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RESEARCH GROUPS
Group 26
Programme: Pneumonia
Lead Researcher: Pérez Trallero, Emilio Group members
STAFF MEMBERS: Esnal Lasarte, Olatz | Moreiro Olondris, Esther | Tamayo Oya, Esther
ASSOCIATED MEMBERS: Alonso Asencor, Marta | Cilla Eguiluz, Carlos Gustavo | Ercibengoa Arana, María | González Pérez Yarza, Eduardo | Marimón Ortiz de Zarate, Jose María | Montes Ros, Milagrosa | Vicente Anza, Diego
Main lines of research
RESPIRATORY INFECTION: Main objective: to study the epidemiology of respiratory infections . STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE INFECTION .
• Pneumococcal invasive infection in paediatric and adult populations: incidence, serotypes and genotypes.
• Non-invasive pneumococcal infection: otitis media and conjunctivitis. Serotypes and genotypes. Antibiotic resistance .
• Studies on vaccines. Impact of the 13 -valent conjugate vaccine. Comparison with the 7-valent vaccine . Influence of childhood vaccination with the new 13-valent vaccine on invasive infection and nasopharyngeal carriage in the first years of life .
• Design of new pneumococcal typing techniques.
• Determine the evolution of S. pneumoniae antibiotic resistance over time: new serotypes causing infection and genetic resistance determinants; influence of antibiotic consumption in resistance; spread of multi-resistant clones after the introduction of conjugate vaccines .
• To confirm the replacement of the “resistant serotypes” as a result of the commercialization of 13-valent conjugate vaccine in 2010 .
• Influence of childhood vaccination on antibiotic resistance in adults. STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES INFECTION .
• Incidence and characterization of strains causing invasive disease.
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