Rosario Mato Labajos

Interesses Científicos

My principal area of expertise is microbiology, with a particular focus on microbial characterisation, antimicrobial resistance (patterns and mechanisms of resistance), molecular epidemiology and molecular genetics of Gram-positive bacterial pathogens mainly Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pneumoniae and Enterococcus spp. Currently, I am interested on the microbial evolution of other Streptococcus non pneumoniae, the spread of enterococcal multi-drug resistant and virulent clones across One Health sectors and their intra- and inter-species transmission. Furthermore, I am interested in the management and preservation of bacterial culture collection technologies including bacterial strains and DNA.

Publicações Representativas

Alves-Barroco C., J. Caço, C. Roma-Rodrigues, A.R. Fernandes, R. Bexiga, M. Oliveira, L. Chambel, R. Tenreiro, R. Mato^,* and I. Santos Sanches^,¥ New insights on Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. dysgalactiae isolates. 2021. Front. Microbiol. 12:686413. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.686413.

Mato, R. 2014. Enterococcus e outros cocos Gram-positivos. Capítulo 22. In H. Barroso, A. Meliço-Silvestre, N. Taveira (ed.), Microbiologia Médica, Vol 1. Part IV. Bacteriologia médica. Lidel Edições Técnicas Lda, Portugal. ISBN 978-989-752-057-0 

Semedo Lemsaddek, T., and R. Mato. 2012. Pathogenesis and virulence. Chapter 9 In A. de Souza Sant’Ána, B.D.G.M. Fraco (ed.); Enterococcus and safety. Advances in Food Microbiology and Food Safety (Series). Nova Science Publishers, Inc, Editors. ISBN 978-1-61470-569-7.

Proença, D., S. Fernandes, C. Leandro, F. Silva, S. Santos, M. Pimentel, F. Lopes, R. Mato, M. Garcia, P. Cavaco-Silva, and C. São José. 2012. Phage endolysins with broad antimicrobial activity against Enterococcus faecalis clinical strains. Microb. Drug Resist. 18: 322-332. doi: 10.1089/mdr.2012.0024.

Pires, R. D. Rolo, R. Mato, J. F. Almeida, C. Johansson. B. Henriques-Normark, A. Morais, A. Brito-Avô, J. G. Marques, and I. Santos-Sanches*. 2009. Resistance to bacitracin in Streptococcus pyogenes from oropharyngeal colonization and noninvasive infections in Portugal was caused by two clones of distinct virulence genotypes. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 296:235-240. doi: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2009.01642.x

Mato, R.*, F. Almeida, R. Pires, P. Rodrigues, S. Carvalho, T. Ferreira, and I. Santos-Sanches. 2009. Assessment of high-level gentamicin and glycopeptide-resistant Enterococcus faecalis and E. faecium clonal structure in a Portuguese hospital over a 3-year period. Eur. J. Clin. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 28:855-859. doi: 10.1007/s10096-009-0704-x.

Mato, R., I. Santos Sanches^*, C. Simas, S. Nunes, J.A. Carriço, N. G. Sousa, N. Frazão, J. Saldanha, A. Brito-Avô, J.S. Almeida and H. de Lencastre. 2005.Natural history of drug-resistant clones of Streptococcus pneumoniae colonizing healthy children in Portugal. Microb. Drug Resist. 11:309-322. ^* Co-autores. doi: 10.1089/mdr.2005.11.309.

Frazão, N., A. Brito-Avô, C. Simas, J. Saldanha, R. Mato, S. Nunes, N.G. Sousa, J. Carriço, J. Almeida, I. Santos-Sanches, and H. de Lencastre. 2005. Effect of the 7-valent conjugate pneumococcal vaccine on carriage and drug resistance of Streptococcus pneumoniae in healthy children attending day-care centers in Lisbon. Ped. Infect. Dis. J. 24:243-252. doi: 10.1097/01.inf.0000154326.77617.3e.

Sousa, N. G., R. Sá-Leão, M. I. Crisóstomo, C. Simas, S. Nunes, N. Frazão, J.A. Carriço, R. Mato, I. Santos-Sanches, and H. de Lencastre. 2005. Properties of novel international drug-resistant pneumococcal clones identified in day-care centers (DCCs) of Lisbon, Portugal. J. Clin. Microbiol. 43:4696-4703. doi: 10.1128/JCM.43.9.4696-4703.2005.

Nunes, S., R. Sá-Leão, J. Carriço, C. R. Alves, R. Mato, A. Brito Avô, J. Saldanha, J. S. Almeida, I. Santos Sanches, and H. de Lencastre. 2005. Trends in drug resistance, serotypes and molecular types of Streptococcus pneumoniae colonizing pre-school age children attending day care centers in Lisbon, Portugal – a summary of four years of annual surveillance. J. Clin. Microbiol. 43:1285-1293. doi: 10.1128/JCM.43.3.1285-1293.2005.

Mato, R.*, F. Campanile*, S. Stefani, M. I. Crisóstomo, M. Santagati, I. Santos Sanches, and H. de Lencastre. 2004. Clonal Types and Multidrug Resistance Patterns of Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Recovered in Italy during the 1990s. Microb. Drug. Resist. 10:106-113. ^* co-autores doi: 10.1089/1076629041310109.

Chung, M., H. de Lencastre, P. Matthews, A. Tomasz, and the Multilab Project Collaborators: I. Adamsson, M. Aires de Sousa, T. Camou, C. Cocuzza, A. Corso, I. Couto, A. Dominguez, M. Gniadkowski, R. Goering, A.Gomes, K. Kikuchi, A. Marchese, R. Mato, O. Melter, D. Oliveira, R. Palacio, R. Sá-Leão, I. Santos Sanches, J.-Hoon Song, P. T. Tassios, P. Villari. 2000. Molecular typing of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) by pulsed field gel electrophoresis: Comparison of results obtained in a multilaboratory effort using identical protocols and MRSA strains. Microb. Drug Resist. 6:189-198. doi: 10.1089/mdr.2000.6.189.

Santos Sanches, I., R. Mato, H. de Lencastre, A. Tomasz, CEM/NET Collaborators, and International Collaborators. 2000. Patterns of multidrug resistance among methicillin resistant hospital isolates of coagulase-positive and coagulase-negative staphylococci collected in the International Multicenter Study RESIST in 1997 and 1998. Microb. Drug Resist. 6:199-211. doi: 10.1089/mdr.2000.6.199.