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Marta Aires-de-Sousa. Concluiu o(a) Doutoramento em Biologia em 2003/07/04 pelo(a) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica e Licenciatura em Quimica Aplicada em 1994 pelo(a) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia. É Directora da Área de Ensino de Cardiopneumologia no(a) Escola Superior de Saúde da Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa, Professor Coordenador no(a) Escola Superior de Saúde da Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa, Investigador no(a) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica e Presidente da Comissão de Avaliação do Pessoal Docente no(a) Escola Superior de Saúde da Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa. Publicou 79 artigos em revistas especializadas. Possui 2 capítulo(s) de livros. Organizou 14 evento(s). Coorientou 1 tese(s) de doutoramento. Coorientou 4 dissertação(ões) de mestrado. Recebeu 13 prémio(s) e/ou homenagens. Participa e/ou participou como Bolseiro de Doutoramento em 1 projeto(s), Bolseiro de Iniciação Científica em 3 projeto(s), Bolseiro de Integração na Investigação em 1 projeto(s), Bolseiro de Investigação em 1 projeto(s), Bolseiro de Técnico de Investigação em 1 projeto(s), Investigador em 4 projeto(s) e Investigador responsável em 2 projeto(s). Atua na(s) área(s) de Ciências Naturais com ênfase em Ciências Biológicas com ênfase em Microbiologia.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Marta Gibert Aires de Sousa

Citation names

  • Aires-de-Sousa, Marta

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
CC11-681F-CED1
ORCID iD
0000-0001-5036-2446
Scopus Author Id
6603316273

Email addresses

  • msousa@esscvp.eu (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Microbiology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
French Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Portuguese Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2003/07/04
Concluded
 Biologia (Doutoramento)
Major in Biologia Molecular
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
"Bridges from hospitals to the laboratory: genetic portraits of MRSA clones" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Unanimidade
1994
Concluded
 Quimica Aplicada (Licenciatura)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Controlo da Detecção e Análise da Clonalidade de Estirpes de Staphylococcus aureus Resistentes à Meticilina em Três Hospitais do Norte de Portugal" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 16 valores
1989
Concluded
 Baccalaureat (Ensino secundário)
Liceu Francês Charles Lepierre, Portugal
 Mention Assez Bien
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2007/11/01 - Current Researcher (Research) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2007/11/01 - Current Teacher Coordinator (Polytechnic Teacher) Escola Superior de Saúde da Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa, Portugal

Positions / Appointments

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020/09/15 - Current President Escola Superior de Saúde da Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa, Portugal
Escola Superior de Saúde da Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa, Portugal
2019 - 2020/12 Presidente da Comissão de Avaliação do Pessoal Docente Escola Superior de Saúde da Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa, Portugal
Escola Superior de Saúde da Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa, Portugal
2009/04/01 - 2020/09/14 Directora da Área de Ensino de Cardiopneumologia Escola Superior de Saúde da Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa, Portugal
Escola Superior de Saúde da Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa, Portugal
2008/01/01 - 2018/03/31 Coordenadora de Gabinete de Investigação Escola Superior de Saúde da Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa, Portugal
2013/03/01 - 2015/11/01 Vice-presidente do Conselho Técnico-Científico Escola Superior de Saúde da Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2006/12/01 - 2007/11/30 Research Associate (Tecnico Superior 1a classe) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2001/12/01 - 2006/11/30 Research Associate (Tecnico Superior 2a classe Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
1998/04/01 - 2001/11/30 PhD student Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
1996/04/01 - 1998/03/31 Graduate technician Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
1994/09/01 - 1996/03/31 Research trainee Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
1993/10/01 - 1994/07/30 Undergraduate research trainee Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2000 - 2003 Molecular Evolution and Molecular Epidemiology of Methicillin Resistance in Staphylococcus aureus
POCTI/1999/ESP34872
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
1999 - 2001 Infection, Carriage and Antibiotic Resistance in Staphylococci: A Study of Epidemiology in the Nosocomial-Community Setting
Project PRAXIS/P/SAU/14052/98
Research Technician Fellow
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
1999 - 2001 Molecular Epidemiology of Drug-Resistant Respiratory Pathogens Colonizing Healthy Children Attending Day Care Centers in Portugal: Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Intervention Strategies
PRAXIS/P/SAU/14051/1998
Research Fellow
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
1999 - 2001 Infection, Carriage and Antibiotic Resistance in Staphylococci: A Study of Epidemiology in the Nosocomial-Community Setting
Project PRAXIS/P/SAU/14052/98
Research Fellow
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
1997 - 2001 Center for Molecular Epidemiology (CEM) and Network of Epidemiology for Tracking Antibiotic Resistant Bacterial Pathogens in Southern and Eastern Europe (NET)
PRAXIS XXI 2/2.1/SAU/1295/95
Scientific Initiation Fellow
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
1996 - 1999 Genetic Determinants and Biochemical Mechanisms Controlling the Phenotypic Expression of Methicillin Resistance in Staphylococcus aureus
PRAXIS XXI 2/2.1/BIA/349/94
Scientific Initiation Fellow
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
1996 - 1999 Dispersal of Antibiotic Resistance Genes Among Bacteria Colonizing Healthy Human Populations
PECS/C/SAU/145/95
Scientific Initiation Fellow
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
1994 - 1997 Staphylococcus aureus e Streptococcus pneumoniae: estudo da clonalidade de infecções hospitalares e ambulatórias por métodos moleculares
PSAU/SAU/1591/92
Integration into Research Grant Fellow
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2016/07 - 2019/06 Molybdenum nanoparticle coating to reduce MRSA contamination of public and healthcare environments
Project PTDC/DTP-EPI/0842/2014
Principal investigator
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal

Escola Superior de Saúde da Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2016 - 2019 LearnBig: Unsupervised and Semi-Supervised Learning from Big Data
PTDC/EEI-SII/7092/2014
Researcher
Escola Superior de Saúde da Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa, Portugal

Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal

Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Ocidental EPE, Portugal

Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2013 - 2015 Learning from Sequences (LearningS)
PTDC/EEI-SII/2312/2012
Researcher
Escola Superior de Saúde da Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa, Portugal

Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2012 - 2015 Prevalence and characterization of Staphylococcus aureus in Portuguese-speaking African countries and in East Timor
PTDC/SAU-SAP/118813/2010
Principal investigator
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal

Escola Superior de Saúde da Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2005 - 2008 Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis: links between hospital and community
POCTI/SAU-ESP/57841/2004
Researcher
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2004 - 2007 Criação de uma colecção de referência de bactérias gram-positivas resistentes a agentes antimicrobianos ao serviço da comunidade científica e clínica nacional e internacional
Project nº 61052
Researcher
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
 Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Aires-de-Sousa, Marta. "Molecular Epidemiology of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria". In Applications of Genomics and Proteomics for Analysis of Bacterial Biological Warfare Agents, 75-81. Amsterdão, Netherlands: IOS Press, 2003.
    Published
  2. Aires-de-Sousa, Marta. "Modern testing methods in food microbiology.". In Risk Assessment/Safety Evaluation of Food Chemicals, 1023-1046. Hungary: Edison House Holding Zrt, 1980.
    Published
Journal article
  1. Jacqueline Findlay; Roberto Sierra; Otavio Hallal Ferreira Raro; Marta Aires-de-Sousa; Diego O. Andrey; Patrice Nordmann. "Plasmid-mediated fosfomycin resistance in Escherichia coli isolates of worldwide origin". Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance (2023): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jgar.2023.09.003.
    10.1016/j.jgar.2023.09.003
  2. Miguel Sordo; Teresa Grilo; Samanta Freire; Bruna Rodrigues; Maxime Bouvier; Laurent Poirel; Marta Aires-de-Sousa. "Rapid culture-based LNZ test for detection of linezolid susceptibility/resistance in staphylococci and enterococci". Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease (2023): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2023.116058.
    10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2023.116058
  3. Teresa Grilo; Samanta Freire; Bruno Miguel; Luís Nogueira Martins; Maria Favila Menezes; Patrice Nordmann; Laurent Poirel; Maria José Rego Sousa; Marta Aires-de-Sousa. "Occurrence of plasmid-mediated fosfomycin resistance (fos genes) among Escherichia coli isolates, Portugal". Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance (2023): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jgar.2023.08.001.
    10.1016/j.jgar.2023.08.001
  4. Samanta Freire; Teresa Grilo; Bruna Rodrigues; Rui Oliveira; Carla Esteves; António Marques; Laurent Poirel; Marta Aires-de-Sousa. "ESBL- and Carbapenemase-Producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae among Bivalves from Portuguese Shellfish Production Areas". Microorganisms (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms11020415.
    10.3390/microorganisms11020415
  5. Samanta Freire; Teresa Grilo; Patrice Nordmann; Laurent Poirel; Marta Aires-de-Sousa. "Multiplex PCR for detection of acquired plasmid-borne fosfomycin resistance fos genes in Escherichia coli". Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease (2023): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2022.115864.
    10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2022.115864
  6. Samanta Freire; Teresa Grilo; Laurent Poirel; Marta Aires-de-Sousa. "Urban Pigeons (Columba livia) as a Source of Broad-Spectrum ß-Lactamase-Producing Escherichia coli in Lisbon, Portugal". Antibiotics (2022): https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics11101368.
    10.3390/antibiotics11101368
  7. Samanta Freire; Teresa Grilo; Maria Luísa Teixeira; Euclides Fernandes; Laurent Poirel; Marta Aires-de-Sousa. "Screening and Characterization of Multidrug-Resistant Enterobacterales among Hospitalized Patients in the African Archipelago of Cape Verde". Microorganisms (2022): https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms10071426.
    10.3390/microorganisms10071426
  8. Wysocka, Magdalena; Monteiro, Tamar; de Pina, Carine; Gonçalves, Deisy; de Pina, Sandrine; Ludgero-Correia, Antonio; Moreno, Joao; et al. "Whole-genome analysis uncovers loss of blaZ associated with carriage isolates belonging to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) clone ST5-VI in Cape Verde". Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance 26 (2021): 77-83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jgar.2021.04.018.
    Published • 10.1016/j.jgar.2021.04.018
  9. Conceição, T.; de Lencastre, H.; Aires-de-Sousa, M.. "Prevalence of biocide resistance genes and chlorhexidine and mupirocin non-susceptibility in Portuguese hospitals during a 31-year period (1985–2016)". Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance 24 (2021): 169-174. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85099566403&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.jgar.2020.12.010
  10. Marta Aires-de-Sousa; Claudine Fournier; Elizeth Lopes; Hermínia de Lencastre; Patrice Nordmann; Laurent Poirel. "High Colonization Rate and Heterogeneity of ESBL- and Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae Isolated from Gull Feces in Lisbon, Portugal". Microorganisms 8 10 (2020): 1487-1487. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms8101487.
    10.3390/microorganisms8101487
  11. Aires-de-Sousa, Marta. "A five-year retrospective study shows increasing rates of antimicrobial drug resistance in Cabo Verde for both Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli". Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jgar.2020.04.002.
    10.1016/j.jgar.2020.04.002
  12. Aires-de-Sousa, Marta. "Epidemiology of extended-spectrum ß-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae among healthcare students, at the Portuguese Red Cross Health School of Lisbon, Portugal". Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jgar.2020.07.004.
    10.1016/j.jgar.2020.07.004
  13. Lopes, Elizeth; Saavedra, Maria José; Costa, Eliana; de Lencastre, Hermínia; Poirel, Laurent; Aires-de-Sousa, Marta. "Epidemiology of carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in Northern Portugal: Predominance of KPC-2 and OXA-48". Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jgar.2020.04.007.
    In press • 10.1016/j.jgar.2020.04.007
  14. Aires-de-Sousa, M.; Ortiz de la Rosa, J.M.; Goncalves, M.L.; Costa, A.; Nordmann, P.; Poirel, L.. "Occurrence of NDM-1-producing Morganella morganii and Proteus mirabilis in a single patient in Portugal: probable in vivo transfer by conjugation". The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy 75 4 (2020): 903-906. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85081945890&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1093/jac/dkz542
  15. Fournier, C.; Aires-de-Sousa, M.; Nordmann, P.; Poirel, L.. "Occurrence of CTX-M-15- and MCR-1-producing Enterobacterales in pigs in Portugal: Evidence of direct links with antibiotic selective pressure". International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents 55 2 (2020): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85077140402&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2019.09.006
  16. Aires-de-Sousa, Marta; Lopes, Elizeth; Gonçalves, Maria Luísa; Pereira, Ana Luísa; Machado e Costa, Augusto; de Lencastre, Hermínia; Poirel, Laurent. "Intestinal carriage of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase–producing Enterobacteriaceae at admission in a Portuguese hospital". European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10096-019-03798-3.
    10.1007/s10096-019-03798-3
  17. Elizeth Lopes; Tara C. Smith; Teresa Conceição; Laurent Poirel; Hermínia de Lencastre; Marta Aires-de-Sousa. "Epidemiology and antimicrobial resistance of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates colonizing pigs with different exposure to antibiotics". PLOS ONE (2019): https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0225497.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0225497
  18. Conceição, Teresa; Martins, Hugo; Rodrigues, Suzilaine; de Lencastre, Hermínia; Aires-de-Sousa, Marta. "Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage among homeless population in Lisbon, Portugal". European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases 38 11 (2019): 2037-2044. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10096-019-03638-4.
    10.1007/s10096-019-03638-4
  19. Susana Piçarra; Yogendra Kumar Mishra; Elizeth Lopes; Pedro L. Almeida; Hermínia de Lencastre; Marta Aires-de-Sousa. "Novel coating containing molybdenum oxide nanoparticles to reduce Staphylococcus aureus contamination on inanimate surfaces". PLOS ONE (2019): https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0213151.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0213151
  20. Conceição, T.; de Lencastre, H.; Aires-de-Sousa, Marta. "Bactericidal activity of octenidine against Staphylococcus aureus harbouring genes encoding multidrug resistance efflux pumps". Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jgar.2019.01.033.
    10.1016/j.jgar.2019.01.033
  21. Poirel, L.; de la Rosa, J.-M.O.; Richard, A.; Aires-De-Sousa, M.; Nordmann, P.. "CTX-M-33, a CTX-M-15 derivative conferring reduced susceptibility to carbapenems". Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 63 12 (2019): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85075567055&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1128/AAC.01515-19
  22. Aires-De-Sousa, M.; De La Rosa, J.M.O.; Gonçalves, M.L.; Pereira, A.L.; Nordmann, P.; Poirel, L.. "Epidemiology of carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in a hospital, Portugal". Emerging Infectious Diseases 25 9 (2019): 1632-1638. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85071419876&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3201/eid2509.190656
  23. Rodrigues, S.; Conceição, T.; De Lencastre, H.; Aires-de-Sousa, Marta. "Frequent MRSA nasal colonization among hospitalized children and their parents in Angola and São Tomé and Príncipe". Journal of Hospital Infection (2018): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2018.05.015.
    10.1016/j.jhin.2018.05.015
  24. Lopes, E.; Piçarra, S.; Almeida, P.L.; de Lencastre, H.; Aires-de-Sousa, Marta. "Bactericidal efficacy of molybdenum oxide nanoparticles against antimicrobial-resistant pathogens". Journal of Medical Microbiology (2018): http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.000789.
    10.1099/jmm.0.000789
  25. Poirel, L.; Aires-de-Sousa, Marta; Kubyda, P; Kieffer, N.; Nordmann, P.. "Screening and Characterization of Multidrug-Resistant Gram-Negative Bacteria from a Remote African Area, São Tomé and Príncipe". Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (2018): http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/aac.01021-18.
    10.1128/aac.01021-18
  26. Aires-de-Sousa, Marta; Rodrigues, S.; Conceição, T.; de Lencastre, H.. "Evaluation of Different Screening Methodologies for the Detection of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus from Environmental Surfaces: Swabs, Gauzes, and Polywipes". Microbial Drug Resistance (2018): http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/mdr.2017.0349.
    10.1089/mdr.2017.0349
  27. Poirel, L.; Goutines, J.; Aires-De-Sousa, M.; Nordmann, P.; Aires-de-Sousa, Marta. "High rate of association of 16S rRNA methylases and carbapenemases in Enterobacteriaceae recovered from hospitalized children in Angola". Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 62 4 (2018): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85044529410&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1128/AAC.00021-18
  28. Poirel, L.; Aires-de-Sousa, M.; Kudyba, P.; Kieffer, N.; Nordmann, P.. "Screening and characterization of multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacteria from a remote African Area, São Tomé and Príncipe". Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 62 9 (2018): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85052240959&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1128/AAC.01021-18
  29. Conceição, T.; De Lencastre, H.; Aires-De-Sousa, M.. "Frequent isolation of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) ST398 among healthy pigs in Portugal". PLoS ONE 12 4 (2017): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85017520980&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0175340
  30. Alvarez-Marin, R.; Aires-de-Sousa, M.; Nordmann, P.; Kieffer, N.; Poirel, L.. "Antimicrobial activity of octenidine against multidrug-resistant Gram-negative pathogens". European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 36 12 (2017): 2379-2383. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85027889895&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s10096-017-3070-0
  31. Aires-de-Sousa, M.. "Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus among animals: current overview". Clinical Microbiology and Infection 23 6 (2017): 373-380. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85008205737&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.cmi.2016.11.002
  32. Conceição, T.; De Lencastre, H.; Aires-De-Sousa, M.. "Carriage of Staphylococcus aureus among Portuguese nursing students: A longitudinal cohort study over four years of education". PLoS ONE 12 11 (2017): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85036558542&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0188855
  33. Conceição, T.; De Lencastre, H.; Aires-De-Sousa, M.. "Healthy Bovines as Reservoirs of Major Pathogenic Lineages of Staphylococcus aureus in Portugal". Microbial Drug Resistance 23 7 (2017): 845-851. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85031305316&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1089/mdr.2017.0074
  34. Kieffer, N.; Aires-de-Sousa, M.; Nordmann, P.; Poirel, L.. "High rate of MCR-1–producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae among pigs, Portugal". Emerging Infectious Diseases 23 12 (2017): 2023-2029. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85035070976&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3201/eid2312.170883
  35. Coelho, C.; de Lencastre, H.; Aires-de-Sousa, M.. "Frequent occurrence of trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole hetero-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates in different African countries". European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 36 7 (2017): 1243-1252. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85011545700&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s10096-017-2915-x
  36. Conceição, T.; de Lencastre, H.; Aires-de-Sousa, M.; Marin, R.A.; de Sousa, M.A.; Kieffer, N.; Nordmann, P.; et al. "Erratum: Abstracts from the 8th International Congress of the Asia Pacific Society of Infection Control (APSIC). [Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control. 6, 2 (2017)(25)] DOI: 10.1186/s13756-017-0176-1". Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 6 1 (2017): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85019935314&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1186/s13756-017-0194-z
  37. Conceição, T.; Coelho, C.; Santos Silva, I.; De Lencastre, H.; Aires-De-Sousa, M.. "Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in the Community in Luanda, Angola: Blurred Boundaries with the Hospital Setting". Microbial Drug Resistance 22 1 (2016): 22-27. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84954179412&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1089/mdr.2015.0236
  38. Conceição, T.; Coelho, C.; De Lencastre, H.; Aires-De-Sousa, M.. "High prevalence of biocide resistance determinants in Staphylococcus aureus isolates from three African countries". Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 60 1 (2016): 678-681. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84957894491&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1128/AAC.02140-15
  39. Chung, M.; Kim, C.K.; Conceição, T.; Aires-De-Sousa, M.; De Lencastre, H.; Tomasz, A.. "Heterogeneous oxacillin-resistant phenotypes and production of PBP2A by oxacillin-susceptible/mecA-positive MRSA strains from Africa". Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 71 10 (2016): 2804-2809. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84994706869&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1093/jac/dkw209
  40. Kieffer, N.; Nordmann, P.; Aires-De-Sousa, M.; Poirel, L.. "High prevalence of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae among hospitalized children in Luanda, Angola". Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 60 10 (2016): 6189-6192. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84992630110&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1128/AAC.01201-16
  41. Conceição, T.; de Lencastre, H.; Aires-de-Sousa, M.. "Efficacy of octenidine against antibiotic-resistant Staphylococcus aureus epidemic clones". Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 71 10 (2016): 2991-2994. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84994719176&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1093/jac/dkw241
  42. Conceição, T.; Coelho, C.; de Lencastre, H.; Aires-de-Sousa, M.. "Frequent occurrence of oxacillin-susceptible mecA-positive Staphylococcus aureus (OS-MRSA) strains in two African countries". The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy 70 12 (2015): 3200-3204. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84979037724&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1093/jac/dkv261
  43. Mendes, Â.; Martins da Costa, P.; Rego, D.; Beça, N.; Alves, C.; Moreira, T.; Conceição, T.; Aires-de-Sousa, M.. "Contamination of public transports by Staphylococcus aureus and its carriage by biomedical students: Point-prevalence, related risk factors and molecular characterization of methicillin-resistant strains". Public Health 129 8 (2015): 1125-1131. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84941601120&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.puhe.2015.05.010
  44. Conceição, T.; Coelho, C.; Santos Silva, I.; de Lencastre, H.; Aires-de-Sousa, M.. "Staphylococcus aureus in former Portuguese colonies from Africa and the Far East: Missing data to help fill the world map". Clinical Microbiology and Infection 21 9 (2015): 842.e1-842.e10. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84940614801&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.cmi.2015.05.010
  45. Conceição, T.; Coelho, C.; Santos-Silva, I.; De Lencastre, H.; Aires-De-Sousa, M.. "Epidemiology of methicillin-resistant and -susceptible staphylococcus aureus in Luanda, Angola: First description of the spread of the MRSA ST5-IVa clone in the African continent". Microbial Drug Resistance 20 5 (2014): 441-449. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84905058469&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1089/mdr.2014.0007
  46. da Silva, H.P.; Lourenço, A.; Fred, A.; Raposo, N.; Aires-de-Sousa, M.. "Check Your Biosignals Here: A new dataset for off-the-person ECG biometrics". Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine 113 2 (2014): 503-514. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84892814006&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.cmpb.2013.11.017
  47. Conceição, T.; Santos Silva, I.; De Lencastre, H.; Aires-De-Sousa, M.. "Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage among patients and health care workers in são tomé and príncipe". Microbial Drug Resistance 20 1 (2014): 57-66. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84893790389&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1089/mdr.2013.0136
  48. Conceição, T.; Diamantino, F.; Coelho, C.; De Lencastre, H.; Aires-de-Sousa, M.. "Contamination of public buses with MRSA in Lisbon, Portugal: A possible transmission route of major MRSA clones within the community". PLoS ONE 8 11 (2013): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84892374818&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0077812
  49. Conceição, T.; Aires De Sousa, M.; Miragaia, M.; Paulino, E.; Barroso, R.; Brito, M.J.; Sardinha, T.; et al. "Staphylococcus aureus reservoirs and transmission routes in a portuguese neonatal intensive care unit: A 30-month surveillance study". Microbial Drug Resistance 18 2 (2012): 116-124. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84859566470&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1089/mdr.2011.0182
  50. Conceição, T.; Aires-De-Sousa, M.; Pona, N.; Brito, M.J.; Barradas, C.; Coelho, R.; Sardinha, T.; et al. "High prevalence of ST121 in community-associated methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus lineages responsible for skin and soft tissue infections in Portuguese children". European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 30 2 (2011): 293-297. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-78751583941&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s10096-010-1087-8
  51. Simões, R.R.; Aires-de-Sousa, M.; Conceição, T.; Antunes, F.; da Costa, P.M.; de Lencastre, H.. "High prevalence of EMRSA-15 in Portuguese public buses: A worrisome finding". PLoS ONE 6 3 (2011): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79952301476&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0017630
  52. Conceição, T.; Tavares, A.; Miragaia, M.; Hyde, K.; Aires-De-Sousa, M.; De Lencastre, H.. "Prevalence and clonality of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in the Atlantic Azores islands: Predominance of SCCmec types IV, v and VI". European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 29 5 (2010): 543-550. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77952093987&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s10096-010-0892-4
  53. Grundmann, H.; Aanensen, D.M.; Van Den Wijngaard, C.C.; Spratt, B.G.; Harmsen, D.; Friedrich, A.W.; Sabat, A.J.; et al. "Geographic distribution of Staphylococcus aureus causing invasive infections in Europe: A molecular-epidemiological analysis". PLoS Medicine 7 1 (2010): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-75749133613&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1371/journal.pmed.1000215
  54. Lamaro-Cardoso, J.; De Lencastre, H.; Kipnis, A.; Pimenta, F.C.; Oliveira, L.S.C.; Oliveira, R.M.; Nouer, S.S.; et al. "Molecular epidemiology and risk factors for nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus and methicillin-resistant S. aureus in infants attending day care centers in Brazil". Journal of Clinical Microbiology 47 12 (2009): 3991-3997. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-71549136472&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1128/JCM.01322-09
  55. Conceição, T.; Aires De Sousa, M.; De Lencastre, H.. "Staphylococcal interspersed repeat unit typing of Staphylococcus aureus: Evaluation of a new multilocus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis typing method". Journal of Clinical Microbiology 47 5 (2009): 1300-1308. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-66149105400&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1128/JCM.01537-08
  56. Aires-de-Sousa, M.; Correia, B.; De Lencastre, H.; Alves, V.; Branca, F.; Cabral, L.; Clemente, J.; et al. "Changing patterns in frequency of recovery of five methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clones in Portuguese hospitals: Surveillance over a 16-year period". Journal of Clinical Microbiology 46 9 (2008): 2912-2917. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-53649100859&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1128/JCM.00692-08
  57. Gardete, S.; Aires-De-Sousa, M.; Faustino, A.; Ludovice, A.M.; De Lencastre, H.. "Identification of the first vancomycin intermediate-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (VISA) isolate from a hospital in Portugal". Microbial Drug Resistance 14 1 (2008): 1-6. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-41149100056&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1089/mdr.2008.0816
  58. Deus HF; Sousa MA; Carrico JA; Lencastre Hd; Almeida JS. "Adapting experimental ontologies for molecular epidemiology.". AMIA Annual Symposium Proceedings (2007): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/18694035.
  59. Conceição, T.; Aires-de-sousa, M.; Füzi, M.; Tóth, Á.; Pászti, J.; Ungvári, E.; Van Leeuwen, W.B.; et al. "Replacement of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clones in Hungary over time: A 10-year surveillance study". Clinical Microbiology and Infection 13 10 (2007): 971-979. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-34548543821&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/j.1469-0691.2007.01794.x
  60. Aires-de-Sousa, M.; Parente, C.E.S.R.; Vieira-da-Motta, O.; Bonna, I.C.F.; Silva, D.A.; De Lencastre, H.. "Characterization of Staphylococcus aureus isolates from buffalo, bovine, ovine, and caprine milk samples collected in Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil ¿". Applied and Environmental Microbiology 73 12 (2007): 3845-3849. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-34250900429&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1128/AEM.00019-07
  61. Aires-de-Sousa, M.; Conceição, T.; De Lencastre, H.. "Unusually high prevalence of nosocomial panton-valentine leukocidin-positive Staphylococcus aureus isolates in cape verde islands". Journal of Clinical Microbiology 44 10 (2006): 3790-3793. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-34147102133&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1128/JCM.01192-06
  62. Echániz-Aviles, G.; Velázquez-Meza, M.E.; Aires-de-Sousa, M.; Morfín-Otero, R.; Rodríguez-Noriega, E.; Carnalla-Barajas, N.; Esparza-Ahumada, S.; de Lencastre, H.. "Molecular characterisation of a dominant methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) clone in a Mexican hospital (1999-2003)". Clinical Microbiology and Infection 12 1 (2006): 22-28. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33644854788&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/j.1469-0691.2005.01283.x
  63. Almeida, J.S.; Chen, C.; Gorlitsky, R.; Stanislaus, R.; Aires-De-Sousa, M.; Eleutério, P.; Carriço, J.; et al. "Data integration gets 'Sloppy' [6]". Nature Biotechnology 24 9 (2006): 1070-1071. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33748487619&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1038/nbt0906-1070
  64. Grundmann, H.; Aires-de-Sousa, M.; Boyce, J.; Tiemersma, E.. "Emergence and resurgence of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus as a public-health threat". Lancet 368 9538 (2006): 874-885. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33748206790&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/S0140-6736(06)68853-3
  65. Aires-De-Sousa, M.; Boye, K.; De Lencastre, H.; Deplano, A.; Enright, M.C.; Etienne, J.; Friedrich, A.; et al. "High interlaboratory reproducibility of DNA sequence-based typing of bacteria in a multicenter study". Journal of Clinical Microbiology 44 2 (2006): 619-621. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-32344441986&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1128/JCM.44.2.619-621.2006
  66. Aires De Sousa, M.; Conceição, T.; Simas, C.; De Lencastre, H.. "Comparison of genetic backgrounds of methicillin-resistant and -susceptible Staphylococcus aureus isolates from Portuguese hospitals and the community". Journal of Clinical Microbiology 43 10 (2005): 5150-5157. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-26944493025&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1128/JCM.43.10.5150-5157.2005
  67. Aires De Sousa, M.; De Lencastre, H.. "Bridges from hospitals to the laboratory: Genetic portraits of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clones". FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology 40 2 (2004): 101-111. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-1342281641&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/S0928-8244(03)00370-5
  68. Velazquez-Meza, M.E.; Aires De Sousa, M.; Echaniz-Aviles, G.; Solórzano-Santos, F.; Miranda-Novales, G.; Silva-Sanchez, J.; De Lencastre, H.. "Surveillance of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a pediatric hospital in Mexico City during a 7-Year period (1997 to 2003): Clonal evolution and impact of infection control". Journal of Clinical Microbiology 42 8 (2004): 3877-3880. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-3843090575&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1128/JCM.42.8.3877-3880.2004
  69. Melter, O.; Aires De Sousa, M.; Laskafeldová, K.; Urbášková, P.; Wünschová, M.; De Lencastre, H.. "Delineation of the endemic and sporadic methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clones in a Czech hospital". Microbial Drug Resistance 10 3 (2004): 218-223. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-4644244484&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1089/mdr.2004.10.218
  70. Aires de Sousa, M.; De Lencastre, H.. "Evolution of sporadic isolates of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in hospitals and their similarities to isolates of community-acquired MRSA". Journal of Clinical Microbiology 41 8 (2003): 3806-3815. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0042524191&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1128/JCM.41.8.3806-3815.2003
  71. Aires de Sousa, M.; Crisóstomo, M.I.; Sanches, I.S.; Wu, J.S.; Fuzhong, J.; Tomasz, A.; De Lencastre, H.. "Frequent recovery of a single clonal type of multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from patients in two hospitals in Taiwan and China". Journal of Clinical Microbiology 41 1 (2003): 159-163. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0037236165&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1128/JCM.41.1.159-163.2003
  72. Spiliopoulou I; Santos Sanches I; Bartzavali C; Ludovice AM; Aires de Sousa M; Dimitracopoulos G; de Lencastre H. "Application of molecular typing methods to characterize nosocomial coagulase-negative staphylococci collected in a Greek hospital during a three-year period (1998-2000).". Microbial drug resistance (Larchmont, N.Y.) (2003): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/12959406.
    10.1089/107662903322286481
  73. Aires de Sousa, M.; Bartzavali, C.; Spiliopoulou, I.; Santos Sanches, I.; Crisóstomo, M.I.; De Lencastre, H.. "Two international methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clones endemic in a University Hospital in Patras, Greece". Journal of Clinical Microbiology 41 5 (2003): 2027-2032. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0038290208&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1128/JCM.41.5.2027-2032.2003
  74. Melter, O.; Aires De Sousa, M.; Urbášková, P.; Jakubu, V.; Žemlicková, H.; De Lencastre, H.. "Update on the Major Clonal Types of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in the Czech Republic". Journal of Clinical Microbiology 41 11 (2003): 4998-5005. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0242677630&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1128/JCM.41.11.4998-5005.2003
  75. Amorim, M.L.; Aires De Sousa, M.; Sanches, S.; Sá-Leão, R.; Cabeda, J.M.; Amorim, J.M.; De Lencastre, H.. "Clonal and antibiotic resistance profiles of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) from a Portuguese hospital over time". Microbial Drug Resistance 8 4 (2002): 301-309. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0036931134&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1089/10766290260469561
  76. Aires de Sousa, M.; Miragaia, M.; Santos Sanches, I.; Ávila, S.; Adamson, I.; Casagrande, S.T.; Brandileone, M.C.C.; et al. "Three-year assessment of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clones in Latin America from 1996 to 1998". Journal of Clinical Microbiology 39 6 (2001): 2197-2205. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0034994807&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1128/JCM.39.6.2197-2205.2001
  77. Oliveira, D.C.; Crisóstomo, I.; Santos-Sanches, I.; Major, P.; Rute Alves, C.; Aires-De-Sousa, M.; Thege, M.K.; De Lencastre, H.. "Comparison of DNA sequencing of the protein A gene polymorphic region with other molecular typing techniques for typing two epidemiologically diverse collections of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus". Journal of Clinical Microbiology 39 2 (2001): 574-580. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0035122760&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1128/JCM.39.2.574-580.2001
  78. Gomes, A.R.; Santos Sanches, I.; Aires de Sousa, M.; Castañeda, E.; De Lencastre, H.. "Molecular epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Colombian hospitals: Dominance of a single unique multidrug-resistant clone". Microbial Drug Resistance 7 1 (2001): 23-32. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0035069991&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1089/107662901750152729
  79. Oliveira, D.C.; Crisóstomo, I.; Santos-Sanches, I.; Major, P.; Alves, C.R.; Aires-De-Sousa, M.; Thege, M.K.; De Lencastre, H.. "Erratum: Comparison of DNA sequencing of the protein A gene polymorphic region with other molecular typing techniques for typing two epidemiologically diverse collections of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (Journal of Clinical Microbiology (2001) 39:2 (574-580))". Journal of Clinical Microbiology 39 6 (2001): 2377-2377. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0034994735&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  80. Aires-de-Sousa, Marta. "Patterns of multidrug resistance among methicillin-resistant hospital isolates of coagulase-positive and coagulase-negative staphylococci collected in the international multicenter study RESIST in 1997 and 1998". Microbial drug resistance (Larchmont, N.Y.) (2000): https://doi.org/10.1089/mdr.2000.6.199.
    10.1089/mdr.2000.6.199
  81. Aires De Sousa M; Santos Sanches I; Ferro ML; De Lencastre H. "Epidemiological study of staphylococcal colonization and cross-infection in two West African Hospitals.". Microbial drug resistance (Larchmont, N.Y.) (2000): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/10990268.
    10.1089/107662900419447
  82. Chung M; de Lencastre H; Matthews P; Tomasz A; Adamsson I; Aires de Sousa M; Camou T; et al. "Molecular typing of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis: comparison of results obtained in a multilaboratory effort using identical protocols and MRSA strains.". Microbial drug resistance (Larchmont, N.Y.) (2000): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/11144419.
    10.1089/mdr.2000.6.189
  83. Aires De Sousa, M.; De Lencastre, H.; Santos Sanches, I.; Kikuchi, K.; Totsuka, K.; Tomasz, A.. "Similarity of antibiotic resistance patterns and molecular typing properties of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates widely spread in hospitals in New York City and in a hospital in Tokyo, Japan". Microbial Drug Resistance 6 3 (2000): 253-258. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0033664792&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  84. Melter, O.; Santos Sanches, I.; Schindler, J.; Aires De Sousa, M.; Mato, R.; Kovárova, V.; Zemlicková, H.; De Lencastre, H.. "Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clonal types in the Czech Republic". Journal of Clinical Microbiology 37 9 (1999): 2798-2803. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0032780736&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  85. De Lencastre, H.; Kristinsson, K.G.; Brito-Avô, A.; Sanches, I.S.; Sá-Leão, R.; Saldanha, J.; Sigvaldadottir, E.; et al. "Carriage of respiratory tract pathogens and molecular epidemiology of Streptococcus pneumoniae colonization in healthy children attending day care centers in Lisbon, Portugal". Microbial Drug Resistance 5 1 (1999): 19-29. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0032894701&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1089/mdr.1999.5.19
  86. Corso A; Santos Sanches I; Aires de Sousa M; Rossi A; de Lencastre H. "Spread of a methicillin-resistant and multiresistant epidemic clone of Staphylococcus aureus in Argentina.". Microbial drug resistance (Larchmont, N.Y.) (1998): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/9988046.
    10.1089/mdr.1998.4.277
  87. Leski, T.; Oliveira, D.; Trzcinski, K.; Santos Sanches, I.; Aires De Sousa, M.; Hryniewicz, W.; De Lencastre, H.. "Clonal distribution of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Poland". Journal of Clinical Microbiology 36 12 (1998): 3532-3539. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0031785180&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  88. Aires De Sousa, M.; Santos Sanches, I.; Ferro, M.L.; Vaz, M.J.; Saraiva, Z.; Tendeiro, T.; Serra, J.; De Lencastre, H.. "Intercontinental spread of a multidrug-resistant methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus clone". Journal of Clinical Microbiology 36 9 (1998): 2590-2596. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-3543031605&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  89. Aires de Sousa M; Sanches IS; van Belkum A; van Leeuwen W; Verbrugh H; de Lencastre H. "Characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates from Portuguese hospitals by multiple genotyping methods.". Microbial drug resistance (Larchmont, N.Y.) (1996): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/9158793.
    10.1089/mdr.1996.2.331
  90. Santos Sanches, I.; Aires De Sousa, M.; Cleto, L.; Baeta De Campos, M.; De Lencastre, H.. "Tracing the origin of an outbreak of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections in a Portuguese hospital by molecular fingerprinting methods". Microbial Drug Resistance 2 3 (1996): 319-329. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0029776446&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  91. Sanches IS; Aires de Sousa M; Sobral L; Calheiros I; Felicio L; Pedra I; de Lencastre H. "Multidrug-resistant Iberian epidemic clone of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus endemic in a hospital in northern Portugal.". Microbial drug resistance (Larchmont, N.Y.) (1995): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/9158800.
    10.1089/mdr.1995.1.299
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Aires-de-Sousa, Marta. "Bridges from hospitals to the laboratory: genetic portraits of MRSA clones". PhD, Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, 2003.
Activities

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2017/10 - 2019/12 Molybdenum nanoparticle coating to reduce MRSA contamination of public and healthcare environments
Supervisor of Elizeth Lopes
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2017 - 2018 Evolution of biocide resistance among Staphylococcus aureus from Portugal over the years
Co-supervisor of Melinda Conde
Microbiologia Médica (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2017 - 2018 Caracterização molecular de Staphylococcus aureus isolados de colonização nasal e do meio ambiente
Co-supervisor of Suzilaine Rodrigues
Microbiologia Médica (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2011 - 2018 Population structure, antibiotic resistance and virulence factors in Staphylococcus aureus isolates from the PALOP countries
Supervisor of Teresa Conceição
 Post-doc (Specialization course)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2017/07 - 2017/09 Molybdenum nanoparticle coating to reduce MRSA contamination of public and healthcare environments
Supervisor of Suzilaine Sousa
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2016/09 - 2017/06 Molybdenum nanoparticle coating to reduce MRSA contamination of public and healthcare environments
Supervisor of David Palhares
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2014 - 2016 Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole resistance in Staphylococcus Aureus in Africa: distribution of resistance genes and evaluation of the success of major MRSA clones
Co-supervisor of Céline Catherine Bottineau Coelho
Microbiologia Médica (Master)
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2014/01 - 2014/07 Learning from Sequences
Supervisor of Joana Gaspar Santos
Escola Superior de Saúde da Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa, Portugal
2007 - 2010 Staphylococcus aureus: towards a comprehensive view on epidemiology and clonal spread
Co-supervisor of Teresa Conceição
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2006/08 - 2007/11 Prevalence and clonality of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in the Atlantic Azores islands
Co-supervisor of Ana Lopes Tavares
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2006/09 - 2007/05 Changing patterns in frequency of recovery of five methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clones in Portuguese hospitals: surveillance over a 16-year period
Co-supervisor of Bruno Gonçalves Correia
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2005/01 - 2006/03 Assembling an ontology-driven laboratory information management system for molecular epidemiology using S3DB
Co-supervisor of Helena Futscher de Deus
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2004/09 - 2006/02 Criação de uma colecção de referência de bactérias gram-positivas resistentes a agentes antimicrobianos ao serviço da comunidade científica e clínica nacional e internacional
Co-supervisor of Teresa Baptista da Silva Cathorne
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2004/05 - 2005/03 Assessment of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clones in Latin America
Co-supervisor of Sofia Avila
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2004/04 - 2005/03 Comparison of genetic backgrounds of methicillin-resistant and -susceptible Staphylococcus aureus isolates from Portuguese hospitals and the community
Co-supervisor of Carla Sofia Simas Rocha de Almeida
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2003 - 2004 Infection and colonization by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in surgical units
Co-supervisor of Ana Paula Couto
Engenharia da saúde (Master)
Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2018 - Current XI Jornadas Científicas, Escola Superior de Saúde da Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa (2018)
Congress (President of the Organising Committee)
 Escola Superior de Saúde da Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa, Portugal
2017 - Current X Jornadas Científicas, Escola Superior de Saúde da Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa (2017)
Congress (President of the Organising Committee)
 Escola Superior de Saúde da Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa, Portugal
2016 - Current IX Jornadas Científicas, Escola Superior de Saúde da Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa (2016)
Congress (President of the Organising Committee)
 Escola Superior de Saúde da Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa, Portugal
2016 - Current 11th International Meeting on Microbial Epidemiological Markers (IMMEM XI) (2016)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
 European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Switzerland
2015 - Current VIII Jornadas Científicas, Escola Superior de Saúde da Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa (2015)
Congress
 Escola Superior de Saúde da Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa, Portugal
2014 - Current VII Jornadas Científicas, Escola Superior de Saúde da Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa (2014)
Congress (President of the Organising Committee)
 Escola Superior de Saúde da Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa, Portugal
2013 - Current VI Jornadas Científicas, Escola Superior de Saúde da Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa (2013)
Congress (President of the Organising Committee)
 Escola Superior de Saúde da Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa, Portugal
2012 - Current V Jornadas Científicas, Escola Superior de Saúde da Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa (2012)
Congress (President of the Organising Committee)
 Escola Superior de Saúde da Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa, Portugal
2011 - Current IV Jornadas Científicas, Escola Superior de Saúde da Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa (2011)
Congress
 Escola Superior de Saúde da Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa, Portugal
2010 - Current III Jornadas Científicas, Escola Superior de Saúde da Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa (2010)
Congress (President of the Organising Committee)
 Escola Superior de Saúde da Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa, Portugal
2009 - Current II Jornadas Científicas, Escola Superior de Saúde da Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa (2009)
Congress (President of the Organising Committee)
 Escola Superior de Saúde da Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa, Portugal
2008 - Current I Jornadas Científicas, Escola Superior de Saúde da Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa (2008)
Congress (President of the Organising Committee)
 Escola Superior de Saúde da Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa, Portugal
2007 - Current 40th ESCMID/2nd ESGEM Postgraduate Education Course, Bacterial Molecular Typing: Practical and Theoretical Course. (2007)
Other (Co-organisor)
 Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2006 - Current S3DB Workshop (2006)
Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2021/02/22 Genome-scale approaches to strengthen Neisseria gonorrhoeae epidemiological and antimicrobial resistance surveillance
(Thesis) Arguer
 Miguel Pinto (PhD)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2019/03/15 Characteristics of pneumococci causing disease in adults in Portugal in a time of private use of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines in children
(Thesis) Arguer
 Andreia Horácio (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2017/12/05 Trabalho final de Mestrado - Área de Especialização em Perfusão Cardiovascular
(Thesis) Arguer
 Sofia Marques (Master)
Escola Superior de Saúde da Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa, Portugal
2017/11/11 Trabalho Final de Mestrado - Área de Especialização em Estudos do Sono
(Thesis) Arguer
 Ana Ornelas (Master)
Escola Superior de Saúde da Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa, Portugal
2015/03/10 Trabalho final de Mestrado - Área de Especialização em Fisiologia e Estudos da Função Respiratória
(Thesis) Arguer
 Ana Filipa Dias (Master)
Escola Superior de Saúde da Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa, Portugal
2014/11/17 Trabalho final de Mestrado - Área de Especialização em Ultrassonografia Cardiovascular
(Thesis) Arguer
 Joana Santos (Master)
Escola Superior de Saúde da Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa, Portugal
2014/10/24 Trabalho final de Mestrado - Área de Especialização em Eletrocardiologia, Eletrofisiologia e Pacing
(Thesis) Arguer
 Ana Gracinda de Oliveira (Master)
Escola Superior de Saúde da Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa, Portugal
2014/07/25 Trabalho final de Mestrado – Área de Especializacao em Perfusao Cardiovascular
(Thesis) Arguer
 Ana Isabel Correia Cortes (Master)
Escola Superior de Saúde da Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa, Portugal
2014/06/27 Trabalho final de Mestrado - Área de Especialização em Electrocardiologia, Electrofisiologia e Pacing
(Thesis) Arguer
 Maria de Fátima Costa Ribas (Master)
Escola Superior de Saúde da Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa, Portugal
2014/06/25 Trabalho final de Mestrado - Área de Especialização em Ultrassonografia Cardíaca
(Thesis) Arguer
 Maria Raquel Gonçalves Vaz (Master)
Escola Superior de Saúde da Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa, Portugal
2012/11/16 On the track of beta-lactam resistance: Studies on the regulation of methicillin-resistance in Staphylococcus aureus
(Thesis) Arguer
 Pedro Arêde Rei (PhD)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2011/04/01 Improving discovery in the life sciences using semantic web technologies and linked data: design principles for life sciences knowledge organization systems
(Thesis) Arguer
 Maria Helena Futsher de Deus (PhD)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2010/10/07 Staphylococcus aureus: Towards a comprehensive view on epidemiology and clonal spread
Supervisor
 Teresa Conceição (PhD)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2007 - Current European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infection (ESCMID) Membro
2007 - Current Sociedade Portuguesa de Microbiologia (SPM) Membro
2012 - 2017 American Society of Microbiology (ASM) Membro

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2016 - Current 11th International Meeting on Microbial Epidemiological Markers (IMMEM XI) Estoril, Portugal
2004 - Current 14th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Prague, Czech Republic

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2017/09 - Current Bioquímica e Biologia Celular Imagem Médica e Radioterapia (Licenciatura) Escola Superior de Saúde da Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa, Portugal
2010/09 - Current Metodologias de Investigação I Cardiopneumologia (Licenciatura) Escola Superior de Saúde da Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa, Portugal
2010/09 - Current Investigação em Cardiopneumologia Cardiopneumologia (Licenciatura) Escola Superior de Saúde da Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa, Portugal
2005 - Current Microbiologia Enfermagem (Licenciatura) Escola Superior de Saúde da Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa, Portugal
2004/09 - Current Bioquímica Fisioterapia (Licenciatura) Escola Superior de Saúde da Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa, Portugal
2004 - Current Microbiologia Cardiopneumologia (Licenciatura) Escola Superior de Saúde da Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa, Portugal
2004 - Current Bioquímica Cardiopneumologia (Licenciatura) Escola Superior de Saúde da Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa, Portugal
2015/09 - 2017/07 Formação Cruz Vermelha Cardiopneumologia (Licenciatura) Escola Superior de Saúde da Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa, Portugal
2015 - 2016 Investigação Científica Cardiopneumologia (Mestrado) Escola Superior de Saúde da Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa, Portugal

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2019 - Current FEMS Microbiology Letters (1574-6968) Oxford University Press
2019 - Current Journal of Food Processing and Preservation (1745-4549) Wiley (Blackwell Publishing)
2018 - Current BMC Veterinary Research (1746-6148) Springer (Biomed Central Ltd.)
2017 - Current Journal of Medical Microbiology (1473-5644) Microbiology Society
2016 - Current Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (1460-2091) Oxford University Press
2016 - Current Microorganisms (2076-2607) MDPI AG
2016 - Current Scientific Reports (2045-2322) Springer Science and Business Media LLC
2015 - Current BMC Infectious Diseases (1471-2334) Springer (Biomed Central Ltd.)
2015 - Current Open Veterinary Journal (2218-6050) African Journals Online
2015 - Current Saudi Medical Journal (1658-3175) Saudi Medical Journal
2014 - Current Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (1098-6596) American Society for Microbiology
2014 - Current International Journal of Infectious Diseases (1201-9712) Elsevier
2014 - Current Infection Genetics and Evolution (1567-1348) Elsevier
2014 - Current New Microbes and New Infections (2052-2975) Elsevier
2013 - Current European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (1435-4373) Springer-Verlag
2012 - Current British Microbiology Research Journal (2231-0886) Sciencedomain International
2012 - Current PLoS ONE (1932-6203) Public Library of Science
2011 - Current Applied and Environmental Microbiology (1098-5336) American Society for Microbiology
2009 - Current Journal of Clinical Microbiology (1098-660X) American Society for Microbiology
2009 - Current Scientific Research and Essays (1992-2248) Academic Journals
2006 - Current Clinical Microbiology and Infection (1469-0691) Elsevier
2006 - Current Microbial Drug Resistance (1931-8448) Mary Ann Liebert
2005 - Current FEMS Immunology & Medical Microbiology (1574-695X) Oxford University Press

Other jury / evaluation

Activity description Institution / Organization
2014 - Current Júri provas públicas para obtenção do título de especialista (José Rafael Bernardo) Instituto Politécnico de Saude do Norte Escola Superior de Saúde do Vale do Ave, Portugal
2011 - Current Júri provas públicas para obtenção do título de especialista (Acúrcio Mesquita Marcos). Instituto Politécnico de Saude do Norte Escola Superior de Saúde do Vale do Ave, Portugal
2011 - Current Júri provas públicas para obtenção do título de especialista (Ana Luísa Correia Carriço) Instituto Politécnico de Saude do Norte Escola Superior de Saúde do Vale do Ave, Portugal
2011 - Current Júri provas públicas para obtenção do título de especialista (Nuno Miguel Lopes Morujo) Instituto Politécnico de Saude do Norte Escola Superior de Saúde do Vale do Ave, Portugal
2011 - Current Júri provas públicas para obtenção do título de especialista (Liliana Andrade e Raposo) Instituto Politécnico de Saude do Norte Escola Superior de Saúde do Vale do Ave, Portugal
2011 - Current Júri provas públicas para obtenção do título de especialista (Nuno Miguel Ferreira Raposo) Instituto Politécnico de Saude do Norte Escola Superior de Saúde do Vale do Ave, Portugal
Distinctions

Other distinction

2012 Menção honrosa - Poster presented at V Jornadas da Associação Nacional de Controlo de Infecção
2008 FCG Grant to attend 8th International Meeting on Molecular Epidemiological Markers (IMMEM), Zakopane, Poland
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal
2006 FCG Grant to attend 12th International Symposium on Staphylococci & Staphylococcal Infections (ISSSI), Maastricht, The Netherlands
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal
2005 FLAD Grant to attend a Workshop in Bioinformatics, Medical University of South Carolina, USA
Fundação Luso-Americana, Portugal
2005 SPM Grant to attend 15th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), Copenhaga, Dinamarca
Sociedade Portuguesa Microbiologia, Portugal
2004 FCG Grant to participate 11th International Symposium on Staphylococci & Staphylococcal Infections (ISSSI), Charleston, USA
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal
2002 FCG to attend the ESCMID practical course "Mechanisms of Antimicrobial Resistance. A Practical Approach", Palma de Mallorca
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal
1998 PhD Grant PRAXIS XXI/BD/13731/97
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
1996 1st Krugman Award in Clinical Research
1996 Laboratory graduate technician Grant PRAXIS XXI/BTL/6260/95
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
1995 Bolsa Curta Duração FCG para participar num estágio de curta duração no Dijkzigt University Hospital, Roterdão, Holanda
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal
1994 Research traineeGrant FMRH/BIC/1417/95
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
1993 Undergraduate research traineeGrant FMRH/BJI/1665/94
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal