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Overview

Juan Ángel Basualdo is affiliated with the National University of La Plata in Argentina and conducts research primarily in the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's work spans several subfields including Infectious Diseases, Endocrinology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Clinical Biochemistry, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

Basualdo's recent publications reflect a focus on bacterial infections and antimicrobial resistance, particularly within pediatric and hospital settings. The recent papers include the following:

  • Detection of β-Lactamase-Producing Enterococcus faecalis and Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium Isolates in Human Invasive Infections in the Public Hospital of Tandil, Argentina, 2020, published in Pathogens
  • Primer reporte de Escherichia coli diarreogénica en población pediátrica ambulatoria con diarrea atendida en la ciudad de La Plata, Argentina, 2021, published in Revista Argentina de Microbiología
  • Caracterización molecular de Escherichia coli diarreogénica proveniente de población pediátrica ambulatoria con diarrea, atendida en dos hospitales de Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2023, published in Revista Argentina de Microbiología
  • Perfil cario-reno-metabólico en primera hospitalización por insuficiencia cardíaca. Evaluación de 541 pacientes, 2025, published in Revista de la Sociedad Argentina de Diabetes

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Mónica Sparo
  • Nora Beatriz Molina
  • Sebastián Oderiz
  • Celia María Schell
  • Ana P. Tedim

Basualdo's research has been featured mainly in the following publication venues:

  • Revista Argentina de Microbiología
  • Pathogens
  • Revista de la Sociedad Argentina de Diabetes

Key topics addressed in the body of Basualdo's work include:

  • Escherichia coli research studies
  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
  • Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus
  • Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing
  • Streptococcal Infections and Treatments
  • Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research
  • Enterobacteriaceae and Cronobacter Research

Best Publications

  • Distribution of intestinal parasitoses in relation to environmental and sociocultural parameters in La Plata, Argentina

    M.I. Gamboa;J.A. Basualdo;M.A. Córdoba;B.C. Pezzani

  • A wide diversity of zoonotic intestinal parasites infects urban and rural dogs in Neuquén, Patagonia, Argentina.

    Silvia Viviana Soriano;Nora Beatriz Pierangeli;Irene Roccia;Hector Fabián Jesus Bergagna

  • First genotyping of Giardia lamblia from human and animal feces in Argentina, South America.

    Marta Cecilia Minvielle;Nora Beatriz Molina;Daniela Polverino;Juan A. Basualdo

  • Intestinal parasitoses and environmental factors in a rural population of Argentina, 2002-2003

    Juan A. Basualdo;María A. Córdoba;María M. de Luca;María L. Ciarmela

  • Cryptosporidium infection in calves from a rural area of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

    Valeria F. Del Coco;María A. Córdoba;Juan A. Basualdo

  • Intestinal parasites and the environment: frequency of intestinal parasites in children of Neuquén, Patagonia, Argentina.

    S V Soriano;L M Barbieri;N B Pierángeli;A L Giayetto

  • Viability and infectiousness of eggs of Echinococcus granulosus aged under natural conditions of inferior arid climate

    Paula Sánchez Thevenet;Oscar Jensen;Ricardo Drut;Gloria E. Cerrone

  • Parasitosis intestinales y su relacion con factores socioeconómicos y condiciones de habitat en niños de Neuquén, Patagonia, Argentina

    Silvia V. Soriano;Ana M. Manacorda;Nora B. Pierangeli;Maria C. Navarro

  • Related factors to human toxocariasis in a rural community of Argentina

    Paula Chiodo;Juan Basualdo;Laura Ciarmela;Betina Pezzani

  • Epidemiological survey of Giardia spp. and Blastocystis hominis in an Argentinian rural community

    Marta Cecilia Minvielle;Betina Cecilia Pezzani;María Alejandra Cordoba;María Marta De Luca

  • Screening of the municipal water system of La Plata, Argentina, for human intestinal parasites.

    Juan Basualdo;Betina Pezzani;María De Luca;Alejandra Córdoba

  • Presencia de parásitos intestinales en paseos públicos urbanos en La Plata Argentina

    Alejandra Córdoba;María L. Ciarmela;Betina Pezzani;M. Inés Gamboa

  • Presence and persistence of intestinal parasites in canine fecal material collected from the environment in the Province of Chubut, Argentine Patagonia.

    P. Sánchez Thevenet;O. Jensen;I. Mellado;C. Torrecillas

  • Molecular characterization of Echinococcus isolates indicates goats as reservoir for Echinococcus canadensis G6 genotype in Neuquén, Patagonia Argentina

    S.V. Soriano;N.B. Pierangeli;L. Pianciola;M. Mazzeo

  • Clinical status and parasitic infection in a Wichí Aboriginal community in Salta, Argentina.

    N.J. Taranto;S.P. Cajal;M.C. De Marzi;M.M. Fernández

  • Reduction in surgical antibiotic prophylaxis expenditure and the rate of surgical site infection by means of a protocol that controls the use of prophylaxis.

    Marisa I. Gómez;Silvia I. Acosta‐Gnass;RN Luisa Mosqueda‐Barboza;Juan A Basualdo

  • First report of Enterocytozoon bieneusi from dairy cattle in Argentina.

    Valeria F. Del Coco;María Alejandra Córdoba;Gladys Bilbao;Pinto de Almeida Castro

  • Intestinal parasites and genotypes of Giardia intestinalis in school children from Berisso, Argentina

    Nora Molina;Betina Pezzani;Maria Ciarmela;Alicia Orden

  • PCR amplification of triosephosphate isomerase gene of Giardia lamblia in formalin-fixed feces.

    Nora Molina;Daniela Polverino;Marta Minvielle;Juan Basualdo

  • Prevention of central venous catheter-related bloodstream infections using non-technologic strategies.

    Silvia Acosta Gnass;Luisa Barboza;Dafne Bilicich;Pablo Angeloro

  • Oral treatment with a potential probiotic (Enterococcus faecalis CECT 7121) appears to reduce the parasite burden of mice infected with Toxocara canis

    J. Basualdo;M. Sparo;P. Chiodo;M. Ciarmela

  • In vitro and in vivo effects of Enterococcus faecalis CECT7121 on Toxocara canis.

    Paula G Chiodo;Mónica D Sparo;Betina C Pezzani;Marta C Minvielle

Frequent Co-Authors

Mónica Santín
Mónica Santín United States Department of Agriculture
Ronald Fayer
Ronald Fayer United States Department of Agriculture
Teresa M. Coque
Teresa M. Coque Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria

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