Dr. Ignacio Torres Fink

Emerging Investigator
Research Group on Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis

Presentation

Dr. Ignacio Torres has a degree in Pharmacy from the University of Valencia (2013) and he performed the specialized training in Microbiology and Parasitology (2015-2019) in the University Clinical Hospital of Valencia. In 2022, he obtained the title of Doctor in Medicine with a grade of outstanding Cum Laude from the University of Valencia.

Ignacio Torres his research career in the University Clinical Hospital of Valencia after obtaining a “Río Hortega” scholarship (2021-2023) being part of the Research Group called on Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis led by Prof. David Navarro. He has actively collaborated in different research lines that cover topics from the study of Cytomegalovirus and Torque Teno Virus in patients who underwent an allogenic hematopoietic precursor transplantation, and the SARS-CoV-2 infection, to the optimization of MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry in the hospital environment. All of this has allowed him to participate in the publication of more than 50 scientific articles in high impact international journals and being part of the research group in a competitive project funded by the Carlos III Health Institute. Currently he holds a “Joan Rodés” grant.

Additionally, he has worked as microbiologist adviser for Igenomix and as microbiologist in the Marina Salud Hospital of Denia.

Emerging
Investigator
Dr. Ignacio Torres Fink

nachotfink@gmail.com

Publications
A rapid MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry-based method for categorization of Pseudomonas aeruginosa from blood cultures as susceptible or resistant to meropenem. Sanchez D, Torres I, Gimenez E, Albert E, Costa R, Padron C, Carretero D, Colomina J, Navarro D. Journal of Microbiological Methods. 2023 Aug 6;212:106803. doi: 10.1016/j.mimet.2023.106803. PMID: 37544430

Cumulative incidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection in the general population of the Valencian Community (Spain) after the surge of the Omicron BA.1 variant. Camacho J, Gimenez E, Albert E, Zulaica J, Alvarez-Rodriguez B, Torres I, Rusu L, Burgos J, Peiro S, Vanaclocha H, Limon R, Alcaraz M, Sanchez-Paya J, Diez-Domingo J, Comas I, Gonzales-Candelas F, Geller R, Navarro D. Journal of Medical Virology. 2023 Jan;95(1):e28284. doi: 10.1002/jmv.28284. PMID: 36333837

Evaluation of a rapid turbidimetry-based method for the detection of cefotaxime-resistant Escherichia coli and Klebsiella spp. from blood cultures. Sanchez D, Colomina J, Navarro D, Torres I. Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica (English ed.). 2023 Aug-Sep;41(7):445-446. doi: 10.1016/j.eimce.2023.01.009. PMID: 37088685

Evaluation of the MDR direct flow chip kit for the detection of multiple antimicrobial resistance determinants. Rodriguez Villodres A, Galiana Cabrera A, Torres Fink I, Duran Jimenez R, Cisneros J, Lepe J. Microbial Drug Resistance. 2023 Aug;29(8):381-385. doi: 10.1089/mdr.2022.0264. PMID: 36961424

Features of cytomegalovirus DNAemia and virus-specific T-cell responses in allogeneic hematopoietic stem-cell transplant recipients during prophylaxis with letermovir. Gimenez E, Guerreiro M, Torres I, Aguilar C, Albert E, Hernandez-Boluda JC, Hernani R, Perez A, Amat P, Pinana JL, Montoro J, Solano C, Navarro D. Transplant Infectious Disease. 2023 Apr;25(2):e14021. doi: 10.1111/tid.14021. PMID: 36748748

Impact of cytomegalovirus immunodominant HLA-I donor-recipient matching on the incidence and features of virus DNAemia and virus-specific T-cell immune reconstitution in unmanipulated haploidentical hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Huntley D, Gimenez E, Vazquez L, Pascual M, Amat P, Remigia M, Hernandez-Boluda J, Garcia M, Gago B, Torres I, de la Asuncion C, Hernani R, Perez A, Albert E, Pinana J, Solano C, Navarro D. Transplant Infectious Disease. 2023 Jun;25(3):e14065. doi: 10.1111/tid.14065. PMID: 37120821

Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry and lateral flow immunochromatography for rapid identification of beta-lactamase-gene-harboring Enterobacterales in urine specimens: Performance and cost-benefit analyses. Sánchez D, Torres I, Padrón C, Giménez E, Colomina J, Carretero D, Buesa J, Navarro D, Albert E. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. 2023 Oct 30;108(2):116127. doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2023.116127. PMID: 37988931

SARS-CoV-2 RNA loads in breakthrough COVID-19 caused by the Delta and Omicron variants. de Michelena P, Torres I, Ferrando E, Olea B, Gonzalez-Candelas F, Sanchez G, Navarro D. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 2023 Feb;29(2):256.e1-256.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2022.09.003. PMID: 36115649

The Biofire Filmarray Pneumonia Plus panel for management of lower respiratory tract infection in mechanically-ventilated patients in the COVID-19 era: a diagnostic and cost-benefit evaluation. Ferrer J, Clari M, Gimenez E, Carbonell N, Torres I, Blasco M, Albert E, Navarro D. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. 2023 Feb;105(2):115847. doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2022.11584. PMID: 36403558

Combined kinetic analysis of SARS-CoV-2 RNAemia, N-antigenemia and virus-specific antibodies in critically ill adult COVID-19 patients. Costa R, Alberola J, Olea B, Gozalbo-Rovira R, Gimenez E, Cuevas-Ferrando E, Torres I, Albert E, Carbonell N, Ferreres J, Sanchez G, Rodriguez-Diaz J, Blasco M, Navarro D. Scientific Reports. 2022 May 18;12(1):8273. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-12461-5. PMID: 35585163

Dynamics of SARS-CoV-2-Spike-reactive antibody and T-cell responses in chronic kidney disease patients within 3 months after COVID-19 full vaccination. Panizo N, Albert E, Gimenez-Civera E, Puchades M, D’Marco L, Gandia-Salmeron L, Gimenez E, Torre I, Sancho A, Gavela E, Gonzalez-Rico M, Montomoli M, Perez-Baylach C, Bonilla B, Solano C, Alvarado M, Torregrosa I, Alcaraz M, Gorriz J, Navarro D. Clinical Kidney Journal. 2022 Apr 9;15(8):1562-1573. doi: 10.1093/ckj/sfac093. PMID: 35880064

Evolution of SARS-CoV-2 immune responses in nursing home residents following full dose of the Comirnaty COVID-19 vaccine. Gimenez E, Alberola J, Torres I, Albert E, Alcaraz MJ, Botija P, Amat P, Remigia MJ, Beltran MJ, Rodado C, Huntley D, Olea B, Navarro D. Journal of Infection. 2022 Mar;84(3):418-467. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2021.10.026. PMID: 34740744

Impact of time elapsed since full vaccination on SARS-CoV-2 RNA load in Delta-variant breakthrough COVID-19. De Michelena P, Torres I, Albert E, Bracho A, Gonzalez-Candelas F, Navarro D. Journal of Infection. 2022 Apr;84(4):579-613. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2022.01.006. PMID: 35016898

Monitoring of Torque Teno virus DNAemia in critically ill COVID-19 patients: may it help to predict clinical outcomes?. Forque L, Albert E, Gimenez E, Torres I, Carbonell N, Ferreres J, Blasco M, Navarro D. Journal of Clinical Virology. 2022 Jan 23;148:105082. doi: 10.1016/j.jcv.2022.105082. PMID: 35091226

Multi-body-site colonization screening cultures for predicting multi-drug resistant Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteremia in hematological patients. Torres I, Huntley D, Tormo M, Calabuig M, Hernandez-Boluda J, Terol M, Carretero C, de Michelena P, Perez A, Pinana J, Colomina J, Solano C, Navarro D. BMC Infectious Diseases. 2022 Feb 21;22(1):172. doi: 10.1186/s12879-022-07154-3. PMID: 35189833

Neutralizing antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern elicited by the comirnaty COVID-19 vaccine in nursing home residents. Sánchez-Sendra B, Albert E, Zulaica J, Torres I, Giménez E, Botija P, Beltrán MJ, Rodado C, Geller R, Navarro D. Scientific Reports. 2022 Mar 8;12(1):3788. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-07849-2. PMID: 35260713

Performance comparison of a flow cytometry immunoassay for intracellular cytokine staining and the QuantiFERON SARS-CoV-2 test for detection and quantification of SARS-CoV-2-Spike-reactive-IFN-gamma-producing T cells after COVID-19 vaccination. Tormo N, Gimenez E, Martinez-Navarro M, Albert E, Navalpotro D, Torres I, Gimeno C, Navarro D. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases. 2022 Apr;41(4):657-662. doi: 10.1007/s10096-022-04422-7. PMID: 35165804

Performance of a flow cytometry-based immunoassay for detection of antibodies binding to SARS-CoV-2 spike protein. Valdivia A, Tarin F, Alcaraz M, Pinero P, Torres I, Marco F, Albert E, Navarro D. Scientific Reports. 2022 Jan 12;12(1):586. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-04565-1. PMID: 35022478

Real-life performance of a COVID-19 rapid antigen detection test targeting the SARS-CoV-2 nucleoprotein for diagnosis of COVID-19 due to the Omicron variant. de Michelena P, Torres I, Ramos Garcia A, Gozalbes V, Ruiz N, Sanmartin A, Botija P, Poujois S, Huntley D, Albert E, Navarro D. Journal of Infection. 2022 May;84(5):e64-e66. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2022.02.022. PMID: 35217106

SARS-CoV-2 adaptive immunity in nursing home residents following a third dose of the Comirnaty COVID-19 vaccine. Gimenez E, Albert E, Zulaica J, Torres I, Rusu L, Rodriguez Moreno A, Burgos JS, Peiro S, Salas D, Vanaclocha H, Limon R, Alcaraz MJ, Sanchez-Paya J, Diez-Domingo J, Comas I, Gonzales Candelas F, Geller R, Navarro D. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2022 Aug 24;75(1):e865-e868. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciac223. PMID: 35314856

SARS-CoV-2 Delta-variant breakthrough infections in nursing home residents at midterm after Comirnaty (R) COVID-19 vaccination. Torres I, Bellido-Blasco JB, Gimeno C, Burgos JS, Albert E, Moya-Malo R, Gasco-Laborda JC, Tornero A, Soriano J, Meseguer-Ferrer N, Martinez-Serrano M, Ortiz-Rambla J, Buj H, Hernandez N, Peiro S, Salas D, Limon R, Vanaclocha H, Sanchez-Paya J, Diez-Domingo J, Comas I, Gonzalez-Candelas F, Navarro D. Journal of Medical Virology. 2022 Aug;94(8):3776-3782. doi: 10.1002/jmv.27799. PMID: 35445415

SARS-CoV-2 N-antigenemia in critically ill adult COVID-19 patients: frequency and association with inflammatory and tissue-damage biomarkers. Olea B, Albert E, Torres I, Gozalbo-Rovira R, Carbonell N, Ferreres J, Poujois S, Costa R, Colomina J, Rodriguez J, Blasco M, Navarro D. Journal of Medical Virology. 2022 Jan;94(1):222-228. doi: 10.1002/jmv.27300. PMID: 34449894

SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.1 variant breakthrough infections in nursing home residents after an homologous third dose of the Comirnaty (R) COVID-19 vaccine: looking for correlates of protection. Torres I, Gimenez E, Albert E, Zulaica J, Alvarez-Rodriguez B, Burgos J, Peiro S, Limon R, Vanaclocha H, Rodado C, Botija P, Sifre A, Tur B, Lozano R, Orosa I, Vicente-Ruiz M, Carrion R, Clari M, Sanchez-Paya J, Diez-Domingo J, Comas I, Gonzalez-Candelas F, Geller R, Navarro D. Journal of Medical Virology. 2022 Sep;94(9):4216-4223. doi: 10.1002/jmv.27867. PMID: 35585782

SARS-CoV-2 RNA load in nasopharyngeal specimens from outpatients with breakthrough COVID-19 due to Omicron BA.1 and BA.2. de Michelena P, Olea B, Torres I, Gonzalez-Candelas F, Navarro D. Journal of Medical Virology. 2022 Dec;94(12):5836-5840. doi: 10.1002/jmv.28079. PMID: 35986484

SARS-CoV-2-reactive IFN-gamma-producing CD4+ and CD8+ T cells in blood do not correlate with clinical severity in unvaccinated critically ill COVID-19 patients. Olea B, Albert E, Gimenez E, Torres I, Amat P, Remigia M, Alberola J, Carbonell N, Ferreres J, Blasco M, Navarro D. Scientific Reports. 2022 Aug 22;12(1):14271. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-18659-x. PMID: 35995830

SARS-CoV-2-spike antibody and T-Cell responses elicited by a homologous third mRNA COVID-19 dose in hemodialysis and kidney transplant recipients. Panizo N, Gimenez E, Albert E, Zulaica J, Rodriguez-Moreno A, Rusu L, Gimenez-Civera E, Puchades M, D’Marco L, Gandia-Salmeron L, Torres I, Sancho A, Gavela E, Gonzalez-Rico M, Montomoli M, Perez-Baylach C, Bonilla B, Solano C, Alvarado M, Torregrosa I, Gonzales-Candia B, Alcaraz M, Geller R, Gorriz J, Navarro D. Microorganisms. 2022 Nov 16;10(11):2275. doi: 10.3390/microorganisms10112275. PMID: 36422345

Adaptive immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 in recovered severe COVID-19 patients. Olea B, Albert E, Torres I, Amat P, Remigia M, Gozalbo-Rovira R, Rodriguez-Diaz J, Buesa J, Blasco M, Redon J, Signes-Costa J, Navarro D. Journal of Clinical Virology. 2021 Sep;142:104943. doi: 10.1016/j.jcv.2021.104943. PMID: 34391981

Amplification of human beta-glucoronidase gene for appraising the accuracy of negative SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR results in upper respiratory tract specimens. Albert Vicent E, Ferrer Lores B, Torres Fink I, Serrano Alcalá A, Alcaráz Soriana M, Buesa Gomez J, Solano Vercet C, Colomina Rodríguez F, Bueno Ferrando F, Huntley Pascual D, Olea Miguel B, Valdivia Piqueres A, Navarro Ortega D. Journal of Medical Virology. 2021 Jan;93(1):48-50. doi: 10.1002/jmv.26112. PMID: 32484950

B and T cell immune responses elicited by the Comirnaty COVID-19 vaccine in nursing home residents. Torres I, Albert E, Gimenez E, Alcaraz MJ, Botija P, Amat P, Remigia MJ, Beltran MJ, Rodado C, Huntley D, Olea B, Navarro D. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 2021 Nov;27(11):1672-1677. doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2021.06.013. PMID: 34174397

Caveats in interpreting SARS-CoV-2 IgM positive/IgG negative antibody profile in asymptomatic health care workers.. Valdivia Piqueres A, Torres Fink I, Huntley Pascual D, Alcaráz Soriana M, Albert Vicent E, Solano De La Asunción C, González Padrón C, Ferrer Dot J, Navarro Ortega D. Journal of Medical Virology. 2021 Feb;93(2):634-636. doi: 10.1002/jmv.26400. PMID: 32761912

Diagnostic significance of SARS-CoV-2 IgM positive/IgG negative antibody profile in symptomatic patients with suspected COVID-19 testing negative by RT-PCR. Valdivia Piqueres A, Torres Fink I, Huntley Pascual D, Alcaráz Soriana M, Albert Vicent E, González Padrón C, Colomina Rodríguez F, Navarro Ortega D. The Journal of infection. 2021 Jan;82(1):e15-e16. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2020.08.028. PMID: 32853600

Early detection of SARS-CoV-2 infection cases or outbreaks at nursing homes by targeted wastewater tracking. Davo L, Segui R, Botija P, Beltran M, Albert E, Torres I, Lopez-Fernandez P, Orti R, Maestre J, Sanchez G, Navarro D. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 2021 Jul;27(7):1061-1063. doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2021.02.003. PMID: 33601008

Evaluation of a rapid antigen detection test (Panbio (TM) COVID-19 Ag Rapid Test Device) as a point-of-care diagnostic tool for COVID-19 in a pediatric emergency department. Carbonell-Sahuquillo S, Lazaro-Carreno M, Camacho J, Barres-Fernandez A, Albert E, Torres I, Breton-Martinez J, Martinez-Costa C, Navarro D. Journal of Medical Virology. 2021 Dec;93(12):6803-6807. doi: 10.1002/jmv.27220. PMID: 34289136

Evaluation of a rapid antigen test (Panbio COVID-19 Ag rapid test device) for SARS-CoV-2 detection in asymptomatic close contacts of COVID-19 patients. Torres I, Poujois S, Albert E, Colomina J, Navarro D. Clinical microbiology and infection. 2021 Apr;27(4):636.e1-636.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2020.12.022. PMID: 33421573

Field evaluation of a rapid antigen test (Panbio™ COVID-19 Ag Rapid Test Device) for COVID-19 diagnosis in primary healthcare centers. Albert Vicent E, Torres Fink I, Bueno Ferrando F, Huntley Pascual D, Molla E, Fernandez-Fuentes M, Martínez López M, Poujois Gisbert S, Forqué Rodríguez L, Valdivia Piqueres A, Solano De La Asunción C, Ferrer Dot J, Colomina Rodríguez F, Navarro Ortega D. Clinical microbiology and infection. 2021 Mar;27(3):472.e7-472.e10. doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2020.11.004. PMID: 33189872

Inference of SARS-CoV-2 spike-binding neutralizing antibody titers in sera from hospitalized COVID-19 patients by using commercial enzyme and chemiluminescent immunoassays. Valdivia A, Torres I, Latorre V, Frances-Gomez C, Albert E, Gozalbo-Rovira R, Alcaraz M, Buesa J, Rodriguez-Diaz J, Geller R, Navarro D. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases. 2021 Mar;40(3):485-494. doi: 10.1007/s10096-020-04128-8. PMID: 33404891

Lower respiratory tract and plasma SARS-CoV-2 RNA load in critically ill adult COVID-19 patients: Relationship with biomarkers of disease severity. Olea B, Albert E, Torres I, Gozalbo-Rovira R, Carbonell N, Ferreres J, Poujois S, Costa R, Colomina J, Rodriguez J, Blasco M, Navarro D. Journal of Infection. 2021 Sep;83(3):381-412. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2021.05.036. PMID: 34087349

Performance of a MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry-based method for rapid detection of third-generation oxymino-cephalosporin-resistant Escherichia coli and Klebsiella spp. from blood cultures. Torres I, Albert E, Gimenez E, Olea B, Valdivia A, Pascual T, Huntley D, Sanchez D, Costa RM, Pinto C, Oltra R, Colomina J, Navarro D. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases. 2021 Sep;40(9):1925-1932. doi: 10.1007/s10096-021-04251-0. PMID: 33876385

Qualitative assessment of SARS-CoV-2-specific antibody avidity by lateral flow immunochromatographic IgG/IgM antibody assay. Valdivia A, Torres I, Huntley D, Alcaraz M, Albert E, Colomina J, Ferrer J, Carratala A, Navarro D. Journal of Medical Virology. 2021 Feb;93(2):1141-1144. doi: 10.1002/jmv.26344. PMID: 32706420

Real-life evaluation of a rapid extraction-free SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR assay (COVID-19 PCR Fast-L) for the diagnosis of COVID-19. Torres I, Qualai J, Albert E, Bueno F, Huntley D, Poujois S, Gil MT, Navarro D. Journal of Medical Virology. 2021 Sep;93(9):5233-5235. doi: 10.1002/jmv.27039. PMID: 33913561

SARS-CoV-2-reactive interferon-gamma-producing CD8+ T cells in patients hospitalized with Coronavirus Disease 2019. Gimenez Quiles E, Albert Vicent E, Torres Fink I, Remigia Pellicer M, Alcaráz Soriana M, Galindo Puerto M, Blasco Cortes M, Solano Vercet C, Forner Giner M, Redón Mas J, Signes-Costa Miñana J, Navarro Ortega D. Journal of Medical Virology. 2021 Jan;93(1):375-382. doi: 10.1002/jmv.26213. PMID: 32579268

Suitability of Two Rapid Lateral Flow Immunochromatographic Assays for Predicting SARS-CoV-2 Neutralizing Activity of Sera. Valdivia A, Torres I, Latorre V, Frances-Gomez C, Ferrer J, Forque L, Costa R, de la Asuncion C, Huntley D, Gozalbo-Rovira R, Buesa J, Gimenez E, Rodriguez-Diaz J, Geller R, Navarro D. Journal of Medical Virology. 2021 Apr;93(4):2301-2306. doi: 10.1002/jmv.26697. PMID: 33236799

The first wave of the COVID-19 epidemic in Spain was associated with early introductions and fast spread of a dominating genetic variant. Lopez M, Chiner-Oms A, Garcia de Viedma D, Ruiz-Rodriguez P, Bracho M, Cancino-Munoz I, D’Auria G, de Marco G, Garcia-Gonzalez N, Goig G, Gomez-Navarro I, Jimenez-Serrano S, Martinez-Priego L, Ruiz-Hueso P, Ruiz-Roldan L, Torres-Puente M, Alberola J, Albert Vicent E, Aranzamendi Zaldumbide M, Bea-Escudero M, Boga J, Bordoy A, Canut-Blasco A, Carvajal A, Cilla Eguiluz G, Cordon Rodriguez M, Costa-Alcalde J, de Toro M, de Toro Peinado I, Del Pozo J, Duchene S, Fernandez-Pinero J, Fuster Escriva B, Gimeno Cardona C, Gonzalez Galan V, Gonzalo Jimenez N, Hernaez Crespo S, Herranz M, Lepe J, Lopez-Causape C, Lopez-Hontangas J, Martin V, Martro E, Milagro Beamonte A, Montes Ros M, Moreno-Munoz R, Navarro Ortega D, Navarro-Mari J, Not A, Oliver A, Palop-Borras B, Parra Grande M, Pedrosa-Corral I, Perez Gonzalez M, Perez-Lago L, Perez-Ruiz M, Pineiro Vazquez L, Rabella N, Rezusta A, Robles Fonseca L, Rodriguez-Villodres A, Sanbonmatsu-Gamez S, Sicilia J, Soriano A, Tirado Balaguer M, Torres Fink I, Tristancho A, Marimon J, Coscolla M, Gonzalez-Candelas F, Comas I, SeqCOVID-Spain consortium. Nature Genetics. 2021 Oct;53(10):1405-1414. doi: 10.1038/s41588-021-00936-6. PMID: 34594042

Upper respiratory tract SARS-CoV-2 RNA loads in symptomatic and asymptomatic children and adults. Costa R, Bueno F, Albert E, Torres I, Carbonell-Sahuquillo S, Barres-Fernandez A, Sanchez D, Padron C, Colomina J, Lazaro Carreno M, Breton-Martinez J, Martinez-Costa C, Navarro D. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 2021 Dec;27(12):1858.e1-1858.e7. doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2021.08.001. PMID: 34384874

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Title: Nuevas aplicaciones del Sistema MALDI-TOF MS en la microbiología clínica
Doctoral candidate: Torres Fink, Ignacio
Director(s): Navarro Ortega, David
Date of the defense: 14/07/2022
University: Universitat de València