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Sandra Yamile Saavedra

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Rodriguez E, Saavedra S, Montano L, Sossa D, Correa F, Vaca J, et al.
Biomedica . 2023 Oct; 43(3):374-384. PMID: 37871566
Introduction. Salmonella spp. is a zoonotic pathogen transmitted to humans through contaminated water or food. The presence of extended-spectrum β-lactamases is a growing public health problem because these enzymes are...
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Cruz-Vargas S, Garcia-Munoz L, Cuervo-Maldonado S, Alvarez-Moreno C, Saavedra-Trujillo C, Alvarez-Rodriguez J, et al.
Microorganisms . 2023 Feb; 11(2). PMID: 36838324
Patients with cancer have a higher risk of severe bacterial infections. This study aims to determine the frequency, susceptibility profiles, and resistance genes of bacterial species involved in bacteremia, as...
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Thomas G, Corso A, Pasteran F, Shal J, Sosa A, Pillonetto M, et al.
Emerg Infect Dis . 2022 Oct; 28(11):1-8. PMID: 36286547
During 2020-2021, countries in Latin America and the Caribbean reported clinical emergence of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales that had not been previously characterized locally, increased prevalence of carbapenemases that had previously been...
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Saavedra S, Montilla-Escudero E, Wiesner M, Gonzalez M, Hidalgo A, Ovalle M, et al.
J Glob Antimicrob Resist . 2022 May; 30:428-430. PMID: 35569756
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Saavedra S, Bernal J, Montilla-Escudero E, Arevalo S, Prada D, Valencia M, et al.
Clin Infect Dis . 2021 Dec; 73(Suppl_4):S290-S299. PMID: 34850835
Background: Carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CRKP) is an emerging public health problem. This study explores the specifics of CRKP epidemiology in Colombia based on whole genome sequencing (WGS) of the National...
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Piza-Buitrago A, Rincon V, Donato J, Saavedra S, Duarte C, Morero J, et al.
BMC Microbiol . 2020 Nov; 20(1):345. PMID: 33183231
Background: Providencia rettgeri is a nosocomial pathogen associated with urinary tract infections and related to Healthcare-Associated Infection (HAI). In recent years isolates producing New Delhi Metallo-β-lactamase (NDM) and other β-lactamases...
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Saavedra S, Bernal J, Montilla-Escudero E, Torres G, Rodriguez M, Hidalgo A, et al.
Rev Panam Salud Publica . 2020 Sep; 44:e104. PMID: 32968369
Objective: To describe the epidemiological, phenotypical and genetic characteristics of clinical isolates carrying the gene identified in antimicrobial resistance surveillance by the laboratory of the National Institute of Health of...
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Ovalle M, Saavedra S, Gonzalez M, Hidalgo A, Duarte C, Beltran M
Biomedica . 2018 Jan; 37(4):473-485. PMID: 29373768
Introduction: The Colombian National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System for the surveillance of healthcare-associated infections was set up to meet this problem in the third quarter of 2012. Objective: To describe...
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Saavedra S, Diaz L, Wiesner M, Correa A, Arevalo S, Reyes J, et al.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother . 2017 Sep; 61(12). PMID: 28893788
Polymyxins are last-resort antimicrobial agents used to treat infections caused by carbapenem-resistant Due to the worldwide dissemination of polymyxin resistance in animal and human isolates, we aimed to characterize polymyxin...
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Saavedra S, Prada-Cardozo D, Rincon V, Perez-Cardona H, Hidalgo A, Gonzalez M, et al.
Genome Announc . 2017 Feb; 5(7). PMID: 28209815
Colombian strain ST920 was isolated from the sputum of a 68-year-old male patient. This isolate possessed OXA-72 and OXA-255-like genes. The assembled genome contained 4,104,098 pb and 38.79% G+C content....