Raquel Sá‐Leão

Molecular Typing of Methicillin-Resistant <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> by Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis: Comparison of Results Obtained in a Multilaboratory Effort Using Identical Protocols and MRSA Strains

Marilyn Chung, H. de Lencastre, Peter Matthews et al. · Microbial Drug Resistance · 2000 · 292 citations

Life Sciences, Microbiology, Molecular Biology +16

Detection of an Archaic Clone of <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> with Low-Level Resistance to Methicillin in a Pediatric Hospital in Portugal and in International Samples: Relics of a Formerly Widely Disseminated Strain?

Raquel Sá‐Leão, Ilda Santos‐Sanches, Dora C. Dias et al. · Journal of Clinical Microbiology · 1999 · 135 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Infectious Diseases, Microbiology +17

Evidence for Soft Selective Sweeps in the Evolution of Pneumococcal Multidrug Resistance and Vaccine Escape

Nicholas J. Croucher, Claire Chewapreecha, William P. Hanage et al. · Genome Biology and Evolution · 2014 · 135 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Infectious Diseases, Microbiology +17

High Rates of Transmission of and Colonization by <i>Streptococcus pneumoniae</i> and <i>Haemophilus influenzae</i> within a Day Care Center Revealed in a Longitudinal Study

Raquel Sá‐Leão, Sónia Nunes, António Brito‐Avô et al. · Journal of Clinical Microbiology · 2007 · 120 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Infectious Diseases, Microbiology +17

Analysis of Invasiveness of Pneumococcal Serotypes and Clones Circulating in Portugal before Widespread Use of Conjugate Vaccines Reveals Heterogeneous Behavior of Clones Expressing the Same Serotype

Raquel Sá‐Leão, Francisco Pinto, Sandra I. Aguiar et al. · Journal of Clinical Microbiology · 2011 · 117 citations · Full text

Veterinary Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Microbiology +16