Marcos Borges de Pinho

Full Name: Marcos Daniel Caetano Borges de Pinho

Academic Qualification:

• Master Degree: Clinical Microbiology - FML/UL
  
• Degree: Microbiology - ESB\UCP
  

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

My current work focuses the molecular epidemiology of group C and G streptococci. I am interested in the clonal composition of the population of group C and G streptococci isolated in Portuguese Hospitals, giving special attention to the differences in invasiveness of the strains.

Emails:

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

Pinho, M.D., J. Melo-Cristino, M. Ramirez. Fluoroquinolone resistance in Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis and evidence for a shared global gene pool with Streptococcus pyogenes. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 2010. 54: 1769-1777.

McMillan, D. J., D. E. Bessen, M. Pinho, C. Ford, G. S. Hall, J. Melo-Cristino, M. Ramirez. Population genetics of Streptococcus dysgalactiae subspecies equisimilis reveals widely dispersed clones and extensive recombination. PLoS One. 2010. 5: e11741.

Melo-Cristino J., L. Santos, C. Silva-Costa, A. Friães, M. D. Pinho, M. Ramirez. The Viriato study: update on antimicrobial resistance of microbial pathogens responsible for community-acquired respiratory tract infections in Portugal. Paediatric Drugs 2010. 12:11-17.

Pinho, M. D., J. Melo-Cristino, M. Ramirez, the Portuguese group for the study of streptococcal infections. 2006. Clonal relationships between invasive and noninvasive lancefield group C and G Streptococci and emm-specific differences in invasiveness. J. Clin. Microbiol. 44:841-846.