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Probe-based metagenomic pathogen detection
Ferreira, Rita; Coelho, Luís; Santos, João Dourado; Sobral, Daniel; Isidro, Joana; Mixão, Verónica; Pinto, Miguel; Nunes, Alexandra; Borrego, Maria JoséPublisher Copyright: Copyright © 2025 Ferreira, Coelho, Santos, Sobral, Isidro, Mixão, Pinto, Nunes, Borrego, Lopo, Oleastro, Sousa, Palminha, Veríssimo, Gargaté, Guiomar, Cordeiro, Macedo, Bajanca-Lavado, Paixão, Duarte, Vieira, Borges and Gomes.; Probe-based pathogen enrichment, followed by NGS, is a promising tool for complex diagnosis, overcoming traditional challenges of shotgun metagenomics, namely small ...
Comparison of multi-locus genotypes detected in aspergillus fumigatus isolated ...
Morais, Susana; Toscano, Cristina; Simões, Helena; Carpinteiro, Dina; Viegas, Carla; Veríssimo, Cristina; Sabino, RaquelPublisher Copyright: © 2023 by the authors.; Background: Aspergillus fumigatus is a saprophytic fungus, ubiquitous in the environment and responsible for causing infections, some of them severe invasive infections. The high morbidity and mortality, together with the increasing burden of triazole-resistant isolates and the emergence of new risk groups, namely COVID-19 patients, have raised a crescent awareness o...
Azole-resistant aspergillus fumigatus harboring the TR34/L98H mutation
Gonçalves, Paulo; Melo, Aryse; Dias, Marta; Almeida, Beatriz; Caetano, Liliana Aranha; Veríssimo, Cristina; Viegas, Carla; Sabino, RaquelINTRODUCTION: The frequency in detection of azole-resistant Aspergillus fumigatus isolates has increased since 2010. In Portugal, the section Fumigati is one of the most frequent, and resistant strains to have been found in clinical and environmental contexts. Although several cryptic species within the Fumigati section show intrinsic resistance to azoles, one factor driving (acquired) resistance is selective p...
Trends on aspergillus epidemiology
Sabino, Raquel; Gonçalves, Paulo; Martins Melo, Aryse; Simões, Daniela; Oliveira, Mariana; Francisco, Mariana; Viegas, Carla; Carvalho, DinahIdentification of Aspergillus to species level is important since sibling species may display variable susceptibilities to multiple antifungal drugs and also because correct identification contributes to improve the knowledge of epidemiological studies. Two retrospective laboratory studies were conducted on Aspergillus surveillance at the Portuguese National Mycology Reference Laboratory. The first, covering th...
Fungal contaminants in drinking water regulation?
Babič, Monika Novak; Gunde-Cimerman, Nina; Vargha, Márta; Tischner, Zsófia; Magyar, Donát; Veríssimo, Cristina; Sabino, Raquel; Viegas, CarlaMicrobiological drinking water safety is traditionally monitored mainly by bacterial parameters that indicate faecal contamination. These parameters correlate with gastro-intestinal illness, despite the fact that viral agents, resulting from faecal contamination, are usually the cause. This leaves behind microbes that can cause illness other than gastro-intestinal and several emerging pathogens, disregarding no...