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Alejandra Ugarte Torres

ResearcherMicrobiology and Infectious DiseasesUniversity of Calgary

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Alejandra Ugarte Torres

Researcher

Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Health Sciences

University of Calgary

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
3 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Principal investigator on 1 research grant (1 CIHR), most recently in 2021.

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Research

Adolescent Sti Chlamydia Glycomics Metagenomics Multilayer Cell Culture Model Sialidase Vaginal Microbiome

Latest papers

Multi-year population-based study of the clinical and epidemiological risk factors for mortality in nocardiosis: survival analysis from a large regional Canadian healthcare region.
BMC infectious diseases · 2026
Population-based microbiological characterization of Nocardia strains causing invasive infections during a multiyear period in a large Canadian healthcare region.
Microbiology spectrum · 2025
Retrospective audit of a convenience cohort of individuals on HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis in Alberta, Canada.
Journal of the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada = Journal officiel de l'Association pour la microbiologie medicale et l'infectiologie Canada · 2022

All 15 publications

Latest funding

Microbial modification of the cervicovaginal glycome as a risk factor for chlamydia
CIHR · 2021 · Principal investigator
$100,000

All 1 grants and awards

15 publications.

Multi-year population-based study of the clinical and epidemiological risk factors for mortality in nocardiosis: survival analysis from a large regional Canadian healthcare region.

Church D, Ugarte-Torres A, Naugler C

BMC infectious diseases2026

DOI: 10.1186/s12879-025-12456-3 PMID: 41673809

Population-based microbiological characterization of Nocardia strains causing invasive infections during a multiyear period in a large Canadian healthcare region.

Church D, Peirano G, Ugarte-Torres A, Naugler C

Microbiology spectrum2025

DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.00914-25 PMID: 40621909

Retrospective audit of a convenience cohort of individuals on HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis in Alberta, Canada.

Candler E, Naeem Khan M, Gratrix J, Plitt S, Stadnyk M, Smyczek P, Anderson N, Carter J, Sayers S, Smith D, Ugarte-Torres A, Shukalek C, Singh AE

Journal of the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada = Journal officiel de l'Association pour la microbiologie medicale et l'infectiologie Canada2022

DOI: 10.3138/jammi-2022-0016 PMID: 37397818

A Novel Assay for Detection of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Directly From Clinical Samples.

McClure JA, Conly JM, Obasuyi O, Ward L, Ugarte-Torres A, Louie T, Zhang K

Frontiers in microbiology2020

DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.01295 PMID: 32625187

Multidrug-resistant Aeromonas hydrophila causing fatal bilateral necrotizing fasciitis in an immunocompromised patient: a case report.

Ugarte-Torres A, Perry S, Franko A, Church DL

Journal of medical case reports2018First author

DOI: 10.1186/s13256-018-1854-1 PMID: 30382899

Eggerthella lenta Bloodstream Infections Are Associated With Increased Mortality Following Empiric Piperacillin-Tazobactam (TZP) Monotherapy: A Population-based Cohort Study.

Ugarte-Torres A, Gillrie MR, Griener TP, Church DL

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America2018First author

DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciy057 PMID: 29373647

The epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus carriage in patients attending inner city sexually transmitted infections and community clinics in Calgary, Canada.

Ugarte Torres A, Chu A, Read R, MacDonald J, Gregson D, Louie T, Delongchamp J, Ward L, McClure J, Zhang K, Conly J

PloS one2017First author

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0178557 PMID: 28542601

Lead Poisoning From a Ceramic Jug Presenting as Recurrent Abdominal Pain and Jaundice.

Mohamed M, Ugarte-Torres A, Groshaus H, Rioux K, Yarema M

ACG case reports journal2016

DOI: 10.14309/crj.2016.27 PMID: 26958573

Low Counts of B Cells, Natural Killer Cells, Monocytes, Dendritic Cells, Basophils, and Eosinophils are Associated with Postengraftment Infections after Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation.

Podgorny PJ, Pratt LM, Liu Y, Dharmani-Khan P, Luider J, Auer-Grzesiak I, Mansoor A, Williamson TS, Ugarte-Torres A, Hoegh-Petersen M, Khan FM, Larratt L, Jimenez-Zepeda VH, Stewart DA, Russell JA, Daly A, Storek J

Biology of blood and marrow transplantation : journal of the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation2016

DOI: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2015.09.003 PMID: 26363444

Immune cell subset counts associated with graft-versus-host disease.

Podgorny PJ, Liu Y, Dharmani-Khan P, Pratt LM, Jamani K, Luider J, Auer-Grzesiak I, Mansoor A, Williamson TS, Ugarte-Torres A, Hoegh-Petersen M, Stewart DA, Daly A, Khan FM, Russell JA, Storek J

Biology of blood and marrow transplantation : journal of the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation2014

DOI: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2014.01.002 PMID: 24406506

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Alejandra Ugarte Torres

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Multi-year population-based study of the clinical and epidemiological risk factors for mortality in nocardiosis: survival analysis from a large regional Canadian healthcare region.

Population-based microbiological characterization of Nocardia strains causing invasive infections during a multiyear period in a large Canadian healthcare region.

Retrospective audit of a convenience cohort of individuals on HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis in Alberta, Canada.

A Novel Assay for Detection of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Directly From Clinical Samples.

Multidrug-resistant Aeromonas hydrophila causing fatal bilateral necrotizing fasciitis in an immunocompromised patient: a case report.

Eggerthella lenta Bloodstream Infections Are Associated With Increased Mortality Following Empiric Piperacillin-Tazobactam (TZP) Monotherapy: A Population-based Cohort Study.

The epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus carriage in patients attending inner city sexually transmitted infections and community clinics in Calgary, Canada.

Lead Poisoning From a Ceramic Jug Presenting as Recurrent Abdominal Pain and Jaundice.

Low Counts of B Cells, Natural Killer Cells, Monocytes, Dendritic Cells, Basophils, and Eosinophils are Associated with Postengraftment Infections after Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation.

Immune cell subset counts associated with graft-versus-host disease.

Microbial modification of the cervicovaginal glycome as a risk factor for chlamydia

Frequent collaborators

Christopher Naugler

Kunyan Zhang

Deirdre Church

Caley Shukalek

Jennifer Gratrix

John Conly

Alejandra Ugarte Torres

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Multi-year population-based study of the clinical and epidemiological risk factors for mortality in nocardiosis: survival analysis from a large regional Canadian healthcare region.

Population-based microbiological characterization of Nocardia strains causing invasive infections during a multiyear period in a large Canadian healthcare region.

Retrospective audit of a convenience cohort of individuals on HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis in Alberta, Canada.

A Novel Assay for Detection of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Directly From Clinical Samples.

Multidrug-resistant Aeromonas hydrophila causing fatal bilateral necrotizing fasciitis in an immunocompromised patient: a case report.

Eggerthella lenta Bloodstream Infections Are Associated With Increased Mortality Following Empiric Piperacillin-Tazobactam (TZP) Monotherapy: A Population-based Cohort Study.

The epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus carriage in patients attending inner city sexually transmitted infections and community clinics in Calgary, Canada.

Lead Poisoning From a Ceramic Jug Presenting as Recurrent Abdominal Pain and Jaundice.

Low Counts of B Cells, Natural Killer Cells, Monocytes, Dendritic Cells, Basophils, and Eosinophils are Associated with&#xa0;Postengraftment Infections after Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation.

Immune cell subset counts associated with graft-versus-host disease.

Microbial modification of the cervicovaginal glycome as a risk factor for chlamydia

Frequent collaborators

Christopher Naugler

Kunyan Zhang

Deirdre Church

Caley Shukalek

Jennifer Gratrix

John Conly

Low Counts of B Cells, Natural Killer Cells, Monocytes, Dendritic Cells, Basophils, and Eosinophils are Associated with Postengraftment Infections after Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation.