Identification and antimicrobial susceptibility of obligate anaerobic bacteria from clinical samples of animal origin

by BARQUERO-CALVO, ELIAS, Mayorga, Melissa, Rodríguez-Cavallini, Evelyn, López-Ureña, Diana, Quesada-Gómez, Carlos
Published 2020

Predominance and high antibiotic resistance of the emerging Clostridium difficile genotypes NAPCR1 and NAP9 in a Costa Rican hospital over a 2-year period without outbreaks

by López Ureña, Diana, Quesada Gómez, Carlos, Montoya Ramírez, Mónica, Gamboa Coronado, María del Mar, Somogyi Pérez, Teresa, Rodríguez Sánchez, César, Rodríguez Cavallini, Evelyn
Published 2018

A Clostridium difficile Lineage Endemic to Costa Rican Hospitals Is Multidrug Resistant by Acquisition of Chromosomal Mutations and Novel Mobile Genetic Elements

by Ramírez Vargas, Gabriel, Quesada Gómez, Carlos, Acuña Amador, Luis Alberto, López Ureña, Diana, Murillo Corrales, Tatiana, Gamboa Coronado, María del Mar, Chaves Olarte, Esteban, Thomson, Nicholas R., Rodríguez Cavallini, Evelyn, Rodríguez Sánchez, César
Published 2018

Novel Clade C-I Clostridium difficile strains escape diagnostic tests, differ in pathogenicity potential and carry toxins on extrachromosomal elements

by Ramírez Vargas, Gabriel, López Ureña, Diana, Badilla Lobo, Adriana, Orozco Aguilar, Josué, Murillo Corrales, Tatiana, Rojas, Priscilla, Riedel, Thomas, Overmann, Jörg, González, Gabriel, Chaves Olarte, Esteban, Quesada Gómez, Carlos, Rodríguez Sánchez, César
Published 2018

Toxin B Variants from Clostridium difficile Strains VPI 10463 and NAP1/027 Share Similar Substrate Profile and Cellular Intoxication Kinetics but Use Different Host Cell Entry Fact...

by López Ureña, Diana, Orozco Aguilar, Josué, Chaves Madrigal, Yendry Pamela, Ramírez Mata, Andrea, Villalobos Jimenez, Amanda, Ost, Stefan, Quesada Gómez, Carlos, Rodríguez Sánchez, César, Papatheodorou, Panagiotis, Chaves Olarte, Esteban
Published 2020

Analysis of TcdB Proteins within the Hypervirulent Clade 2 Reveals an Impact of RhoA Glucosylation on Clostridium difficile Proinflammatory Activities

by Quesada Gómez, Carlos, López Ureña, Diana, Chumbler, Nicole, Kroh, Heather K., Castro Peña, Carolina, Rodríguez Sánchez, César, Orozco Aguilar, Josué, González Camacho, Sara María, Rucavado Romero, Alexandra, Guzmán Verri, Caterina, Lawley, Trevor D., Lacy, D. Borden, Chaves Olarte, Esteban
Published 2017

Proteogenomic analysis of the Clostridium difficile exoproteome reveals a correlation between phylogenetic distribution and virulence potential

by Quesada Gómez, Carlos, Murillo Corrales, Tatiana, Arce, Grettel, Badilla Lobo, Adriana, Castro Peña, Carolina, Molina Mora, José Arturo, López Ureña, Diana, González Camacho, Sara María, Lomonte, Bruno, Chacón Díaz, Carlos, Rodríguez Sánchez, César, Chaves Olarte, Esteban
Published 2021

Analysis of TcdB proteins within the hypervirulent clade 2 reveals an impact of RhoA glucosylation on Clostridium difficile proinflammatory activities

by Guzman-Verri, Caterina, Quesada-Gómez, Carlos, López-Ureña, Diana, Chumbler, Nicole, Kroh, Heather, Castro-Peña, Carolina, Rodríguez, César, Orozco-Aguilar, Josué, González-Camacho, Sara, Rucavado, Alexandra, Lawley, Trevor, Lacy, D. Borden, Chaves-Olarte, Esteban
Published 2020

A MLST Clade 2 Clostridium difficile strain with a variant TcdB induces severe inflammatory and oxidative response associated with mucosal disruption

by Leite Costa, Cecília, López Ureña, Diana, de Oliveira Assis, Thiago, Ribeiro, Ronaldo A., Silveira Silva, Rodrigo Otavio, Rupnik, Maja, Wilcox, Mark H., Fiorini de Carvalho, Alex, Oliveira do Carmo, Anderson, Abalen Martins Dias, Adriana, Barreto Mano de Carvalho, Cibele, Chaves Olarte, Esteban, Rodríguez Sánchez, César, Quesada Gómez, Carlos, de Castro Brito, Gerly Anne
Published 2017

Emergence of an Outbreak-Associated Clostridium difficile Variant with Increased Virulence

by Quesada Gómez, Carlos, López Ureña, Diana, Chaves Olarte, Esteban, Acuña Amador, Luis Alberto, Villalobos Zúñiga, Manuel Antonio, Du, Tim, Freire, Rosemayre, Guzmán Verri, Caterina, Gamboa Coronado, María del Mar, Lawley, Trevor D., Moreno Robles, Edgardo, Mulvey, Michael R., de Castro Brito, Gerly Anne, Rodríguez Cavallini, Evelyn, Rodríguez Sánchez, César
Published 2018

Emergence of an outbreak-associated Clostridium difficile variant with increased virulence

by Guzman-Verri, Caterina, Quesada-Gómez, Carlos, López-Ureña, Diana, Acuña-Amador, Luis, Villalobos-Zúñiga, Manuel, Du, Tim, Freire, Rosemayre, Gamboa-Coronado, María del Mar, Lawley, Trevor, Moreno, Edgardo, Mulvey, Michael, de Castro Brito, Gerly Anne, Rodríguez-Cavallini, Evelyn, Rodríguez, César, Chaves-Olarte, Esteban
Published 2020