Member Profile
Membership type: full
Fatima Rodriguez Acosta
Country of origin: Paraguay Currently in: Paraguay, Fernando de la Mora General field of specialization: Medical and Health Sciences incl Neurosciences-
Degrees
2014 Master Medical and Health Sciences incl Neurosciences2011 Undergraduate Medical and Health Sciences incl Neurosciences -
Current Research Activities
Medical and Health Sciences incl Neurosciences
Molecular Epidemiology, Molecular Bacteriology
Publications resulting from Research:
Salinas, C. et al 2022. Terpenes combinations inhibit biofilm formation in S. aureus. Microorganisms
Rodríguez, F. et al 2020. Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) clones from Paraguayan children. The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries. 2020; 14(3):290-297.
Florentín, M. et al 2020. Estandarización del Análisis Multi-locus de Número Variable de Repeticiones en Tándem Automatizado para tipificación de Staphylococcus aureus resistentes a meticilina causantes de infecciones invasivas en población pediátrica paraguaya. Revista Salud Pública del Paraguay. 2020; 10(2).
Rivelli, S. et al 2019. Molecular characterization of Shiga toxin producing Escherichia coli isolated from 2 livestock establishments of Paraguay. Revista Argentina de Microbiología. 2020; 52 (2), 31-35.
Silvagni, M. et al 2019. Resistencia inducible a clindamicina en Staphylococcus aureus resistentes a meticilina aislados de pacientes pediátricos en Paraguay. Revista Chilena de Infectología. 2019; 36(4).
Acuña, P. et al 2019. Estandarización de una técnica de PCR múltiple para detección de los serogrupos O157, O104 y ¨big six¨ de Escherichia coli productora de toxina shiga (STEC). Memorias del Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Salud. 2019; 17(2): 71-76.
Rojas, N. et al 2019. Detection of Shiga Toxin-producing Escherichia coli in ground beef: Evaluation of Contamination levels in butcheries of the Metropolitan zone in Asunción, Paraguay. Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology. 2019; 13(1).
Rodríguez, F. et al 2018. Análisis MLVA y perfil de virulencia de aislamientos de Staphylococcus aureus adquiridos en la comunidad causantes de infecciones en niños paraguayos. Revista Argentina de Microbiología. 2018; 50 (2), 151-156.
Rodríguez, F. et al 2017. ESTANDARIZACIÓN DEL ANÁLISIS MULTI-LOCUS DE NÚMERO VARIABLE DE REPETICIONES EN TÁNDEM PARA EL ESTUDIO DE Staphylococcus aureus RESISTENTES A METICILINA AISLADOS DE LA COMUNIDAD EN PARAGUAY. Duazary: Revista Internacional de Ciencias de la Salud. 2017; 14 (2), 131-140.
Silvero, RA. et al 2017. Molecular Characterization of Staphylococcus aureus Isolates Obtained from Hemodialysed Patients at the Hospital de Clinicas of Paraguay: A pilot study. International Journal of Medical Students. 2017; 5(1).
Guillén, R. et al 2017. Staphylococcus aureus adquiridos en la comunidad: Caracterización clínica, fenotípica y genotípica de aislados de niños paraguayos. Revista Chilena de Infectología. 2017; 33(6), 609-618.
Rodríguez, F. et al 2015. Frecuencia de genes que codifican factores de virulencia en Staphylococcus aureus aislados de niños que concurrieron al Hospital General Pediátrico Niños de Acosta Ñú, durante el año 2010. Memorias del Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Salud. 2015; 13 (1), 58-66.
Current profession
Current professional activities type:ResearchMy research is aligned with bacterial molecular epidemiology. My work initially focused on the detection of virulence factor profiles in S. aureus and the standardization of a technique for typing Staphylococcus aureus: MLVA (Multiple Locus Variable Analysis) during the development of my master's thesis (2012-2014). After that, I focused on identifying circulating clones of Staphylococcus aureus in the pediatric population using various molecular techniques such as MLVA, MLST, PFGE, spa typing, and SCCmec cassette typing. Between 2015 and 2019, I coordinated a project of automation of the MLVA technique, financed by CONACYT (CTS, PINV-15.101), and I am currently focused on the Genome-wide analysis (NGS) of the primary methicillin-resistant S. aureus clones causing invasive infections in Paraguayan children (doctoral thesis, started in August 2017). Currently, the line dedicated to gram-positive cocci is focused on the analysis of genetic detection and expression of virulence factors. In addition, studies of genetic variability are applied through various molecular techniques to Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pyogenes. All the projects have arisen as a response to the clinical microbiology community's need that presented a deficit from the point of view of genotyping (by molecular methods) and have made it possible to establish a network of laboratories that obtain a quick response to the needs of the area. As well as into our goals are included the establishment of networks with researchers at an international level, such as Red Gabriel, Chair of Microbiology of the FFyB of the UBA, Bacteriology Unit of the Central Health Laboratory Public of Uruguay.
Affiliations
American Society for Microbiology
