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catarina silva-costa
Bio
Full Name: Ana Catarina da Silva e Costa
Academic Qualification:
- Degree: Biochemistry - FC/UL
- Master Degree: Clinical Microbiology - FML/UL
- PhD in Microbiology - Faculdade de Medicina, UL
Current Position
Assistant Professor
Instituto de Microbiologia,Faculdade de Medicina de Lisboa, Universidade de Lisboa
Research Interests
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.
Websites
Contacts
Emails:
- anacosta_at_fm.ul.pt (replace _at_ by @)
Publications
C. Silva-Costa, J. A. Carriço, M. Ramirez, and J. Melo-Cristino. 2014. Scarlet fever is caused by a limited number of Streptococcus pyogenes lineages and is associated with the exotoxin genes ssa, speA and speC. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 33(3):306-10. (PMID: 24168973)
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