BACTERIAL STRAINS COLLECTION
Includes representative strains of the main clones producing clinical infections and with the most prevalent phenotypes of resistance
EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL MODEL OF INFECTION
This platform is used to evaluate patogénesis, virulence, fitness, the cost of resistance, In specific resistant strains, and the new therapies for these infections. This platform, coordinated by Jerónimo Pachón, University Hospital Virgen del Rocío, has a long and extensive experience, with many experimental models, as follows:
Bacterial murine pneumonia due to A. baumannii, K. pneumoniae, P. aeruginosa, E. coli (University Hospital Virgen del Rocío), A. baumannii (Bellvitge Hospital) and Aspergillus spp. (University Hospital Vall d´Hebron).
Chronic respiratory murine infection by P. aeruginosa (Son Espases Hospital).
Meningitis in New Zealand rabbits by A. baumannii and S. aureus (University Hospital Virgen del Rocío), pneumococci and S. aureus (Bellvitge Hospital).
Endocarditis due to MRSA (Hospital Clinic), enterococci (Vall d’Hebron Hospital), pneumococci (University Hospital Virgen del Rocío).
Foreing-body infection by P. aeruginosa and Staphylococcus epidermidis (University Hospital Virgen del Rocío) and MRSA (Bellvitge Hospital).
Peritonitis and disseminated infection: MRSA (Bellvitge Hospital), E. coli and A. baumannii (University Hospital Virgen del Rocío).
Aspergillosis in inmunodepressed rats (University Hospital Vall d’Hebron).
Disseminated murine candidiasis (University Hospital Virgen del Rocío).
Catheter infection by Candida spp. (University Hospital Vall d´Hebrón).
SPANISH PLATFORM FOR CLINICAL TRIALS (ESCREN)
This platform has unuts in the following hospitals: Reina Sofía/IMIBIC (Córdoba), Virgen del Rocío-IBiS / Virgen Macarena (Sevilla), Marqués de Valdecilla (Santander), Hospital Clinic (Barcelona), Bellvitge (Barcelona), Vall d’Hebron (Barcelona), Santa Creu i Sant Pau (Barcelona), Son Espases-IUNICS (Mallorca), Ramón y Cajal (Madrid), La Paz (Madrid) y 12 de Octubre (Madrid).