Investigació Aplicada en Malalties Respiratòries

To provide a “pure” animal model of pneumonia associated with mechanical ventilation due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
To study the efficacy of new antibiotics and their pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic (PK/PD) relationships to the aforementioned microorganisms
To study nonantibiotic therapies in pneumonia
To study ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP)

Linezolid versus vancomycin in pneumonia due to multiresistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
Study of biofilm in endotracheal tubes
Study of different techniques for obtaining samples for microbiologic diagnosis of VAP

Consolidation of the animal model as a reference standard for studies of VAP
- Demonstration of the use of new antibiotics and new forms of administration
- Study of new systems for preventing community-acquired pneumonia (CAP)
- Study of new systems for airway management

Effects of glucocorticoids in ventilated piglets with severe pneumonia
Sibila O, Luna C, Agustí C, Baquero S, Gando S, Rizzo Patrón J, García Morato J, Absi R, Famiglietti A, Vay Carlos A., Von Stecher F, Torres A
Eur Respir J 2008; 32: 1–10
Experimental severe Pseudomonas aeruginosa Pneumonia and Antibiotic Therapy in piglets receiving Mechanical Ventilation
Luna C, Baquero S, Gando S, Risso J, García J, Sibila O, Absi R, Famiglietti A, Vay C, Von Stecher F, Goffredo D, Bruno D, Agustí C, Torres A.
Chest, August 2007, 132 (2): 523-531.
Experimental Pseudomonas aeruginosa pneumonia: evaluation of the associated inflammatory response
Sibila O, Agustí C, Torres A, Baquero S, Gando S, Patrón JR, Morató JG, Goffredo DH, Bassi N, Luna CM
Eur Respir J 2007; 30 (6): 1167-1172
Hemosiderin deposits confounds tracking of iron-oxide labelled stem cells
Rigol M, Solanes N, Roqué M, Farré J, Batlle M, Roura S, Bellera N, Prat-Vidal C, Sionis A, Ramírez J, Sitges M, Sanz G, Bayés-Genís A, Heras M.
Transpl Proc 2008; 40: 3619-3622.
Effects of Cyclosporine, Tacrolimus and Sirolimus on Vascular Changes related to immune response: an Experimental Study
Rigol M, Solanes N, Sionis A, Gálvez C, Martorell J, Rojo I, Brunet M, Ramírez J, Roqué M, E, Roig E, Pérez-Villa F, Barquín L, Pomar JL, Sanz G, Heras M.
J Heart Lung Transplant 2008; 27(4): 416-22.