2225-7. PMID: 20145084. Texto completo.

Gamarra S, Rocha EM, Zhang YQ, Park S, Rao R, Perlin DS. Mechanism of the synergistic effect of amiodarone and fluconazole in Candida albicans. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2010 May;54(5):1753-61. Epub 2010 Mar 1.PMID: 20194694. Texto completo.

Martínez-López J, Crooke A, Grande S, Ayala R, Jiménez-Velasco A, Gamarra S, Meneu JC, Gilsanz F. Real-time PCR quantification of haematopoietic chimerism after transplantation: a comparison between TaqMan and hybridization probes technologies. Int J Lab Hematol. 2010 Feb;32(1 Pt 1):e17-25. Epub 2009 May 12. PMID: 19453606. Texto completo.

Arendrup MC, García-Effron G, Lass-Flörl C, Lopez AG, Rodriguez-Tudela JL, Cuenca-Estrella M, Perlin DS. Echinocandin Susceptibility Testing of Candida species: Comparison of EUCAST EDef 7.1, CLSI M27-A3, Etest, Disk Diffusion, and Agar Dilution Methods with RPMI and Isosentistest Media. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2010. Jan; 54(1):426-39. PMID: 19884370. Texto completo.

Gamarra S, García-Effron G, Monteserin C, Lopez-Villar I, Gilsanz F, Martinez-Lopez J. 2009. β-ThalassaemiaMajor in a Spanish Patient due to a Compound Heterozygosity for CD39 C → T/−28 A → C. Advances in Hematology. 2009: 476342. PMID: 19960060. Texto completo.

García-Effron G, Lee S, Park S, Cleary JD, Perlin DS. Effect of Candida glabrata FKS1 and FKS2 mutations on echinocandin sensitivity and kinetics of 1,3-b-D-glucan synthase: implication for the existing susceptibility breakpoint. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2009. Sep; 53(9):3690-9. PMID: 19546367. Texto completo.

Arendrup MC, García-Effron G, Buzina W, Mortensen KL, Reiter N, Lundin C, Jensen HE,  Lass-Flörl C, Perlin DS, Bruun B. Breakthrough Aspergillus fumigatus and Candida albicans double infection during caspofungin treatment: laboratory characteristics and implication for susceptibility testing. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2009. Mar; 53(3): 1185-93.PMID: 19104024. Texto completo.

García-Effron G, Park S, Perlin DS. Correlating Echinocandin MIC and Kinetic Inhibition of fks1 Mutant Glucan Synthases for Candida albicans: Implications for Interpretive Breakpoints. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2009. Jan; 53 (1): 112-22. PMID: 18955538. Texto completo.

García-Effron G, Kontoyiannis DP, Lewis RE, Perlin DS. Caspofungin-resistant Candida tropicalis strains causing breakthrough fungemia in patients at high risk for hematologic malignancies. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2008 Nov; 52(11): 4181-3. PMID: 18794386. Texto completo.

Wiederhold NP, Grabinski JL, García-Effron G, Perlin DS, Lee SA. Pyrosequencing to detect mutations in FKS1 that confer reduced echinocandin susceptibility in Candida albicans. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2008 Nov; 52(11): 4145-8. PMID: 18794385. Texto completo.

Arendrup MC, Perkhofer S, Howard AJ, García-Effron G, Kumar V, Perlin DS, Latgè JP, Lass-Flörl C. Establishing in vitro-in vivo correlations for Aspergillus fumigatus: the challenge of azoles versus echinocandins. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2008 Oct;52(10):3504-11. PMID: 18644959. Texto completo.

García-Effron G, Katiyar S, Park S, Edlind TD, Perlin DS. A naturally ocurring Proline-to-Alanine amino acid change in Fks1p in Candida parapsilosis, Candida orthopsilosis and Candida metapsilosis accounts for reduced echinocandin susceptibility. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2008 Jul; 52(7): 2305-12. PMID: 1844311. Texto completo.

Cleary JD, García-Effron G, Chapman SW, Perlin DS. Caspofungin resistance in Candida glabrata secondary to a FKS1 mutation developed during candidemia treatment. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2008 Jun; 52 (6): 2263-5. PMID: 18378714. Texto completo.

García-Effron G, Dilger A, Alcazar-Fuoli L, Park S, Mellado E, Perlin DS. Rapid detection of triazole antifungal resistance in Aspergillus fumigatus. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 2008 Apr; 46 (4): 1200-6. PMID: 18234874. Texto completo.

Alcazar-Fuoli L, Mellado E, García-Effron G, Lopez JF, Grimalt JO, Cuenca-Estrella JM, Rodriguez-Tudela JL. Ergosterol biosynthesis pathway in Aspergillus fumigatus. Steroids. 2007 73 (3): 339-347. PMID: 18191972. Abstract.

Rocha EM, García-Effron G, Park S, Perlin DS. A Ser678Pro substitution in Fks1p confers resistance to echinocandin drugs in Aspergillus fumigatus. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2007. 51(11):4174-6. PMID: 17724146. Texto completo.

García-Effron G, Gamarra S, Crooke Alvarez A, Martinez-Sanchez P, Lahuerta-Palacios J, Martinez-Lopez J. Comparison of the MagNA Pure LC Automated System and the Ribo Pure – Blood RNA Manual Method for RNA Extraction from Multiple Myeloma Bone Marrow Samples Conserved in an RNA stabilizer. Int. J. Lab. Hematol. 2007. 29: 139–144. PMID: 17474887. Texto completo.

Paderu P, García-Effron G, Balashov S, Delmas G, Park S, Perlin DS. Serum differentially alters the antifungal properties of echinocandin drugs. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2007. 51(6): 2253-6. PMID: 17420211. Texto completo.

Mellado E, García-Effron G, Alcazar-Fuoli L, Melchers WJ, Verweij PE, Cuenca-Estrella M, Rodriguez-Tudela JL. A new Aspergillus fumigatus resistance mechanism conferring in vitro cross-resistance to azole antifungals involves a combination of cyp51A alterations. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2007. 51(6): 1897-904. PMID: 17371828. Texto completo.

Kahn JN, García-Effron G, Hsu MJ, Park S, Marr KA, Perlin DS. Acquired echinocandin resistance in a Candida krusei isolate due to modification of glucan synthase. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2007. 51(5): 1876-8. PMID: 17325225. Texto completo.

Mellado E, Alcazar-Fuoli L, García-Effron G, Alastruey-Izquierdo A, Cuenca-Estrella M, Rodríguez-Tudela JL. New resistance mechanisms to azole drugs in Aspergillus fumigatus and emergence of antifungal drugs-resistant A. fumigatus atypical strains. Medical Mycology. 2006. 44 Suppl:367-71.

Quintela-Fandino M, Hitt R, Medina PP, Gamarra S, Manso L, Cortes-Funes H, Sanchez-Cespedes M. DNA-repair gene polymorphisms predict favorable clinical outcome among patients with advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck treated with cisplatin-based induction chemotherapy. J. Clin. Oncol. 2006. 24  (26): 4333-9. PMID: 16896002. Texto completo.


Martinez-Lopez J, Martinez-Sanchez P, García-Sanz R, Sarasquete ME, Ayala R, Gonzalez M, Bautista JM, Gonzalez D, San Miguel J, García-Effron G, Lahuerta JJ. Application of self-quenched JH consensus primers for real-time quantitative PCR of IgH gene to minimal residual disease evaluation in multiple myeloma. Journal of Molecular Diagnostics. 2006. 8(3):364-70. PMID: 16825510. Abstract.

Quintela-Fandino M, López JM, Hitt R, Gamarra S, Jimeno A, Ayala R, Hornedo J, Guzman C, Gilsanz F, Cortés-Funes H. Breast cancer-specific mRNA transcripts presence in peripheral blood after adjuvant chemotherapy predicts poor survival among high-risk breast cancer patients treated with high-dose chemotherapy with peripheral blood stem cell support. J. Clin. Onclo. 2006. 24 (22):3611-8. PMID: 16877728. Texto completo.

Cuenca-Estrella M, Gomez-Lopez A,  Buitrago MJ,  Mellado E, García-Effron G,   Rodriguez-Tudela JL. In vitro activities of 10 combinations of antifungal agents against the multiresistant pathogen Scopulariopsis brevicaulis. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2006. 50(6):2248-50. PMID: 16723597. Texto completo.

Alcazar-Fuoli L, Mellado E, García-Effron G, Buitrago MJ, Lopez J, Grimalt J, Cuenca-Estrella M,  Rodriguez-Tudela JL. Aspergillus fumigatus C-5 sterol desaturases (Erg3A and Erg3B): role in sterol biosynthesis and antifungal drugs susceptibility. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2006. 50(2):453-60. PMID: 16436696. Texto completo.

Cuenca-Estrella M, Gomez-Lopez A, Mellado E, García-Effron G, Monzon A, Rodriguez-Tudela JL. In vitro activity of ravuconazole against 923 clinical isolates of nondermatophyte filamentous fungi. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2005. 49(12):5136-8. PMID: 16304186. Texto completo.

Mellado E, García-Effron G, Buitrago MJ, Alcazar-Fuoli L, Cuenca-Estrella M, Rodriguez-Tudela JL. Targeted gene disruption of the 14-alpha sterol demethylase (cyp51A) in Aspergillus fumigatus and its role in azole drugs susceptibility. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2005. 49(6):2536-8. PMID: 15917566. Texto completo.

García-Effron G, Mellado E, Gomez-Lopez A, Alcazar-Fuoli L, Cuenca-Estrella M, Rodriguez-Tudela JL. Differences in interactions between azole drugs related to modifications in the 14-alpha Sterol Demethylase Gene (cyp51A) of Aspergillus fumigatus. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2005. 49(5):2119-21. PMID: 15855543. Texto completo.

Cuenca-Estrella M, Gomez-Lopez A, García-Effron G, Alcazar L, Mellado E, Buitrago MJ, Rodriguez-Tudela JL. Combined activity in vitro of caspofungin, amphotericin B and azole agents against itraconazole resistant clinical isolates of Aspergillus fumigatus. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2005. 49(3):1232-5. PMID: 15728937. Texto completo.

Cuenca-Estrella M, Gomez-Lopez A, Mellado E, García-Effron G, Rodriguez-Tudela JL. In vitro activities of ravuconazole and four other antifungal agents against fluconazole-resistant or -susceptible clinical yeast isolates. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2004. 48(8):3107-11. PMID: 15273127. Texto completo.

Mellado E, García-Effron G, Alcazar-Fuoli L, Cuenca-Estrella M, Rodriguez-Tudela JL. Substitutions at methionine 220 in the 14alpha-sterol demethylase (Cyp51A) of Aspergillus fumigatus are responsible for resistance in vitro to azole antifungal drugs. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2004. 48(7):2747-50. PMID: 15215142. Texto completo.

García-Effron G, Gomez-Lopez A, Mellado E, Monzon A, Rodriguez-Tudela JL, Cuenca-Estrella M. In vitro activity of terbinafine against medically important non-dermatophyte species of filamentous fungi. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2004. 53(6):1086-9. PMID: 15102749. Texto completo.

Gomez-Lopez A, García-Effron G, Mellado E, Monzon A, Rodriguez-Tudela JL, Cuenca-Estrella M. In vitro activities of three licensed antifungal agents against spanish clinical isolates of Aspergillus spp. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2003. 47(10):3085-8. PMID: 14506013. Texto completo.

Cuenca-Estrella M, Rodero L, García-Effron G, Rodríguez-Tudela J. Antifungal susceptibilities of Candida spp. Isolated from blood in Spain and Argentina, 1996 – 1999. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 2002. 49: 981 – 987. PMID: 12039890. Texto completo.

Sarsotti P, Hernandez A, Pawluk D, Gutierrez C, García-Effron G, Seba-Ponzoni C. Cyclospora cayetanensis: Un protozoo emergente en expansión. Primer caso en Santa Fe, Argentina. Revista FABICIB. 2002. 6: 153-54. Texto completo.

García-Effron G, Gutierrez C, Sarsotti P, Vanni C. Determinación de la variedad en cepas de Cryptococcus neoformans  del cepario de la Cátedra de Micología de la Facultad de Bioquímica y Ciencias Biológicas de la Universidad Nacional del Litoral.  Revista FABICIB. 2001. 5: 57-59. Texto completo.

 Vanni C, Sarsotti P, Ruatta J, García-Effron G, Gutiérrez C, Cabagna M. Ecología del Cryptococcus neoformans en Santa Fe (Argentina). Revista FABICIB. 1998. 2: 25-30. Texto completo.

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