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2023

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Microbiology

D-Index
71
Citations
25702
World Ranking
1808
National Ranking
13

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Microbiology in Brazil Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Microbiology in Brazil Leader Award

Overview

Ana C. Gales is affiliated with the Federal University of Sao Paulo in Brazil. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine, with a focus on specialized subfields including Molecular Medicine, Endocrinology, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, Molecular Biology, and Pharmacology.

The scientist's work concentrates on topics related to antibiotic resistance and bacterial infections. Their main research themes include:

  • Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
  • Antibiotic Use and Resistance
  • Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy
  • Vibrio bacteria research studies
  • Infections and bacterial resistance
  • Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing
  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts

Ana C. Gales has contributed frequently to several publication venues. These include:

  • The Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance
  • Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
  • Microorganisms
  • Antibiotics

Recent publications associated with their work feature a range of topics on antimicrobial resistance and hospital antibiotic prescribing practices:

  • Antimicrobial Resistance: Addressing a Global Threat to Humanity, 2023, PLoS Medicine
  • The scope of the antimicrobial resistance challenge, 2024, The Lancet
  • Hospital antibiotic prescribing patterns in adult patients according to the WHO Access, Watch and Reserve classification (AWaRe): results from a worldwide point prevalence survey in 69 countries, 2021, Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
  • Global Epidemiology and Mechanisms of Resistance of Acinetobacter baumannii-calcoaceticus Complex, 2023, Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • Update on the epidemiology of carbapenemases in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2020, Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy

Ana C. Gales collaborates regularly with several researchers, contributing to multiple publications alongside:

  • Rodrigo Cayô
  • Fernanda Fernandes Santos
  • Tiago Barcelos Valiatti
  • Carolina Silva Nodari
  • Ana Paula Streling

Best Publications

  • Discovery, research, and development of new antibiotics: the WHO priority list of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and tuberculosis.

    Evelina Tacconelli;Elena Carrara;Alessia Savoldi;Stephan Harbarth

  • Antimicrobial consumption and resistance in adult hospital inpatients in 53 countries: results of an internet-based global point prevalence survey.

    Ann Versporten;Peter Zarb;Isabelle Caniaux;Marie Françoise Gros

  • 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 (1997–1999)

    Ana Cristina Gales;Ana Cristina Gales;R. N. Jones;K. R. Forward;J. Linares

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

    Alexandre P Zavascki;Cecília G Carvalhaes;Renata C Picão;Ana C Gales

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

    Mark A. Toleman;Alan M. Simm;Tanya A. Murphy;Ana C. Gales

  • Contemporary Assessment of Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing Methods for Polymyxin B and Colistin: Review of Available Interpretative Criteria and Quality Control Guidelines

    Ana C. Gales;Ana C. Gales;Adriana O. Reis;Ronald N. Jones

  • Characterization of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolates: Occurrence Rates, Antimicrobial Susceptibility Patterns, and Molecular Typing in the Global SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program, 1997–1999

    A. C. Gales;R. N. Jones;J. Turnidge;R. Rennie

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

    Ana C. Gales;Mariana Castanheira;Ronald N. Jones;Hélio S. Sader

  • Survey of bloodstream infections due to gram-negative bacilli: frequency of occurrence and antimicrobial susceptibility of isolates collected in the United States, Canada, and Latin America for the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program, 1997.

    D. J. Diekema;M. A. Pfaller;R. N. Jones;G. V. Doern

  • Evaluation of a New Etest for Detecting Metallo-β-Lactamases in Routine Clinical Testing

    Timothy R. Walsh;Anne Bolmström;Anette Qwärnström;Ana Gales

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

    Ana C Gales;Ronald N Jones;Hélio S Sader

  • 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)

    A.C. Gales;R.N. Jones;H.S. Sader

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

    Gaëlle Cuzon;Thierry Naas;HaVy Truong;Maria-Virginia Villegas

  • Rapid Detection and Identification of Metallo-β-Lactamase-Encoding Genes by Multiplex Real-Time PCR Assay and Melt Curve Analysis

    Rodrigo E. Mendes;Rodrigo E. Mendes;Katia A. Kiyota;Jussimara Monteiro;Jussimara Monteiro;Mariana Castanheira

  • Dissemination in distinct Brazilian regions of an epidemic carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa producing SPM metallo-β-lactamase

    Ana C. Gales;Liana C. Menezes;Suzane Silbert;Hélio S. Sader

  • Antimicrobial Resistance: Addressing a Global Threat to Humanity

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

    Cecilia G. Carvalhaes;Renata C. Picão;Adriana G. Nicoletti;Danilo E. Xavier

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

    Ana C. Gales;Ronald N. Jones

  • Screening of antibacterial extracts from plants native to the Brazilian Amazon Rain Forest and Atlantic Forest

    I.B. Suffredini;H.S. Sader;A.G. Gonçalves;A.O. Reis

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

    Ana C. Gales;Ana C. Gales;Helio S. Sader;Ronald N. Jones

  • Pathogen frequency and resistance patterns in Brazilian hospitals: summary of results from three years of the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program.

    Helio S. Sader;Ana C. Gales;Michael A. Pfaller;Rodrigo E. Mendes

Frequent Co-Authors

Helio S. Sader
Helio S. Sader JMI Laboratories
Ronald N. Jones
Ronald N. Jones JMI Laboratories
Mariana Castanheira
Mariana Castanheira JMI Laboratories
Ana Tereza Ribeiro de Vasconcelos
Ana Tereza Ribeiro de Vasconcelos National Laboratory of Scientific Computing
Nilton Lincopan
Nilton Lincopan Universidade de São Paulo
Michael A. Pfaller
Michael A. Pfaller JMI Laboratories
Rodrigo E. Mendes
Rodrigo E. Mendes JMI Laboratories
Timothy R. Walsh
Timothy R. Walsh University of Oxford
Alexandre P. Zavascki
Alexandre P. Zavascki Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
Mark Toleman
Mark Toleman Cardiff University

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