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- Incidence and characterization of S. pyogenes strains causing non-invasive disease:

otitis, pharyngitis, and other skin and soft tissue infections.

- S. pyogenes pneumonia. Clinical and epidemiological aspects.

- Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of S. pyogenes isolates.

- Study of antibiotic susceptibility. S. pyogenes mechanisms of resistance to mac-
rolides, tetracyclines and fluoroquinolones.

• Respiratory infection caused by virus.

- Influenza-virus infections. Genetic characterizations of seasonal strains.

- Microbiological characterization of emerging respiratory viruses: influenza pandemic
H1N1 and H3N2 virus, human metapneumovirus, bocavirus. Diagnosis and epidemiol-

ogy of their infections.

- Epidemiology of non- influenza viruses causing ILI. Seasonality, hospitalization and
incidence distributed by age groups.

- Value or significance of viral infections in exacerbations of COPD.

- Characteristics of mixed infections by two or more respiratory virus and between

viruses and bacteria in pneumonia.

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coccus pneumoniae ocular infections, prominent role of unencapsulated isolates in
scientific conjunctivitis.Clin Microbiol Infect. 2013 Jul;19(7):E298-305.
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Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes causing acute otitis media isolated from chil-
dren with spontaneous middle-ear drainage over a 12-year period (1999-2010) in a

region of northern Spain.PLoS One. 2013;8(1):e54333.
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• MonteS M, tAMAYo e, oAte e, PreZ-YArZA eg, PéreZ-trAllero e. Outbreak of Strepto-
coccus pyogenes infection in healthcare workers in a paediatric intensive care unit:

transmission from a single patient.Epidemiol Infect. 2013 Feb;141(2):341-3.

• PicAZo JJ, gonZleZ-roMo F, gArcA roJAS A, PeréZ-trAllero e, gil gregorio P, de lA cáMArA

r. [Consensus document on pneumococcal vaccination in adults with risk underlying
clinical conditions].Rev Esp Quimioter. 2013 Sep;26(3):232-52.

• MonteS M, ArtiedA J, Pieiro ld, gASteSi M, dieZ-nieVeS i, cillA g. Hand, foot, and mouth

disease outbreak and coxsackievirus A6, northern Spain, 2011.Emerg Infect Dis.
2013 Apr;19(4).

Highlights
The recognition of our group by the Basque Government as a “research group of
excellence”, with funding for the next 6 years, and three FIS projects achieved by

the group (two health research projects and a staff substitution to intensify the re-
search work) are the most important facts of the group concerning funded projects 13
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(resources) in 2013.
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Regarding Congresses, two works of the Coordinated Project “Pneumonia” were ac- P
cepted for oral presentations at two international conferences: the ECCMID, held in RE
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Berlin, Germany in April and the ICAAC, held in Denver, Colorado, USA in Septem- A
ber. In these conferences, 8 other communications were also presented as posters.
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In educational training, it is noteworthy to underscore the two Doctoral Theses A
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directed by the Head of the Group, both evaluated as “Apto cum laude” (best quali- E
fication).
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As for publications, highlight that more than half of those published during 2013 (15 CI

indexed publications) have been done in collaboration with other research groups.
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