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Fe Tubau is affiliated with Bellvitge University Hospital in Spain, contributing extensively to the fields of Medicine, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Immunology and Microbiology. Their research focuses primarily on antibiotic resistance, bacterial infections, and related epidemiological and pharmacological studies.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Medicine
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Immunology and Microbiology

Their work covers subfields such as:

  • Epidemiology
  • Molecular Medicine
  • Pharmacology
  • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
  • Clinical Biochemistry

Research topics addressed in their publications include:

  • Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
  • Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections
  • Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy
  • Antibiotic Use and Resistance
  • Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing
  • Bacterial Infections and Vaccines
  • Neutropenia and Cancer Infections

Fe Tubau's recent notable papers are:

  • "Predicting Pseudomonas aeruginosa susceptibility phenotypes from whole genome sequence resistome analysis" (2021, Clinical Microbiology and Infection)
  • "Pseudomonas aeruginosa antibiotic susceptibility profiles, genomic epidemiology and resistance mechanisms: a nation-wide five-year time lapse analysis" (2023, The Lancet Regional Health - Europe)
  • "Clinical Predictive Model of Multidrug Resistance in Neutropenic Cancer Patients with Bloodstream Infection Due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa" (2020, Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy)
  • "Risk factors for infections caused by carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales: an international matched case-control-control study (EURECA)" (2023, EClinicalMedicine)
  • "Activity of imipenem/relebactam against a Spanish nationwide collection of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales" (2021, Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy)

The scientist frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
  • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
  • Clinical Microbiology and Infection
  • Antibiotics
  • The Lancet Regional Health - Europe

Fe Tubau has collaborated repeatedly with several co-authors, including:

  • Carmen Ardanuy
  • Jordi Càmara
  • Aída González-Díaz
  • Sara Martí
  • M.Á. Domínguez

Best Publications

  • 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

  • Causes and Factors Associated With Early Failure in Hospitalized Patients With Community-Acquired Pneumonia

    Beatriz Rosón;Jordi Carratalà;Núria Fernández-Sabé;Fe Tubau

  • Changing aetiology, clinical features, antimicrobial resistance, and outcomes of bloodstream infection in neutropenic cancer patients

    C. Gudiol;C. Gudiol;M. Bodro;M. Bodro;A. Simonetti;F. Tubau

  • Bacteraemia due to multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacilli in cancer patients: risk factors, antibiotic therapy and outcomes

    C Gudiol;C Gudiol;F Tubau;F Tubau;L Calatayud;L Calatayud;C Garcia-Vidal;C Garcia-Vidal

  • Genetic Markers of Widespread Extensively Drug-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa High-Risk Clones

    Gabriel Cabot;Alain A. Ocampo-Sosa;M. Angeles Domínguez;Juan F. Gago

  • Overexpression of AmpC and Efflux Pumps in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolates from Bloodstream Infections: Prevalence and Impact on Resistance in a Spanish Multicenter Study

    Gabriel Cabot;Alain A. Ocampo-Sosa;Fe Tubau;María D. Macia

  • Efficacy of sulbactam alone and in combination with ampicillin in nosocomial infections caused by multiresistant Acinetobacter baumannii.

    Xavier Corbella;Javier Ariza;Carmen Ardanuy;Maria Vuelta

  • Influence of Virulence Genotype and Resistance Profile in the Mortality of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Bloodstream Infections

    Carmen Peña;Gabriel Cabot;Silvia Gómez-Zorrilla;Laura Zamorano

  • Relationship between quinolone use and emergence of ciprofloxacin-resistant Escherichia coli in bloodstream infections.

    C Peña;J M Albareda;R Pallares;M Pujol

  • Epidemiology of invasive pneumococcal disease among adult patients in barcelona before and after pediatric 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine introduction, 1997-2007.

    Carmen Ardanuy;Fe Tubau;Román Pallares;Román Pallares;Laura Calatayud

  • Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae clones causing bacteraemia in adults in a teaching hospital in Barcelona, Spain (2007-2013).

    M. Cubero;I. Grau;F. Tubau;R. Pallarés

  • Emergence of quinolone-resistant Escherichia coli bacteremia in neutropenic patients with cancer who have received prophylactic norfloxacin.

    Jordi Carratalá;Alberto Fernández-Sevilla;Fe Tubau;Manuel Callis

  • Antibiotic combinations for serious infections caused by carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in a mouse pneumonia model

    Abelardo Montero;Javier Ariza;Xavier Corbella;Alejandro Doménech

  • Effect of Adequate Single-Drug vs Combination Antimicrobial Therapy on Mortality in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Bloodstream Infections: A Post Hoc Analysis of a Prospective Cohort

    Carmen Peña;Cristina Suarez;Alain Ocampo-Sosa;Javier Murillas

  • Efficacy of Colistin versus β-Lactams, Aminoglycosides, and Rifampin as Monotherapy in a Mouse Model of Pneumonia Caused by Multiresistant Acinetobacter baumannii

    A. Montero;J. Ariza;X. Corbella;A. Doménech

  • Clinical outcomes after combination treatment with ceftazidime/avibactam and aztreonam for NDM-1/OXA-48/CTX-M-15-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae infection.

    Evelyn Shaw;Alexander Rombauts;Fe Tubau;Ariadna Padullés

  • Epidemiologic Changes in Bacteremic Pneumococcal Disease in Patients With Human Immunodeficiency Virus in the Era of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy

    Imma Grau;Roman Pallares;Fe Tubau;Marco H. Schulze

  • Risk factors and outcomes of bacteremia caused by drug-resistant ESKAPE pathogens in solid-organ transplant recipients.

    Marta Bodro;Núria Sabé;Fe Tubau;Laura Lladó

  • Prospective Multicenter Study of the Impact of Carbapenem Resistance on Mortality in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Bloodstream Infections

    Carmen Peña;Cristina Suarez;Mónica Gozalo;Javier Murillas

  • Genomics and Susceptibility Profiles of Extensively Drug-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolates from Spain.

    Ester del Barrio-Tofiño;Carla López-Causapé;Gabriel Cabot;Alba Rivera

  • Pneumococcal pneumonia presenting with septic shock: host- and pathogen-related factors and outcomes

    Carolina Garcia-Vidal;Carmen Ardanuy;Fe Tubau;Diego Viasus

Frequent Co-Authors

Javier Ariza
Javier Ariza University of Barcelona
Josefina Liñares
Josefina Liñares University of Barcelona
Carmen Ardanuy
Carmen Ardanuy Bellvitge University Hospital
Jordi Carratalà
Jordi Carratalà University of Barcelona
Francisco Gudiol
Francisco Gudiol University of Barcelona
Antonio Oliver
Antonio Oliver Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Roman Pallares
Roman Pallares University of Barcelona
Luis Martínez-Martínez
Luis Martínez-Martínez University of Córdoba
Rafael Cantón
Rafael Cantón Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria
Emilia Cercenado
Emilia Cercenado Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón

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