Bridges from hospitals to the laboratory: genetic portraits methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clonesDE SOUSA, Marta Aires; DE LENCASTRE, Herminia.FEMS immunology and medical microbiology. 2004, Vol 40, Num 2, pp 101-111, issn 0928-8244, 11 p.Article

Optochin Resistance among Streptococcus pneumoniae Strains Colonizing Healthy Children in PortugalNUNES, Sonia; SA-LEAO, Raquel; DE LENCASTRE, Herminia et al.Journal of clinical microbiology (Print). 2008, Vol 46, Num 1, pp 321-324, issn 0095-1137, 4 p.Article

Update to the multiplex PCR strategy for assignment of mec element types in Staphylococcus aureusMILHEIRICO, Catarina; OLIVEIRA, Duarte C; DE LENCASTRE, Herminia et al.Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy. 2007, Vol 51, Num 9, pp 3374-3377, issn 0066-4804, 4 p.Article

Antibiotic resistant Staphylococcus aureus : a paradigm of adaptive powerDE LENCASTRE, Herminia; OLIVEIRA, Duarte; TOMASZ, Alexander et al.Current opinion in microbiology. 2007, Vol 10, Num 5, pp 428-435, issn 1369-5274, 8 p.Article

Multiplex PCR strategy for rapid identification of structural types and variants of the mec element in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureusOLIVEIRA, Duarte C; DE LENCASTRE, Herminia.Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy. 2002, Vol 46, Num 7, pp 2155-2161, issn 0066-4804Article

Redefining a structural variant of staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec, SCCmec type VIOLIVEIRA, Duarte C; MILHEIRICO, Catarina; DE LENCASTRE, Herminia et al.Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy. 2006, Vol 50, Num 10, pp 3457-3459, issn 0066-4804, 3 p.Article

A link in transcription between the native pbpB and the acquired mecA gene in a strain of Staphylococcus aureusGARDETE, Susana; DE LENCASTRE, Herminia; TOMASZ, Alexander et al.Microbiology (Reading). 2006, Vol 152, pp 2549-2558, issn 1350-0872, 10 p., 9Article

Multiplex PCR strategy for subtyping the staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec type IV in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus : 'SCCmec IV multiplex'MILHEIRICO, Catarina; OLIVEIRA, Duarte C; DE LENCASTRE, Herminia et al.Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy (Print). 2007, Vol 60, Num 1, pp 42-48, issn 0305-7453, 7 p.Article

Multilocus sequence typing of Streptococcus pneumoniae clones with unusual drug resistance patterns : Genetic backgrounds and relatedness to other epidemic clonesSA-LEAO, Raquel; TOMASZ, Alexander; DE LENCASTRE, Herminia et al.The Journal of infectious diseases. 2001, Vol 184, Num 9, pp 1206-1210, issn 0022-1899Article

Temporal Trends and Molecular Epidemiology of Recently Described Serotype 6C of Streptococcus pneumoniaeNUNES, Sonia; VALENTE, Carina; SA-LEAO, Raquel et al.Journal of clinical microbiology (Print). 2009, Vol 47, Num 2, pp 472-474, issn 0095-1137, 3 p.Article

Assessment of allelic variation in the ccrAB locus in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clonesOLIVEIRA, Duarte C; MILHEIRICO, Catarina; VINGA, Susana et al.Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy (Print). 2006, Vol 58, Num 1, pp 23-30, issn 0305-7453, 8 p.Article

International clones of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in two hospitals in Miami, FloridaCHUNG, Marilyn; DICKINSON, Gordon; DE LENCASTRE, Herminia et al.Journal of clinical microbiology (Print). 2004, Vol 42, Num 2, pp 542-547, issn 0095-1137, 6 p.Article

Staphylococcal Interspersed Repeat Unit Typing of Staphylococcus aureus: Evaluation of a New Multilocus Variable-Number Tandem-Repeat Analysis Typing MethodCONCEICAO, Teresa; AIRES DE SOUSA, Marta; DE LENCASTRE, Hermínia et al.Journal of clinical microbiology (Print). 2009, Vol 47, Num 5, pp 1300-1308, issn 0095-1137, 9 p.Article

Impact of a single dose of the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on colonizationFRAZAO, Nelson; SA-LEAO, Raquel; DE LENCASTRE, Hermínia et al.Vaccine. 2010, Vol 28, Num 19, pp 3445-3452, issn 0264-410X, 8 p.Article

Strategies of adaptation of Staphylococcus epidermidis to hospital and community: amplification and diversification of SCCmecROLO, Joana; DE LENCASTRE, Hermínia; MIRAGAIA, Maria et al.Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy (Print). 2012, Vol 67, Num 6, pp 1333-1341, issn 0305-7453, 9 p.Article

Pilot study of the genetic diversity of the pneumococcal nasopharyngeal flora among children attending day care centersSA-LEAO, Raquel; TOMASZ, Alexander; SANTOS SANCHES, Ilda et al.Journal of clinical microbiology (Print). 2002, Vol 40, Num 10, pp 3577-3585, issn 0095-1137, 9 p.Article

Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates with reduced susceptibility to ciprofloxacin in spain: Clonal diversity and appearance of ciprofloxacin-resistant epidemic clonesALOU, Luis; RAMIREZ, Mario; GARCIA-REY, César et al.Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy. 2001, Vol 45, Num 10, pp 2955-2957, issn 0066-4804Article

from ecological reservoir to disease: the nasopharynx, day-care centres and drug-resistant clones of Streptococcus pneumoniaeDE LENCASTRE, Herminia; TOMASZ, Alexander.Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy (Print). 2002, Vol 50, pp 75-81, issn 0305-7453, 7 p., SUP2Conference Paper

Rapid identification of noncapsulated Streptococcus pneumoniae in nasopharyngeal samples allowing detection of co-colonization and reevaluation of prevalenceSIMOES, Alexandra S; VALENTE, Carina; DE LENCASTRE, Hermínia et al.Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease. 2011, Vol 71, Num 3, pp 208-216, issn 0732-8893, 9 p.Article

Diversity of penicillin-nonsusceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae circulating in Iceland after the introduction of penicillin-resistant clone Spain^6B-2SA-LEAO, Raquel; VILHELMSSON, Sigurdur E; DE LENCASTRE, Herminia et al.The Journal of infectious diseases. 2002, Vol 186, Num 7, pp 966-975, issn 0022-1899, 10 p.Article

Identification of clinical staphylococcal isolates from humans by internal transcribed spacer PCRCOUTO, Isabel; PEREIRA, Sandro; MIRAGAIA, Maria et al.Journal of clinical microbiology (Print). 2001, Vol 39, Num 9, pp 3099-3103, issn 0095-1137Article

Evidence for a dual role of PBP1 in the cell division and cell separation of Staphylococcus aureusPEREIRA, Sandro F. F; HENRIQUES, Adriano O; PINHO, Mariana G et al.Molecular microbiology (Print). 2009, Vol 72, Num 4, pp 895-904, issn 0950-382X, 10 p.Article

Multiplex Real-Time PCR for Rapid Staphylococcal Cassette Chromosome mec TypingLIANG CHEN; MEDIAVILLA, José R; OLIVEIRA, Duarte C et al.Journal of clinical microbiology (Print). 2009, Vol 47, Num 11, pp 3692-3706, issn 0095-1137, 15 p.Article

Epidemiology of emerging methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in Denmark : a nationwide study in a Country with low prevalence of MRSA infectionFARIA, Nuno A; OLIVEIRA, Duarte C; WESTH, Henrik et al.Journal of clinical microbiology (Print). 2005, Vol 43, Num 4, pp 1836-1842, issn 0095-1137, 7 p.Article

Partial excision of the chromosomal cassette containing the methicillin resistance determinant results in methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureusDONNIO, Pierre-Yves; OLIVEIRA, Duarte C; FARIA, Nuno A et al.Journal of clinical microbiology (Print). 2005, Vol 43, Num 8, pp 4191-4193, issn 0095-1137, 3 p.Article