Translational Microbiology and Emerging Diseases Study Group - MICROS

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Carlos Andrés Ceballos Garzón, PhD
- carlos.ceballosurosario.educo
- urosario, School of Medicine and Health Sciences
- urosario, Translational Microbiology and Emerging Diseases Study Group - MICROS
Person: Researcher
20172026
Oliver Keatinge Clay, PhD
- oliver.clayurosario.educo
- urosario, School of Medicine and Health Sciences
- urosario, Translational Microbiology and Emerging Diseases Study Group - MICROS
Person: Professor
19932023
Carolina Firacative, PhD
- sandra.firacativeurosario.educo
- urosario, School of Medicine and Health Sciences
- urosario, Translational Microbiology and Emerging Diseases Study Group - MICROS
Person: Researcher
20062026

8 Active
23 Finished

Epidemiology of cryptococcosis in a tertiary care hospital in Bogotá, Colombia: a retrospective study
Firacative, C. (PI), Morales-Pertuz, C. A. (CoI), Gil Montoya, O. I. (Student) & Cendales Regalado, A. F. (Student)
9/22/25 → 3/22/27
Project: Research Project
Comprehensive Analysis of Antifungal Susceptibility, Epidemiology, Resistance Mechanisms, and Molecular Biology in Emerging and Clinically Relevant Human Fungal Pathogens
Ceballos Garzón, C. A. (PI)
1/1/25 → 12/31/27
Project: Research Project
Genomic and antibiotic susceptibility characterization of Colombian isolates of Campylobacter jejuni causing acute diarrheal disease and those associated with Guillain-Barré syndrome captured by national surveillance.
Firacative, C. (PI)
8/8/23 → 7/31/27
Project: Research Project

1774 Citations
24 h-index
73 Research Article
13 Poster
7 Review article
5 Chapter
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Antibiofilm activity of manogepix, ibrexafungerp, amphotericin B, rezafungin, and caspofungin against Candida spp. biofilms of reference and clinical strains
Ceballos-Garzon, A., Lebrat, J., Holzapfel, M., Josa, D. F., Welsch, J. & Mercer, D., May 15 2025, In: Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 69, 6, p. e0013725 13 p.
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Research Article › peer-review

Open Access
10 Link opens in a new tab Scopus citations
Autoantibodies Neutralizing GM-CSF in HIV-Negative Colombian Patients Infected with Cryptococcus gattii and C. neoformans
Arango-Franco, C. A., Rojas, J., Firacative, C., Migaud, M., Agudelo, C. I., Franco, J. L., Casanova, J. L., Puel, A., Lizarazo, J., Castañeda, E. & Arias, A. A., Jul 15 2024, In: Journal of Clinical Immunology. 44, 7, p. 163 163.
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Research Article › peer-review

Open Access
6 Link opens in a new tab Scopus citations
Candida Non-albicans and Non-auris Causing Invasive Candidiasis in a Fourth-Level Hospital in Colombia: Epidemiology, Antifungal Susceptibility, and Genetic Diversity
Hernández-Pabón, J. C., Tabares, B., Gil, Ó., Lugo-Sánchez, C., Santana, A., Barón, A. & Firacative, C., Apr 30 2024, In: Journal of Fungi. 10, 5, p. 1-14 14 p., 326.
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Research Article › peer-review

Open Access
15 Link opens in a new tab Scopus citations

2º Puesto Concurso Proyectos de Investigación
Cano, J. F. (Recipient), De la Torre Cifuentes, L. A. (Recipient), Gomez-Marin, J. E. (Recipient), Munoz Henao, J. E. (Recipient) & Nessim, J. (Recipient), Oct 29 2022
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David Ellis 2018 ISHAM Poster Price
Cáceres, D. H. (Recipient) & Gomez Giraldo, B. L. (Recipient), Jul 4 2018
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Mejor Poster Ciencias Básicas - 21 Día de la Investigación
Munoz Henao, J. E. (Recipient) & Micelly, J. E. (Recipient), Nov 17 2023
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26 Keynote speaker at a specialized academic event
19 Participation in conference
14 Oral presentations at specialized academic events
10 Editorial activity
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VIII Encuentro de Investigaciones CIMED
Hernández Pabón, J. C. (Participant), Tabares Rodriguez, B. A. (Participant), Gil Montoya, O. I. (Participant), Lugo Sánchez, C. F. (Participant) & Firacative, C. (Participant)
Apr 12 2024
Activity: Participation or organization of an event › Participation in conference
VI Encuentro de Jóvenes Investigadores de la Fundación Universitaria Sanitas
Firacative, C. (Participant) & Nossa Gaitán, L. A. (Participant)
Nov 14 2024
Activity: Participation or organization of an event › Participation in conference
XXII Forum of Fungal Infections in Clinical Practice INFOCUS
Firacative, C. (Chair)
Nov 20 2024 → Nov 23 2024
Activity: Participation or organization of an event › Participation in conference