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KPC-3-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae sequence type 392 from a dog’s clinical i...
Moreira da Silva, Joana; Menezes, Juliana; Mendes, Gabriel; Santos Costa, Sofia; Caneiras, Catia; Poirel, Laurent; Amaral, Andreia J.; Pomba, ConstançaResistance to carbapenems in Enterobacterales poses a threat to health care systems worldwide since those infections are associated with high mortality and limited treatment options. The latest European reports show that some southern European countries are almost endemic for carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales (CPEs). Mirroring the European tendency, Portugal has been observing a steady increase in the oc...
The second GHTM - Antimicrobial resistance awareness day
Santos Costa, Sofia; Couto, IsabelThe R&D Center Global Health and Tropical Medicine (GHTM), Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa organized the “Second GHTM Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Day” on 13th November 2018, dedicated to Drug Resistance. The meeting comprised six presentations from members and collaborators of the Center, and was, for the first time, streamed live to international partners.; O Ce...
Genetic Diversity of norA, Coding for a Main Efflux Pump of Staphylococcus aureus
Santos Costa, Sofia; Sobkowiak, Benjamin; Parreira, Ricardo; Edgeworth, Jonathan D.; Viveiros, Miguel; Clark, Taane G.; Couto, IsabelFunding Information: This work was partially supported by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT, Portugal), through funds to GHTM – UID/Multi/04413/2013. SC was supported by grant SFRH/BPD/97508/2013 from FCT, Portugal. TC was funded by the Medical Research Council United Kingdom (Grant Nos. MR/K000551/1, MR/M01360X/1, MR/N010469/1, and MR/R020973/1) and BBSRC United Kingdom (BB/R013063/1). BS was funded ...
Synopsys of the 3rd National Congress of Tropical Medicine and 1st Lusophone Co...
Lobo, Maria Luísa; Santos Costa, Sofia; Pinto Junior, Vitor Laerte; Salgueiro, Patrícia; Tavanez, João Paulo; Campino, LeneaCurrently, Tropical Medicine emerged as both an important medical specialty and scientific discipline assuming a preponderant global dimension. Until a few years ago, several tropical pathologies, which were exclusively associated with tropical regions, have been gradually expanding to other geographic areas previously considered free of these infections. Vectorborne diseases are included among this group of in...
The first "GHTM Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Day"
Santos Costa, Sofia; Couto, IsabelThe R&D Center Global Health and Tropical Medicine (GHTM), Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa organized the “First GHTM Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Day” on 15th November 2017, dedicated to drug resistance. This first meeting, with seven presentations from members, national and international collaborators of the Center, launched the basis for the discussion of this t...