Dr. Roberto Melano

Areas of Expertise

• antimicrobial resistance
• bacterial pathogens
• clinical microbiology

Appointments

Assistant Professor, Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto

Academic Degrees and Accreditations

• Doctor of Philosophy (Microbiology), University of Buenos Aires
• Master of Science (Molecular Microbiology), University of San Martin, Buenos Aires, Argentina

PHO Research Interests

• characterization of antimicrobial resistance mechanisms
• optimization of laboratory methodologies for improving their detection

PHO Research Activities

• Carbapenem resistance in Enterobacteriaceae.
• Antimicrobial resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae.
• Antimicrobial resistance in Escherichia coli from GTA.
• Optimization and validation of phenotypic and molecular methods.

Selected Publications

1. Tijet N, Muller MP, Matukas LM, Khan A, Patel SN, Melano RG. Lateral dissemination and inter-patient transmission of blaKPC-3: role of a conjugative plasmid in spreading carbapenemase resistance. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2016;71(2):344-7.
2. Tijet N, Richardson D, MacMullin G, Patel SN, and Melano RG. Characterization of multiple NDM-1-producing Enterobacteriaceae isolated from the same patient. Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 2015;59(6):3648-51.
3. Allen VG, Seah C, Martin I, Melano RG. Azithromycin resistance is co-evolving with reduced susceptibility to cephalosporins in Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Ontario, Canada. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2014;58(5):2528-34.
4. Tijet N, Boyd D, Patel SN, Mulvey MR, Melano RG. Evaluation of the Carba NP test for rapid detection of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2013;57(9):4578-80.
5. Borgia S, Lastovetska O, Richardson D, Eshaghi A, Xiong J, Chung C, Baqi M, McGeer A, Ricci G, Sawicki R, Pantelidis R, Low DE, Patel SN, Melano RG. Outbreak of carbapenem resistant Enterobacteriaceaecontaining blaNDM-1, Ontario, Canada. Clin Infect Dis. 2012;55(11):e109-17.

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