Peer-reviewed articles
Torres JA, Villegas MV, Quinn JP. Current concepts in antibiotic-resistant Gram-negative bacteria. Expert Rev. Anti Infect. Ther. 5(5), 833-843 (2007).
Tafur JD, Torres JA, Villegas MV.Mecanismos de Resistencia a Antibióticos en Bacterias Gram negativas. Revista Infectio – Asociación Colombiana de Infectología. 12(3), 223-233 (2008).
Akpaka PE, Swanston WH, Ihemere HN, Correa A, Torres JA, Tafur JD, Montealegre MC, Quinn JP, Villegas MV. Emergence of KPC Producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Trinidad & Tobago. J. Clin Microbiol. 47(8):2670-1 (2009).
Briceño DF, Correa A, Valencia C, Torres JA, Pacheco R, Montealegre MC, et al. Antimicrobial resistance of Gram-negative bacilli isolated from tertiary- care hospitals in Colombia. Biomedica. 30(3):371-81 (2010).
Lopez JA, Correa A, Navon-Venezia S, Correa AL, Torres JA, Briceño DF, Montealegre MC, Quinn JP, Carmeli Y, Virginia Villegas M. Intercontinental spread from Israel to Colombia of a KPC-3-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae strain. Clin Microbiol Infect. 17(1):52-6 (2011).
Torres JA, Taimur S. Postrenal Transplant Human T-Cell Lymphotropic Virus Type I–Associated Myelopathy/Tropical Spastic Paraparesis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Transplantation Direct 2015; 1: e3; doi: 10.1097/TXD.0000000000000512. (2015).
Nayyar E, Torres JA, Malvestutto, CD. Tuberculous Gastric Abscess in a Patient with AIDS: a rare presentation. Case Rep Infect Dis. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/5675036 (2016).
Goldman C, Akiyama MJ, Torres JA, Louie E, Meehan SA. Scedosporium apiospermum infections and the role of combination antifungal therapy and GM-CSF: a case report and review of the literature. Med Mycol Case Rep. 11:40-43 (2016).
Book chapters
Torres JA, Garcerant D, Briceño DF, Villegas MV. Infecciones Hospitalarias: Estrategias de Control para Infecciones por Gérmenes Multirresistentes Gram Negativos; Editorial Panamericana. 3rd edition. 2009.
Abstracts and posters
Kattan JN, Correa A, Guzman AM, Torres JA, Reyes S, Lolans K, et al.Wide spread dissemination of KPC carbapenemases in multiple species from multiple cities within Colombia. Programs and Abstracts of the American Society for Microbiology's 47th Annual International Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAACTM).Chicago: 2007.
Tafur JD, Torres JA, Villegas MV. Gram Negative Resistance Trends in Colombian ICU’s. VI Encuentro Nacional de Investigación en Enfermedades Infecciosas. Santa Marta, Colombia: 2008.
Correa A, Guzman AM, Reyes SL, Ospina D, Torres JA, Tafur JD, Quinn JP, Villegas MV. Evaluation of the Three-dimensional (3D) Test as a Screening Tool for the Detection of Carbapenemases in Pseudomonas aeruginosa (Pa) and Acinetobacter baumannii (Ab). 48th ICAAC/46th IDSA Annual Meeting. Washington, D.C., 2008.
Villegas MV, Tafur JD, Torres JA, Martinez E, Barrera LI, Rosso F, Quinn, JP. Clinical Features and Outcomes in Patients with Acinetobacter baumannii Nosocomial Bacteremia Treated with Cefoperazone/sulbactam. 48th ICAAC/46th IDSA Annual Meeting. Washington, D.C., 2008.
Tafur JD, Torres JA, Correa A, Reyes SL, Guzman AM, Ospina D, Villegas MV. Multicenter Evaluation of in vitro Activity of Tigecycline against Carbapenemase Producing Gram Negative Isolates from Colombia. 48th ICAAC/46th IDSA Annual Meeting. Washington, D.C., 2008.
Akpaka PE, Ihemere HN, Correa A, Torres JA, Tafur JD, Quinn JP, Villegas MV. Emergence of KPC Producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa in the Caribbean. 48th ICAAC/46th IDSA Annual Meeting. Washington, D.C., 2008.
Torres JA, Tafur JD, Briceño, DF, Villegas MV. Generic antibiotics are a risk factor for mortality in Acinetobacter baumannii Infections in Colombian Intensive care units (ICUs). 49th Annual International Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAACTM). San Francisco: 2009.
Correa A, Torres JA, Briceño D, Montealegre MC, Quinn JP, Villegas MV, and the Colombian Nosocomial Bacterial Resistance Study Group. Widespread dissemination of KPC in carbapenem-resistant P. aeruginosa (CRPA) in multiple cities within Colombia. 49th Annual International Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAACTM). San Francisco: 2009.
Lopez JA, Correa A, Navon-Venezia S, Correa AL, Torres JA, Briceño DF, Montealegre MC, Quinn JP, Carmeli Y, Villegas MV. Intercontinental Spread of a Hyperepidemic Clone of KPC-3 Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in Colombia Genetically Related to a Strain Causing Outbreaks in Israel. 49th Annual International Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAACTM). San Francisco: 2009.
Torres Isasiga J, Teperman J, Dubrovskaya Y, Press R, Safdar A. Procalcitonin in Patients with Cancer: Role of Biomarker-assisted Diagnosis for Bacterial Infections, SIRS and Sepsis Syndrome. 24th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID). Barcelona: 2014.
Teperman J, Torres JA, Dubrovskaya Y, Tobias H, Press R, Teperman L & Safdar A. Feasibility of Procalcitonin in Recipients of Liver, Kidney and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: A Novel Tool in Diagnosis for Bacterial Sepsis and Respiratory Tract Infection. 2nd World Transplant Congress (WTC), a joint meeting of the American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS), The Transplantation Society (TTS) and the American Society of Transplantation (AST). San Francisco, CA July 26–31, 2014.
Torres JA, Teperman J, Dubrovskaya Y, Press R & Safdar A. Procalcitonin in 365 Patients at a University Hospital: Test Performance in Critically Ill, Cancer and Transplant Population Compared with C-Reactive Protein (CRP) and Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR). 54th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC). American Society for Microbiology (ASM). Washington, DC, September 5–9, 2014.
Torres JA, Dubrovskaya Y, Teperman J, Press R & Safdar A. Serial Procalcitonin in Critically Ill Patients including Solid-Organ Transplantation (SOT) Recipients with Infection or Infection-Like Syndrome may Predict Outcomes. IDWeek 2014TM, Philadelphia, PA. October 8-12, 2014.