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Francesc Marco is affiliated with the University of Barcelona in Spain and has a research profile primarily centered around medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. The scientist's work encompasses a range of topics within these fields, with significant contributions to epidemiology, surgery, infectious diseases, molecular medicine, and clinical biochemistry.

Their recent notable papers include:

  • Incidence of co-infections and superinfections in hospitalized patients with COVID-19: a retrospective cohort study, 2020, Clinical Microbiology and Infection
  • COVID-19: from epidemiology to treatment, 2020, European Heart Journal
  • Rectal colonization by resistant bacteria increases the risk of infection by the colonizing strain in critically ill patients with cirrhosis, 2022, Journal of Hepatology
  • 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

The scientist has significant collaboration history with several frequent co-authors, among whom are Asunción Moreno, Álex Soriano, José M. Miró, Jordi Vilà, and Marta Hernández-Meneses, each having contributed to numerous projects.

Francesc Marco's publications appear prominently in several academic journals, including:

  • Revista Española de Cirugía Ortopédica y Traumatología
  • Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
  • Clinical Microbiology and Infection
  • Infectious Diseases and Therapy
  • Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiología Clínica

Their research topics cover important areas such as:

  • Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
  • Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management
  • Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing
  • Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus
  • Fungal Infections and Studies
  • Antibiotic Use and Resistance
  • Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment

Best Publications

  • Incidence of co-infections and superinfections in hospitalized patients with COVID-19: a retrospective cohort study.

    Carolina Garcia-Vidal;Gemma Sanjuan;Estela Moreno-García;Pedro Puerta-Alcalde

  • Influence of Vancomycin Minimum Inhibitory Concentration on the Treatment of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia

    Alex Soriano;Francesc Marco;José A. Martínez;Elena Pisos

  • Norfloxacin prevents spontaneous bacterial peritonitis recurrence in cirrhosis: Results of a double‐blind, placebo‐controlled trial

    Pere Ginés;Antoni Rimola;Ramón Planas;Victor Vargas

  • Addition of a Macrolide to a β-Lactam-Based Empirical Antibiotic Regimen Is Associated with Lower In-Hospital Mortality for Patients with Bacteremic Pneumococcal Pneumonia

    José A Martínez;Juan P Horcajada;Manuel Almela;Francesc Marco

  • Severe Community-acquired Pneumonia Risk Factors and Follow-up Epidemiology

    Mauricio Ruiz;Santiago Ewig;Antoni Torres;Francisco Arancibia

  • Randomized, comparative study of oral ofloxacin versus intravenous cefotaxime in spontaneous bacterial peritonitis

    M Navasa;A Follo;JM Llovet;G Clemente

  • Pathogenic Significance of Methicillin Resistance for Patients with Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia

    A. Soriano;J. A. Martínez;J. Mensa;F. Marco

  • Non-HACEK gram-negative bacillus endocarditis.

    Susan Morpeth;David Murdoch;Christopher H. Cabell;Adolf W. Karchmer

  • Association between double mutation in gyrA gene of ciprofloxacin-resistant clinical isolates of Escherichia coli and MICs.

    J Vila;J Ruiz;F Marco;A Barcelo

  • In vitro activity of two echinocandin derivatives, LY303366 and MK-0991 (L-743,792), against clinical isolates of Aspergillus, Fusarium, Rhizopus, and other filamentous fungi

    M.A Pfaller;F Marco;S.A Messer;R.N Jones

  • Pneumonia Acquired in the Community Through Drug-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae

    Santiago Ewig;Mauricio Ruiz;Antoni Torres;Francesc Marco

  • Analysis of 4758 Escherichia coli bacteraemia episodes: predictive factors for isolation of an antibiotic-resistant strain and their impact on the outcome

    M. Ortega;F. Marco;A. Soriano;M. Almela

  • Brief Communication: Treatment of Enterococcus faecalis Endocarditis with Ampicillin plus Ceftriaxone

    Joan Gavaldà;Oscar Len;José M. Miró;Patricia Muñoz

  • Two different dosages of cefotaxime in the treatment of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in cirrhosis: Results of a prospective, randomized, multicenter study

    Antoni Rimola;Joan M. Salmerón;Gerardo Clemente;Luis Rodrigo

  • Staphylococcus lugdunensis infective endocarditis: description of 10 cases and analysis of native valve, prosthetic valve, and pacemaker lead endocarditis clinical profiles

    Anguera I;Del Río A;Miró Jm;Matínez-Lacasa X

  • Emergence of Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci as a Cause of Native Valve Endocarditis

    Vivian H. Chu;Vivian H. Chu;Christopher W. Woods;Christopher W. Woods;Jose M. Miro;Bruno Hoen

  • Enterococcal endocarditis: 107 cases from the international collaboration on endocarditis merged database.

    J.R. McDonald;J.R. McDonald;L. Olaison;D.J. Anderson;D.J. Anderson;B. Hoen

  • Epidemiology, species distribution and in vitro antifungal susceptibility of fungaemia in a Spanish multicentre prospective survey

    Javier Pemán;Emilia Cantón;Guillermo Quindós;Elena Eraso

  • Candida species bloodstream infection: epidemiology and outcome in a single institution from 1991 to 2008

    M. Ortega;F. Marco;A. Soriano;M. Almela

  • Influence of multidrug resistance and appropriate empirical therapy on the 30-day mortality rate of Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteremia.

    Laura Morata;Nazaret Cobos-Trigueros;José A. Martínez;Álex Soriano

  • Prospective Multicenter Study of the Epidemiology, Molecular Identification, and Antifungal Susceptibility of Candida parapsilosis, Candida orthopsilosis, and Candida metapsilosis Isolated from Patients with Candidemia

    Emilia Cantón;Javier Pemán;Guillermo Quindós;Elena Eraso

  • In vitro antimicrobial production of beta-lactamases, aminoglycoside-modifying enzymes, and chloramphenicol acetyltransferase by and susceptibility of clinical isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii.

    J Vila;A Marcos;F Marco;S Abdalla

  • Validated Risk Score for Predicting 6‐Month Mortality in Infective Endocarditis

    Lawrence P. Park;Vivian H. Chu;Gail Peterson;Athanasios Skoutelis

Frequent Co-Authors

Josep Mensa
Josep Mensa University of Barcelona
Jordi Vila
Jordi Vila University of Barcelona
Alex Soriano
Alex Soriano University of Barcelona
José M. Miró
José M. Miró University of Barcelona
Manuel Almela
Manuel Almela University of Barcelona
Antoni Torres
Antoni Torres University of Barcelona
Luis Martínez-Martínez
Luis Martínez-Martínez University of Córdoba
Patricia Muñoz
Patricia Muñoz Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón
Emilio Bouza
Emilio Bouza Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón
Joaquim Ruiz
Joaquim Ruiz Autonomous University of Barcelona

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