Maria Ana Pessanha

Administração Regional de Saúde de Lisboa e Vale do Tejo — Portugal

Medicine · Health Sciences

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Research Topics

Respiratory viral infections research(8), Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections(6), Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis(5), SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research(4), Parvovirus B19 Infection Studies(4)

Publications33 total

The resilience of vaccine serotypes in adult invasive pneumococcal disease in Portugal, 2018–2023
Scientific Reports·2025Open Access
Correction to: Pneumococci remain the main cause of complicated pediatric pneumonia in the post-pandemic era despite extensive pneumococcal vaccine use
Pneumonia·2025Open Access
Pneumococci remain the main cause of complicated pediatric pneumonia in the post-pandemic era despite extensive pneumococcal vaccine use
Pneumonia·2024· 4 citedOpen Access
Distribution of<i>Chlamydia trachomatis ompA</i>-genotypes over three decades in Portugal
Sexually Transmitted Infections·2024· 5 cited
Seroprevalence of Protective Antibodies Against Influenza and the Reduction of the Influenza Incidence Rate: An Annual Repeated Cross‐Sectional Study From 2014 to 2019
Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Author response for "Seroprevalence of Protective Antibodies Against Influenza and the Reduction of the Influenza Incidence Rate: An Annual Repeated Cross‐Sectional Study From 2014 to 2019"
2024
Kinetics of Torque Teno Virus Viral Load Is Associated with Infection and De Novo Donor Specific Antibodies in the First Year after Kidney Transplantation: A Prospective Cohort Study
Viruses·2023· 15 citedOpen Access
Detection of JCV or BKV viruria and viremia after kidney transplantation is not associated with unfavorable outcomes
Journal of Medical Virology·2023· 6 cited
Torquetenovirus viral load is associated with anti‐spike antibody response in SARS‐CoV‐2 mRNA BNT162b2 vaccinated kidney transplant patients
Clinical Transplantation·2022· 12 citedOpen Access
Antimicrobial Resistance and Biofilms Underlying Catheter-Related Bloodstream Coinfection by Enterobacter cloacae Complex and Candida parapsilosis
Antibiotics·2022· 16 citedOpen Access
Insights on catheter-related bloodstream infections: a prospective observational study on the catheter colonization and multidrug resistance
Journal of Hospital Infection·2022· 15 citedOpen Access
SARS-CoV-2 introductions and early dynamics of the epidemic in Portugal
Communications Medicine·2022· 13 citedOpen Access
COVID-19-Associated Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis in the Intensive Care Unit: A Case Series in a Portuguese Hospital
Journal of Fungi·2021· 13 citedOpen Access
Outcomes of Living Kidney Donor Candidates and Living Kidney Recipient Candidates with JC Polyomavirus and BK Polyomavirus Viruria
International Journal of Nephrology·2021· 2 citedOpen Access
Transcontinental Dissemination of the L2b/D-Da Recombinant <i>Chlamydia trachomatis</i> Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) Strain: Need of Broad Multi-Country Molecular Surveillance
Clinical Infectious Diseases·2021· 23 citedOpen Access
Kinetics of torquetenovirus DNA load in a recent kidney transplant recipient with mild SARS‐CoV‐2 infection and a failed antibody response
Transplant Infectious Disease·2020· 11 citedOpen Access
Congenital SARS-CoV-2 Infection in a Neonate With Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal·2020· 24 cited
Streptococcus pneumoniae as a Cause of Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Portuguese Adults: A single-center retrospective study
2020
Biofilms and catheter related bloodstream infection: a tale of two kigdoms
Scientific Repository of the National Health Institute Doutor Ricardo Jorge (Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge)·2020
Changes in emm types and superantigen gene content of Streptococcus pyogenes causing invasive infections in Portugal
Scientific Reports·2019· 23 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Cristina Toscano(11), Ana Paula Castro(9), Paulo Lopes(8), José Melo‐Cristino(7), Luísa Jordão(7), Mário Ramirez(6), José Diogo(6), João Paulo Gomes(6), Perpétua Gómes(6), Marília Gião(5), Henrique Oliveira(5), Margarida Pinto(5), Odete Chantre(5), Isabel Peres(5), Isabel Daniel(5), Cristina Marcelo(5), Luís Lito(5), Filomena Martins(5), Elsa Gonçalves(5), Teresa Morais(5)