José Melo‐Cristino

University of Lisbon — Portugal

Medicine · Health Sciences

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Research Topics

Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections(84), Streptococcal Infections and Treatments(84), Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus(65), Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria(49), Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing(42)

Publications306 total

Two Streptococcus agalactiae ST283 invasive infections in Portugal raise the possibility of the emergence of this unusual lineage in Europe
Frontiers in Microbiology·2026Open Access
Increasingly Frequent Parapneumonic Empyema by Group A Streptococcus Is More Severe Than by Streptococcus pneumoniae
The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal·2025
The resilience of vaccine serotypes in adult invasive pneumococcal disease in Portugal, 2018–2023
Scientific Reports·2025Open Access
“Cabo Verde: is it really malaria-free?”
Journal of Travel Medicine·2025
Increase of macrolide resistance among <i>Streptococcus pyogenes</i> pharyngitis driven by a <i>mef</i> (A)- <i>msr</i> (D)/ <i>emm</i> 2-ST55 lineage in Portugal (2014–2019)
Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy·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
Hidden Allies: Decoding the Core Endohyphal Bacteriome of <scp> <i>Aspergillus fumigatus</i> </scp>
Environmental Microbiology Reports·2025Open Access
Genome-wide analysis and longitudinal study of Klebsiella pneumoniae in Portugal: Tracing the evolution and spread of carbapenem resistance
International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
A European survey on anaerobes from paediatric blood cultures: a comparative analysis with adults
European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases·2025Open Access
CC180 clade dynamics do not universally explain Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 3 persistence post-vaccine: a global comparative population genomics study
EBioMedicine·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Unseen but unforgettable - refractive bacilli in the gram stain of a muscular abscess
European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases·2025· 1 cited
Diagnostic and epidemiological landscape of anaerobic bacteria in Europe, 2020–2023 (ANAEuROBE)
International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents·2025· 8 citedOpen Access
Characteristics of Streptococcus pyogenes causing invasive infections among adults in Portugal, 2016–2019: Pre-COVID-19 expansion of the M1UK sublineage
Journal of Microbiology Immunology and Infection·2025· 3 citedOpen Access
Histoplasma capsulatum var. duboisii: A Case of Histoplasmosis 50 Years After the Exposure
Cureus·2025· 3 citedOpen Access
Dissemination of arr-2 and arr-3 is associated with class 1 integrons in Klebsiella pneumoniae clinical isolates from Portugal
Medical Microbiology and Immunology·2025· 1 cited
Pneumococci remain the main cause of complicated pediatric pneumonia in the post-pandemic era despite extensive pneumococcal vaccine use
Pneumonia·2024· 4 citedOpen Access
Hidden allies: Decoding the core endohyphal bacteriome of Aspergillus fumigatus
2024· 1 citedOpen Access
CC180 clade dynamics do not universally explain <i>Streptococcus pneumoniae</i> serotype 3 persistence post-vaccine: a global comparative population genomics study
2024· 2 citedOpen Access
Rebound of pediatric invasive pneumococcal disease in Portugal after the COVID-19 pandemic was not associated with significant serotype changes
Journal of Infection·2024· 29 citedOpen Access
Are these lesions contagious?
Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica (English ed )·2024
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Frequent Co-authors

Mário Ramirez(31), Francisco Pinto(8), Elisabete Martins(8), Catarina Silva‐Costa(6), João João Mendes(6), Patrícia Cavaco‐Silva(6), Sandra I. Aguiar(6), João André Carriço(5), Hermı́nia de Lencastre(5), Isabel Couto(5), Isa Serrano(5), Ana Friães(5), Carla Mottola(4), Manuela Oliveira(4), Luís Lito(4), Luís Tavares(3), Sofia Santos Costa(3), Miguel Viveiros(3), Marcos D. Pinho(3), Fernanda Rodrigues(2)