| Illustration of a Common Framework for Relating Multiple Typing Methods by Application to Macrolide-Resistant Streptococcus pyogenes JA Carriço, C Silva-Costa, J Melo-Cristino, FR Pinto, H De Lencastre, ... Journal of clinical microbiology 44 (7), 2524-2532, 2006 | 380 | 2006 |
| Serotype 3 remains the leading cause of invasive pneumococcal disease in adults in Portugal (20122014) despite continued reductions in other 13-valent conjugate vaccine serotypes AN Horácio, C Silva-Costa, JP Lopes, M Ramirez, J Melo-Cristino, ... Frontiers in Microbiology 7, 1616, 2016 | 78 | 2016 |
| Macrolide-resistant Streptococcus pyogenes: prevalence and treatment strategies C Silva-Costa, A Friaes, M Ramirez, J Melo-Cristino Expert review of anti-infective therapy 13 (5), 615-628, 2015 | 70 | 2015 |
| Pediatric complicated pneumonia caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 3 in 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccinees, Portugal, 20102015 C Silva-Costa, MJ Brito, MD Pinho, A Friães, SI Aguiar, M Ramirez, ... Emerging infectious diseases 24 (7), 1307, 2018 | 61 | 2018 |
| Group A streptococci clones associated with invasive infections and pharyngitis in Portugal present differences in emm types, superantigen gene content and
A Friães, FR Pinto, C Silva-Costa, M Ramirez, J Melo-Cristino, ... BMC microbiology 12 (1), 280, 2012 | 60 | 2012 |
| Identification of macrolide-resistant clones of Streptococcus pyogenes in Portugal C Silva-Costa, M Ramirez, J Melo-Cristino Clinical microbiology and infection 12 (6), 513-518, 2006 | 60 | 2006 |
| Rapid Inversion of the Prevalences of Macrolide Resistance Phenotypes Paralleled by a Diversification of T and emm Types among Streptococcus pyogenes in
C Silva-Costa, M Ramirez, J Melo-Cristino Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 49 (5), 2109-2111, 2005 | 53 | 2005 |
| Superantigen gene complement of Streptococcus pyogenesrelationship with other typing methods and short-term stability A Friães, FR Pinto, C Silva-Costa, M Ramirez, J Melo-Cristino European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases 32, 115-125, 2013 | 52 | 2013 |
| Decrease in macrolide resistance and clonal instability among Streptococcus pyogenes in Portugal C Silva-Costa, FR Pinto, M Ramirez, J Melo-Cristino, ... Clinical microbiology and infection 14 (12), 1152-1159, 2008 | 49 | 2008 |
| Scarlet fever is caused by a limited number of Streptococcus pyogenes lineages and is associated with the exotoxin genes ssa, speA and speC C Silva-Costa, JA Carriço, M Ramirez, J Melo-Cristino The Pediatric infectious disease journal 33 (3), 306-310, 2014 | 42 | 2014 |
| Population Structure of Streptococcus pneumoniae Causing Invasive Disease in Adults in Portugal before PCV13 Availability for Adults: 2008-2011 AN Horacio, C Silva-Costa, J Diamantino-Miranda, JP Lopes, M Ramirez, ... PLoS One 11 (5), e0153602, 2016 | 38 | 2016 |
| Differences between macrolide-resistant and-susceptible Streptococcus pyogenes: importance of clonal properties in addition to antibiotic consumption C Silva-Costa, A Friães, M Ramirez, J Melo-Cristino, ... Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 56 (11), 5661-5666, 2012 | 34 | 2012 |
| Dominance of vaccine serotypes in pediatric invasive pneumococcal infections in Portugal (20122015) C Silva-Costa, MJ Brito, SI Aguiar, JP Lopes, M Ramirez, J Melo-Cristino Scientific Reports 9 (1), 6, 2019 | 25 | 2019 |
| The Viriato study: update on antimicrobial resistance of microbial pathogens responsible for community-acquired respiratory tract infections in Portugal J Melo-Cristino, L Santos, C Silva-Costa, A Friães, MD Pinho, M Ramirez Pediatric Drugs 12, 11-17, 2010 | 25 | 2010 |
| Declining macrolide resistance in Streptococcus pyogenes in Portugal (200713) was accompanied by continuous clonal changes C Silva-Costa, M Ramirez, J Melo-Cristino, ... Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 70 (10), 2729-2733, 2015 | 21 | 2015 |
| Portuguese Study Group of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease of the Pediatric Infectious Disease Society. Pediatric complicated pneumonia caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype
C Silva-Costa, MJ Brito, MD Pinho, A Friães, SI Aguiar, M Ramirez, ... Emerg Infect Dis 24 (7), 1307-1314, 2018 | 17 | 2018 |
| Conjugate vaccine serotypes persist as major causes of non-invasive pneumococcal pneumonia in Portugal despite declines in serotypes 3 and 19A (2012-2015) AN Horacio, C Silva-Costa, E Lopes, M Ramirez, J Melo-Cristino, ... PLoS One 13 (11), e0206912, 2018 | 16 | 2018 |
| Invasive pneumococcal disease in adults in Portugal: the importance of serotypes 8 and 3 (20152018) C Silva-Costa, J Gomes-Silva, I Teodoro, M Ramirez, J Melo-Cristino, ... Microorganisms 9 (5), 1016, 2021 | 15 | 2021 |
| Portuguese Group for the Study of Streptococcal Infections Serotype 3 remains the leading cause of invasive pneumococcal disease in adults in Portugal (20122014) despite
AN Horácio, C Silva-Costa, JP Lopes, M Ramirez, J Melo-Cristino Front. Microbiol 7, 1616, 2016 | 15 | 2016 |
| Continued vaccine breakthrough cases of serotype 3 complicated pneumonia in vaccinated children, Portugal (20162019) C Silva-Costa, J Gomes-Silva, MD Pinho, A Friães, M Ramirez, ... Microbiology spectrum 10 (4), e01077-22, 2022 | 13 | 2022 |
