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Julio Alvarez
Researcher at Complutense University of Madrid
Publications - 212
Citations - 4934
Julio Alvarez is an academic researcher from Complutense University of Madrid. The author has contributed to research in topics: Mycobacterium bovis & Tuberculin. The author has an hindex of 34, co-authored 194 publications receiving 3926 citations. Previous affiliations of Julio Alvarez include Spanish National Research Council & University of Minnesota.
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Clinical and molecular analysis of macrolide resistance in Mycobacterium avium complex lung disease.
David E. Griffith,Barbara A. Brown-Elliott,Brett Langsjoen,Yansheng Zhang,Xi Pan,William M. Girard,Kenwyn G Nelson,James Caccitolo,Julio Alvarez,Sara Shepherd,Rebecca W. Wilson,Edward A. Graviss,Richard J. Wallace +12 more
TL;DR: Macrolide resistance rarely occurs in patients also receiving ethambutol and a rifamycin, and requires aggressive drug and surgical therapy for cure.
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Bovine Tuberculosis (Mycobacterium bovis) in Wildlife in Spain
Alicia Aranaz,Lucía de Juan,Natalia Montero,Celia Sánchez,Margarita Galka,Consuelo Delso,Julio Alvarez,Beatriz Romero,Javier Bezos,Ana I. Vela,Víctor Briones,Ana Mateos,Lucas Domínguez +12 more
TL;DR: In the areas included in this survey, M. bovis strains with the same spoligotyping pattern were found infecting several wild species and livestock, which indicates an epidemiological link.
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Occurrence of Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis across host species and European countries with evidence for transmission between wildlife and domestic ruminants
Karen Stevenson,Julio Alvarez,Douwe Bakker,Franck Biet,Lucía de Juan,Susan Denham,Zoi Dimareli,Karen Dohmann,Gerald-F. Gerlach,Ian Heron,Marketa Kopecna,Linda May,Ivo Pavlik,J. Michael Sharp,Virginie C. Thibault,Peter Willemsen,Ruth N. Zadoks,A. Greig +17 more
TL;DR: The results of this study showed that it is necessary to use multiple genotyping techniques targeting different sources of genetic variation to obtain the level of discrimination necessary to investigate transmission dynamics and trace the source of Map infections.
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Tuberculosis in domestic animal species
Michele Pesciaroli,Julio Alvarez,Maria Beatrice Boniotti,M. Cagiola,V. Di Marco,Cinzia Marianelli,Maria Lodovica Pacciarini,Paolo Pasquali +7 more
TL;DR: An updated overview of the susceptibility and the role in the transmission of the disease of the most common domesticated animals species such as small ruminants, pigs, horses, camelids, dogs and cats is presented.
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Guidelines for the prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia and their implementation. The Spanish “Zero-VAP” bundle
F. Álvarez Lerma,M. Sánchez García,Leonardo Lorente,Federico Gordo,J.M. Añón,Julio Alvarez,Mercedes Palomar,Rosa Delia García,S. Arias,Mónica Vázquez-Calatayud,R. Jam +10 more
TL;DR: The Spanish VAP prevention guidelines are presented and the methodology used for the selection and implementation of the recommendations and the organizational structure of the project are described.