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Emilia Cercenado is affiliated with the Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón in Spain. Their research spans multiple fields primarily in medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a specialized focus on molecular medicine, epidemiology, infectious diseases, clinical biochemistry, and applied microbiology and biotechnology.

The main research topics addressed by Cercenado encompass antibiotic resistance in bacteria, bacterial identification and susceptibility testing, antimicrobial resistance in Staphylococcus, antibiotic use and resistance, pneumonia and respiratory infections, antibiotics pharmacokinetics and efficacy, and streptococcal infections and treatments.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Cercenado include the following:

  • Emergence of methicillin resistance predates the clinical use of antibiotics, 2022, Nature
  • Post-COVID-19 syndrome. SARS-CoV-2 RNA detection in plasma, stool, and urine in patients with persistent symptoms after COVID-19, 2022, BMC Infectious Diseases
  • Daptomycin Plus Fosfomycin Versus Daptomycin Alone for Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia and Endocarditis: A Randomized Clinical Trial, 2020, Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • Characterization of the virulence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains causing ventilator-associated pneumonia, 2020, BMC Infectious Diseases
  • Predicting Pseudomonas aeruginosa susceptibility phenotypes from whole genome sequence resistome analysis, 2021, Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Frequent coauthors working alongside Cercenado include:

  • Patricia Muñóz
  • Rafael Cantón
  • Nieves Larrosa
  • Antonio Oliver
  • Germán Bou

Publication venues often featuring Cercenado's work are:

  • Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
  • Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica (English ed )
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Microbiology Spectrum
  • Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiología Clínica

Best Publications

  • Nocardiosis at the turn of the century.

    Maricela Valerio Minero;Mercedes Marín;Emilia Cercenado;Pablo Martín Rabadán

  • Emergence of methicillin resistance predates the clinical use of antibiotics

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  • Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in hospitalized children.

    Lorry G. Rubin;Victor Tucci;Emilia Cercenado;George Eliopoulos

  • Molecular Epidemiology and Mechanisms of Carbapenem Resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolates from Spanish Hospitals

    O. Gutiérrez;C. Juan;E. Cercenado;F. Navarro

  • A conservative procedure for the diagnosis of catheter-related infections.

    Emilia Cercenado;Javier Ena;Marta Rodríguez-Créixems;Immaculada Romero

  • Spread of Escherichia coli Strains with High-Level Cefotaxime and Ceftazidime Resistance between the Community, Long-Term Care Facilities, and Hospital Institutions

    Jesús Oteo;Carmen Navarro;Emilia Cercenado;Alberto Delgado-Iribarren

  • Metronidazole Resistance in Clostridium difficile Is Heterogeneous

    T. Peláez;E. Cercenado;L. Alcalá;M. Marín

  • Programas de optimización de uso de antimicrobianos (PROA) en hospitales españoles: documento de consenso GEIH-SEIMC, SEFH y SEMPSPH

    Jesús Rodríguez-Baño;José Ramón Paño-Pardo;Luis Alvarez-Rocha;Ángel Asensio

  • Role of Universal 16S rRNA Gene PCR and Sequencing in Diagnosis of Prosthetic Joint Infection

    M. Marín;J. M. Garcia-Lechuz;P. Alonso;M. Villanueva

  • Visceral leishmaniasis in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

    J. Berenguer;S. Moreno;E. Cercenado;J. C. L. Bernaldo De Quiros

  • Campylobacter bacteremia: clinical characteristics, incidence, and outcome over 23 years.

    Ana Fernández-Cruz;Patricia Muñoz;Rosa Mohedano;Maricela Valerio

  • Comparative study of mupirocin and oral co-trimoxazole plus topical fusidic acid in eradication of nasal carriage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

    F Parras;M C Guerrero;E Bouza;M J Blázquez

  • Ampicillin-Resistant Non-β-Lactamase-Producing Haemophilus influenzae in Spain: Recent Emergence of Clonal Isolates with Increased Resistance to Cefotaxime and Cefixime

    Silvia García-Cobos;José Campos;Edurne Lázaro;Federico Román

  • Evolution of the antimicrobial resistance of Staphylococcus spp. in Spain: five nationwide prevalence studies, 1986 to 2002.

    Oscar Cuevas;Emilia Cercenado;Ana Vindel;Jesús Guinea

  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa: a Survey of Resistance in 136 Hospitals in Spain

    E. Bouza;F. Garcia-Garrote;E. Cercenado;M. Marin

  • Susceptibility of Streptococcus pneumoniae to Penicillin: A Prospective Microbiological and Clinical Study

    M. Eugenia García-Leoni;Emilia Cercenado;Pilar Rodeño;Juan C. L. Bernaldo de Quirós

  • Klebsiella and enterobacter: antibiotic resistance and treatment implications.

    Emilio Bouza;Emilia Cercenado

  • Bloodstream Infections : Evolution and Trends in the Microbiology Workload, Incidence, and Etiology, 1985-2006

    Marta Rodríguez-Créixems;Luis Alcalá;Patricia Muñoz;Emilia Cercenado

  • Management of multidrug resistant Gram-negative bacilli infections in solid organ transplant recipients: SET/GESITRA-SEIMC/REIPI recommendations

    J.M. Aguado;J.T. Silva;M. Fernández-Ruiz;E. Cordero

  • A gene conferring resistance to vancomycin but not teicoplanin in isolates of Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium demonstrates homology with vanB, vanA, and vanC genes of enterococci.

    H S Gold;S Unal;E Cercenado;C Thauvin-Eliopoulos

  • Infections caused by erythromycin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae: incidence, risk factors, and response to therapy in a prospective study.

    S. Moreno;M. E. Garcia-Leoni;E. Cercenado;M. D. Diaz

  • Daptomycin Plus Fosfomycin Versus Daptomycin Alone for Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia and Endocarditis: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

    Miquel Pujol;José-María Miró;Evelyn Shaw;Jose-María Aguado

  • Evaluation of a new system, VITEK 2, for identification and antimicrobial susceptibility testing of enterococci

    Fernando Garcia-Garrote;Emilia Cercenado;Emilio Bouza

Frequent Co-Authors

Emilio Bouza
Emilio Bouza Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón
Patricia Muñoz
Patricia Muñoz Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón
Marta Rodríguez-Créixems
Marta Rodríguez-Créixems Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón
Álvaro Pascual
Álvaro Pascual University of Seville
Jesús Oteo
Jesús Oteo Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Antonio Oliver
Antonio Oliver Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Luis Martínez-Martínez
Luis Martínez-Martínez University of Córdoba
Rafael Cantón
Rafael Cantón Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria
Josefina Campos
Josefina Campos Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Jesús Rodríguez-Baño
Jesús Rodríguez-Baño University of Seville

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