catarina silva-costa

Full Name: Ana Catarina da Silva e Costa

Academic Qualification:

• Master Degree: Clinical Microbiology - FML/UL
  
• Degree: Biochemistry - FC/UL
  

Assistant Professor
Instituto de Microbiologia,Faculdade de Medicina de Lisboa, Universidade de Lisboa

My current work focuses the molecular epidemiology of Streptococcus pyogenes associated with non-invasive infection. I am interested in the clonal composition of the population of S. pyogenes isolated in Portuguese Hospitals, giving special attention to the macrolide-resistant strains, since antimicrobial resistance is a problem of major concern.

Emails:

• anacosta_at_fm.ul.pt (replace _at_ by @)
  

Silva-Costa C, Pinto FR, Ramirez M, Melo-Cristino J. and the Portuguese Surveillance Group for the Study of Respiratory Pathogens. 2008. “Decrease in macrolide resistance and clonal instability among Streptococcus pyogenes in Portugal”. Clin. Microbiol. Infect. 14:1152-1159

Carriço, J. A., C. Silva-Costa, J. Melo-Cristino, F. R. Pinto, H. de Lencastre, J. S. Almeida, M. Ramirez. 2006. “Illustration of a common framework for relating multiple typing methods by application to macrolide-resistant Streptococcus pyogenes”. J. Clin. Microbiol. 44:2524-2532

Silva-Costa, C., J. Melo-Cristino and M. Ramirez. 2005. “Identification of macrolide-resistant clones of Streptococcus pyogenes in Portugal”. Clin. Microbiol. Infect. 12:513-518.

Silva-Costa, C., J. Melo-Cristino and M. Ramirez. 2005. Rapid inversion of the prevalences of macrolide resistance phenoypes paralleled by a diversification of T and emm types among Streptococcus pyogenes in Portugal. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 49:2109-21