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Overview

Antonio Oliver is affiliated with the Instituto de Salud Carlos III in Spain. Their scientific research primarily focuses on the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a significant body of work also in Medicine. Within these domains, they specialize in subfields such as Molecular Medicine, Molecular Biology, Pharmacology, Epidemiology, and Infectious Diseases.

Oliver's work addresses key topics in microbial resistance and infectious diseases. These include Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria, Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy, Bacterial Biofilms and Quorum Sensing, Antibiotic Use and Resistance, Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections, Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing, and Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances.

Their publication record is distributed across several specialist journals. Frequent publication venues include Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, Microbiology Spectrum, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents.

Antonio Oliver has collaborated regularly with several co-authors, notably Carla López-Causapé, Rafael Cantón, Germán Bou, Pablo A. Fraile-Ribot, and Gabriel Cabot. These co-authors have contributed extensively to shared research projects, indicating a sustained collaborative network.

Some of the recent papers associated with Oliver's research include:

  • Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in Spain (ENE-COVID): a nationwide, population-based seroepidemiological study, 2020, The Lancet
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa epidemic high-risk clones and their association with horizontally-acquired β-lactamases: 2020 update, 2020, International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents
  • Predicting antimicrobial resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa with machine learning-enabled molecular diagnostics, 2020, EMBO Molecular Medicine
  • In vitro and in vivo efficacy of combinations of colistin and different endolysins against clinical strains of multi-drug resistant pathogens, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Susceptibility profiles and resistance genomics of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from European ICUs participating in the ASPIRE-ICU trial, 2022, Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Best Publications

  • Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in Spain (ENE-COVID): a nationwide, population-based seroepidemiological study.

    Marina Pollán;Beatriz Pérez-Gómez;Roberto Pastor-Barriuso;Jesús Oteo

  • High Frequency of Hypermutable Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Cystic Fibrosis Lung Infection

    Antonio Oliver;Rafael Cantón;Pilar Campo;Fernando Baquero

  • Epidemiology and Treatment of Multidrug-Resistant and Extensively Drug-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infections

    Juan P. Horcajada;Milagro Montero;Antonio Oliver;Luisa Sorlí

  • ESCMID∗ guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of biofilm infections 2014

    N. Høiby;T. Bjarnsholt;C. Moser;G. L. Bassi

  • The increasing threat of Pseudomonas aeruginosa high-risk clones.

    Antonio Oliver;Xavier Mulet;Carla López-Causapé;Carlos Juan

  • Effect of appropriate combination therapy on mortality of patients with bloodstream infections due to carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (INCREMENT): a retrospective cohort study

    Belén Gutiérrez-Gutiérrez;Elena Salamanca;Marina de Cueto;Po-Ren Hsueh

  • Antimicrobial susceptibility testing in biofilm-growing bacteria

    M.D. Macia;E. Rojo-Molinero;A. Oliver

  • Community Infections Caused by Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase–Producing Escherichia coli

    Jesús Rodríguez-Baño;Juan C. Alcalá;Jose M. Cisneros;Fabio Grill

  • OXA-24, a Novel Class D β-Lactamase with Carbapenemase Activity in an Acinetobacter baumannii Clinical Strain

    Germán Bou;Antonio Oliver;Jesús Martínez-Beltrán

  • Community-Onset Bacteremia Due to Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase-Producing Escherichia coli: Risk Factors and Prognosis

    Jesuús Rodríguez-Baño;Encarnación Picón;Paloma Gijón;José Ramón Hernández

  • Antibiotic treatment of biofilm infections.

    Oana Ciofu;Estrella Rojo-Molinero;María D. Macià;Antonio Oliver

  • Hypermutation Is a Key Factor in Development of Multiple-Antimicrobial Resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Strains Causing Chronic Lung Infections

    María D. Maciá;David Blanquer;Bernat Togores;Jaume Sauleda

  • Spread of a SARS-CoV-2 variant through Europe in the summer of 2020.

    Emma B. Hodcroft;Emma B. Hodcroft;Emma B. Hodcroft;Moira Zuber;Sarah Nadeau;Sarah Nadeau;Timothy G. Vaughan;Timothy G. Vaughan

  • Coevolution with viruses drives the evolution of bacterial mutation rates

    Csaba Pal;María D. Maciá;Antonio Oliver;Ira Schachar

  • β-Lactam Resistance Response Triggered by Inactivation of a Nonessential Penicillin-Binding Protein

    Bartolomé Moya;Andreas Dötsch;Carlos Juan;Jesús Blázquez

  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa epidemic high-risk clones and their association with horizontally-acquired β-lactamases: 2020 update.

    Ester Del Barrio-Tofiño;Carla López-Causapé;Antonio Oliver

  • Genes Encoding TEM-4, SHV-2, and CTX-M-10 Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamases Are Carried by Multiple Klebsiella pneumoniae Clones in a Single Hospital (Madrid, 1989 to 2000)

    Teresa M. Coque;Antonio Oliver;José Claudio Pérez-Díaz;Fernando Baquero

  • The mismatch repair system (mutS, mutL and uvrD genes) in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: molecular characterization of naturally occurring mutants.

    Antonio Oliver;Fernando Baquero;Jesús Blázquez

  • Chronic Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infection in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

    Laura Martínez-Solano;María D. Macia;Alicia Fajardo;Antonio Oliver

  • Genetic Adaptation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa to the Airways of Cystic Fibrosis Patients Is Catalyzed by Hypermutation

    A. Mena;E. E. Smith;J. L. Burns;D. P. Speert

  • Outbreak of a Multiresistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Strain in an Intensive Care Unit: Antibiotic Use as Risk Factor for Colonization and Infection

    Angel Asensio;Antonio Oliver;Paulino González-Diego;Fernando Baquero

Frequent Co-Authors

Carlos Juan
Carlos Juan University of the Balearic Islands
Rafael Cantón
Rafael Cantón Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria
Germán Bou
Germán Bou University of A Coruña
Luis Martínez-Martínez
Luis Martínez-Martínez University of Córdoba
Álvaro Pascual
Álvaro Pascual University of Seville
Jesús Rodríguez-Baño
Jesús Rodríguez-Baño University of Seville
Fe Tubau
Fe Tubau Bellvitge University Hospital
Ferran Navarro
Ferran Navarro Autonomous University of Barcelona
Jesús Oteo
Jesús Oteo Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Emilia Cercenado
Emilia Cercenado Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón

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