Biología Molecular de la Resistencia Bacteriana de Bacterias Patógenas.
Genomica comparativa de Bacterias Patógenas.
Epidemiología Molecular de Bacterias Patógenas.
Klebsiella variicola como patogene emergente en humanos.

Publicaciones

2022
1. Rodríguez-Santiago, J.; Rodríguez-Medina, N.; Tamayo-Legorreta, E.M.; Silva-Sánchez, J.; Téllez-Sosa, J.; Duran-Bedolla, J.; Aguilar-Vera, A.; Lecona-Valera, A.N.; Garza-Ramos, U*.; Alpuche-Aranda, C*. Molecular and Genomic Insights of mcr-1-Producing Escherichia coli Isolates from Piglets. Antibiotics 2022, 11, 157. https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics11020157.
2. Barrios-Camacho Humberto, Silva-Sanchez Jesús, Cercas-Ayala Elena, Lozano-Aguirre Luis, Duran-Bedolla Josefina, Aguilar-Vera Alejandro, Garza-Gonzalez Elvira, Bocanegra-Ibarias Paola, Morfin-Otero Rayo, Hernandez-Castro Rigoberto, Garza-Ramos Ulises. PCR system for the correct differentiation of the main bacterial species of the Klebsiella pneumoniae complex. Arch Microbiol. 2022 ;204(1):73. doi: 10.1007/s00203-021-02668-x. PMID: 34951665.
3. López-Jácome LE, Fernández-Rodríguez D, Franco-Cendejas R, Camacho-Ortiz A, Morfin-Otero MDR, Rodríguez-Noriega E, Ponce-de-León A, Ortiz-Brizuela E, Rojas-Larios F, Velázquez-Acosta MDC, Mena-Ramírez JP, Rodríguez-Zulueta P, Bolado-Martínez E, Quintanilla-Cazares LJ, Avilés-Benítez LK, Consuelo-Munoz S, Choy-Chang EV, Feliciano-Guzmán JM, Couoh-May CA, López-Gutiérrez E, Molina-Jaimes A, Rincón-Zuno J, Gil-Veloz M, Alcaraz-Espejel M, Corte-Rojas RE, Gómez-Espinosa J, Monroy-Colin VA, Morales-de-la-Peña CT, Aguirre-Burciaga E, López-Moreno LI, Martínez-Villarreal RT, Cetina-Umaña CM, Galindo-Méndez M, Soto-Nieto GI, Cobos-Canul DI, Moreno-Méndez MI, Tello-Gómez E, Romero-Romero D, Quintana-Ponce S, Peralta-Catalán R, Valadez-Quiroz A, Molina-Chavarría A, Padilla-Ibarra C, Barroso-Herrera-Y-Cairo IE, Duarte-Miranda LS, López-López DM, Escalante-Armenta SP, Osorio-Guzmán MJ, López-García M, Garza-Ramos U, Delgado-Enciso I, Garza-González E. Increment Antimicrobial Resistance During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Results from the Invifar Network. Microb Drug Resist. 2022 Mar;28(3):338-345.

2021
4. Exploring the environmental traits and applications of Klebsiella variicola. Duran-Bedolla J, Garza-Ramos U, Rodríguez-Medina N, Aguilar Vera A, Barrios-Camacho H. Braz J Microbiol. 2021 Dec;52(4):2233-2245. doi: 10.1007/s42770-021-00630-z.
5. Polymyxin Resistance in Enterobacterales: Overview and Epidemiology in the Americas. Rodríguez-Santiago J, Cornejo-Juárez P, Silva-Sánchez J, Garza-Ramos U. Int J Antimicrob Agents. 2021 Nov;58(5):106426. doi: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2021.106426.
6. Klebsiella variicola Reference Strain F2R9 (ATCC BAA-830) Genome Sequence. Garza-Ramos U, Rodriguez-Medina N, Lozano-Aguirre L, Silva-Sanchez J, Sanchez-Arias M, Rodriguez-Olguin J, Martínez-Romero E. Microbiol Resour Announc. 2021 Jul;10(26):e0032921. doi: 10.1128/MRA.00329-21.
7. ESBL-producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae from health-care institutions in Mexico. Gallegos-Miranda V, Garza-Ramos U, Bolado-Martínez E, Navarro-Navarro M, Félix-Murray KR, Candia-Plata MDC, Sanchez-Martinez G, Dúran-Bedolla J, Silva-Sánchez J. J Chemother. 2021 Apr;33(2):122-127.
8. Drug resistance phenotypes and genotypes in Mexico in representative gram-negative species: Results from the infivar network. Garza-González E, Bocanegra-Ibarias P, Bobadilla-Del-Valle M, Ponce-de-León-Garduño LA, Esteban-Kenel V, Silva-Sánchez J, Garza-Ramos U, Barrios-Camacho H, López-Jácome LE, Colin-Castro CA, Franco-Cendejas R, Flores-Treviño S, Morfín-Otero R, Rojas-Larios F, Mena-Ramírez JP, Fong-Camargo MG, Morales-De-la-Peña CT, García-Mendoza L, Choy-Chang EV, Aviles-Benitez LK, Feliciano-Guzmán JM, López-Gutiérrez E, Gil-Veloz M, Barajas-Magallón JM, Aguirre-Burciaga E, López-Moreno LI, Martínez-Villarreal RT, Canizales-Oviedo JL, Cetina-Umaña CM, Romero-Romero D, Bello-Pazos FD, Barlandas-Rendón NRE, Maldonado-Anicacio JY, Bolado-Martínez E, Galindo-Méndez M, Perez-Vicelis T, Alavez-Ramírez N, Méndez-Sotelo BJ, Cabriales-Zavala JF, Nava-Pacheco YC, Moreno-Méndez MI, García-Romo R, Silva-Gamiño AR, Avalos-Aguilera AM, Santiago-Calderón MA, López-García M, Velázquez-Acosta MDC, Cobos-Canul DI, Vázquez-Larios MDR, Ortiz-Porcayo AE, Guerrero-Núñez AE, Valero-Guzmán J, Rosales-García AA, Ostos-Cantú HL, Camacho-Ortiz A.PLoS One. 2021 Mar 17;16(3):e0248614.
9. Molecular investigation of an outbreak associated with total parenteral nutrition contaminated with NDM-producing Leclercia adecarboxylata. Garza-González E, Bocanegra-Ibarias P, Rodríguez-Noriega E, González-Díaz E, Silva-Sanchez J, Garza-Ramos U, Contreras-Coronado-Tovar IF, Santos-Hernández JE, Gutiérrez-Bañuelos D, Mena-Ramirez JP, Ramírez-De-Los-Santos S, Camacho-Ortiz A, Morfín-Otero R.BMC Infect Dis. 2021 Feb 28;21(1):235.
10. Molecular characterization of KPC-2-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae ST258 isolated from bovine mastitis. Silva-Sanchez J, Barrios-Camacho H, Hernández-Rodriguez E, Duran-Bedolla J, Sanchez-Perez A, Martínez-Chavarría LC, Xicohtencatl-Cortes J, Hernández-Castro R, Garza-Ramos U. Braz J Microbiol. 2021 Jun;52(2):1029-1036.

2020
11. A Klebsiella variicola Plasmid Confers Hypermucoviscosity-Like Phenotype and Alters Capsule Production and Virulence. Rodríguez-Medina N, Martínez-Romero E, De la Cruz MA, Ares MA, Valdovinos-Torres H, Silva-Sánchez J, Lozano-Aguirre L, Martínez-Barnetche J, Andrade V, Garza-Ramos U. Front Microbiol. 2020 Dec 16;11:579612.
12. Molecular and genome characterization of colistin-resistant Escherichia coli isolates from wild sea lions (Zalophus californianus). Hernández-Castro R, Rodríguez-Santiago J, Téllez-Sosa J, Bravo-Romero S, Silva-Sánchez J, Sánchez-Pérez A, Avalos-Téllez R, Martínez-Chavarría LC, Xicohtencatl-Cortes J, Garza-Ramos U. Braz J Microbiol. 2020 Dec;51(4):2009-2014.
13. Patotipos y resistencia a antibióticos de escherichia coli en agua residual. Angeles Martínez-Orgániz, Ulises Garza-Ramos, María I. Sampedro-Rosas, Justiniano González-González, Getzemany Nava-Faustino, Jeiry Toribio Jiménez. 2020 Revista Internacional de Contaminación Ambiental. 2020; 36, 4.

2019
14. Rodríguez-Medina Nadia, Barrios-Camacho Humberto, Duran-Bedolla Josefina, Garza-Ramos Ulises*. Klebsiella variicola: an emerging pathogen in humans. Emerging Microbes and Infectious. Emerg Microbes Infect. 2019;8(1):973-988.
15. Barrios-Camacho Humberto, Aguilar-Vera Alejandro, Beltran-Rojel Marilu, Aguilar-Vera Edgar, Duran-Bedolla Josefina, Rodriguez-Medina Nadia, Lozano-Aguirre Luis, Perez-Carrascal Olga Maria, Rojas Jesús, and Garza-Ramos Ulises*. Molecular epidemiology of Klebsiella variicola obtained from different sources. Scientifics Reports. 2019. 9(1):10610.
16. Catalán-Nájera Juan Carlos, Barrios-Camacho Humberto, Duran-Bedolla Josefina, Sagal-Prado Alan, Hernández-Castro Rigoberto, Jorge García-Méndez, Morfín-Otero Rayo, María del Rosario Velázquez-Larios, Ortíz-Navarrete Vianney, Gutierrez-Xicotencatl Lourdes, Alpuche-Aranda Celia, Silva-Sánchez Jesús, Garza-Ramos Ulises*. Molecular characterization and pathogenicity determination of hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae clinical isolates serotype K2 in Mexico. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2019. 94:316-319.
17. Gomez-Gamboa L, Barrios-Camacho H, Duran-Bedolla J, Sánchez-Perez A, Reyna-Flores F, Perozo-Mena A, Zabala I, Rodriguez-Medina N, Martínez-Barnetche J, Téllez-Sosa J, Valdovinos-Torres H, Garza-Ramos U. Molecular and genetic characterization of carbapenemase-producing bacteria in Venezuela. J Chemother. 2019 Oct;31(6):349-353. doi: 10.1080/1120009X.2019.1607452.
18. Bocanegra-Ibarias P, Garza-González E, Padilla-Orozco M, Mendoza-Olazarán S, Pérez-Alba E, Flores-Treviño S Garza-Ramos U, Silva-Sánchez J, Camacho-Ortiz A. The successful containment of a hospital outbreak caused by NDM-1-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae ST307 using active surveillance. PLoS One. 2019.13;14(2):e0209609.
19. Chávez-Jacobo VM, Hernández-Ramírez KC, Silva-Sánchez J, Garza-Ramos U, Barrios-Camacho H, Ortiz-Alvarado R, Cervantes C, Meza-Carmen V, Ramírez-Díaz MI. Prevalence of the crpP gene conferring decreased ciprofloxacin susceptibility in enterobacterial clinical isolates from Mexican hospitals. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2019;74:1253–1259.
20. Duran-Bedolla J, Bocanegra-Ibarias P, Silva-Sanchez J, Garza-González E, Morfín-Otero R, Hernández-Castro R Lozano L, Garza-Ramos U*, Barrios-Camacho H*. Genetic characterization of multiple NDM-1-producing clinical isolates in Mexico. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2019;94(2):195-198.

2018
21. Esperanza Martínez-Romero, Nadia Rodriguez-Medina, Marilu Beltrán-Rojel, Jesús Silva-Sanchez, Humberto Barrios-Camacho, Ernesto Perez-Rueda, Ulises Garza-Ramos*. Genome misclassification of Klebsiella variicola and Klebsiella quasipneumoniae isolated from plants, animals and humans. Salud Publica Mex. 2018. 60;1:29-40.
22. Esperanza Martínez-Romero, Nadia Rodriguez-Medina, Marilu Beltrán-Rojel, Jeiry Toribio-Jimenez, Ulises Garza-Ramos*. Klebsiella variicola and Klebsiella quasipneumoniae genomic analysis provides insights into their capacity to adapt to clinical and plant settings. Salud Publica Mex. 2018. 60;1:56-62.
23. Garza-Ramos U*, Barrios-Camacho H, Moreno-Domínguez S, Toribio-Jiménez J, Jardón-Pineda D, Cuevas-Peña J, Sánchez-Pérez A, Duran-Bedolla J, Olguín-Rodriguez J, Román-Román A. Phenotypic and molecular characterization of Klebsiella spp. isolates causing community-acquired infections. New Microbes New Infect. 2018. 17;23:17-27.
24. Reyna-Flores F, Barrios-Camacho H, Dantán-González E, Ramírez-Trujillo JA, Lozano Aguirre Beltrán LF, Rodríguez-Medina N, Garza-Ramos U*, Suárez-Rodríguez R*. Draft Genome Sequences of Endophytic Isolates of Klebsiella variicola and Klebsiella pneumoniae Obtained from the Same Sugarcane Plant. Genome Announc. 2018. 22;6(12). pii: e00147-18.
25. Garza-Ramos U, Tamayo-Legorreta E, Arellano-Quintanilla DM, Rodriguez-Medina N, Silva-Sanchez J, Catalan-Najera J, Rocha-Martínez MK, Bravo-Díaz MA, Alpuche-Aranda C.Draft Genome Sequence of a Multidrug- and Colistin-Resistant mcr-1-Producing Escherichia coli Isolate from a Swine Farm in Mexico. Genome Announc. 2018. 8;6(10). pii: e00102-18.

2017
26. Ricaurte Alejandro Marquez-Ortiz, Leanne Haggerty, Narda Olarte, Carolina Duarte, Ulises Garza-Ramos, Jesus Silva-Sanchez, Betsy E. Castro, Eby M. Sim, Mauricio Beltran, María V. Moncada, Alberto Valderrama, Jaime E. Castellanos, Ian G. Charles, Natasha Vanegas, Javier Escobar-Perez, Nicola K. Petty. Genomic Epidemiology of NDM-1-Encoding Plasmids in Latin American Clinical Isolates Reveals Insights into the Evolution of Multidrug Resistance. Genome Biology and Evolution. 2017. 9(6):1725-17411. Pages, https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evx115.
27. Barrios H&, Garza-Ramos U&, Mejia-Miranda I, Reyna-Flores F, Sánchez-Pérez A, Mosqueda-García D, Silva-Sanchez J; Bacterial Resistance Consortium. ESBL-producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae: The most prevalent clinical isolates obtained between 2005 and 2012 in Mexico. J Glob Antimicrob Resist. 2017 21;10:243-246.
a. &Barrios H, Garza-Ramos U, they also contributed to the manuscript.
28. Paola Bocanegra-Ibarias, Elvira Garza-González, Rayo Morfín-Otero, Humberto Barrios, Licet Villarreal-Treviño, Eduardo Rodríguez-Noriega, Ulises Garza-Ramos, Santiago Petersen-Morfin, Jesus Silva-Sanchez. Molecular and microbiological report of a hospital outbreak of NDM-1-carrying Enterobacteriaceae in Mexico. PLoS One. 2017. 21;12(6):e0179651.
29. Catalán-Nájera JC, Garza-Ramos U, Barrios-Camacho H. Hypervirulence and hypermucoviscosity: Two different but complementary Klebsiella spp. phenotypes? Virulence. 2017 12:1-13.
30. Belmont-Monroy L, Ribas-Aparicio RM, Navarro-Ocaña A, Manjarrez-Hernández HÁ, Gavilanes-Parra S, Aparicio-Ozores G, Cauich-Sánchez PI, Garza-Ramos U, Molina-López J. Characterization of Escherichia coli causing community acquired urinary tract infections in Mexico City. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2017 Feb;87(2):193-195.
31. Miranda-Romero AL, Silva-Sanchez J, Garza-Ramos U, Barrios H, Sánchez-Pérez A, Reyna-Flores F. Molecular characterization of ESBL-producing Escherichia coli isolates from hospital- and community-acquired infections in NW Mexico. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2017 Jan;87(1):49-52.

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