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Jeannete Zurita
Researcher at Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador
Publications - 72
Citations - 2007
Jeannete Zurita is an academic researcher from Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. The author has an hindex of 21, co-authored 66 publications receiving 1652 citations.
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Epidemiology of Candidemia in Latin America: A Laboratory-Based Survey
Marcio Nucci,Flavio Queiroz-Telles,Tito Alvarado-Matute,Iris Nora Tiraboschi,Jorge E. Cortes,Jeannete Zurita,Manuel Guzman-Blanco,María Elena Santolaya,Luis Thompson,José Sifuentes-Osornio,Juan Echevarria,Arnaldo Lopes Colombo +11 more
TL;DR: This first large epidemiologic study of candidemia in Latin America showed a high incidence ofCandida albicans, high percentage of children, typical species distribution, and low resistance rates.
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Dissemination of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus USA300 sequence type 8 lineage in Latin America
Jinnethe Reyes,Sandra Rincon,Lorena Diaz,Diana Panesso,German A. Contreras,Jeannete Zurita,Carlos Carrillo,Adele Rizzi,Manuel Guzmán,Javier A. Adachi,Shahreen Chowdhury,Barbara E. Murray,Cesar A. Arias,Cesar A. Arias +13 more
TL;DR: A variant CA-MRSA USA300 clone has become established in South America and, in some countries, is endemic in hospital settings.
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Susceptibility rates in Latin American nations: report from a regional resistance surveillance program (2011)
Ronald N. Jones,Manuel Guzman-Blanco,Ana Cristina Gales,Belisario Gallegos,Aura Lucia Leal Castro,Marines Dalla Valle Martino,Silvio Vega,Jeannete Zurita,Mario Cepparulo,Mariana Castanheira +9 more
TL;DR: LATAM nations demonstrated variable levels of antimicrobial R especially among Enterobacteriaceae, PSA and ACB, and MRSA (48%), VRE (14%) and multidrug-R SPN were also regional therapeutic challenges.
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Evolution of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clones in Latin America
Eduardo Rodríguez-Noriega,Carlos Seas,Manuel Guzman-Blanco,Carlos Mejía,Carlos Arturo Álvarez,Luis Bavestrello,Jeannete Zurita,Jaime Labarca,Carlos M. Luna,Mauro José Costa Salles,Eduardo Gotuzzo +10 more
TL;DR: A variety of epidemic MRSA clones are circulating in Latin America, some of which harbor genes that encode multidrug resistance or enhanced pathogenicity, and implications for clinical practice are reviewed.
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Parallel Epidemics of Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus USA300 Infection in North and South America
Paul J. Planet,Paul J. Planet,Lorena Diaz,Sergios-Orestis Kolokotronis,Sergios-Orestis Kolokotronis,Apurva Narechania,Jinnethe Reyes,Galen Xing,Sandra Rincon,Hannah Smith,Diana Panesso,Chanelle Ryan,Dylan Smith,Manuel Guzmán,Jeannete Zurita,Robert Sebra,Gintaras Deikus,Rathel Nolan,Fred C. Tenover,George M. Weinstock,D. Ashley Robinson,Cesar A. Arias,Cesar A. Arias +22 more
TL;DR: The results reveal the existence of 2 parallel USA300 epidemics that shared a recent common ancestor and the simultaneous rapid dissemination of these 2 epidemic clades suggests the presence of shared, potentially convergent adaptations that enhance fitness and ability to spread.