Filomena Martins Pereira

Research interests are:

• STI epidemiology, clinical and laboratory diagnosis and antibiotic resistance
• Prevention of Group B streptococci (GBS) neonatal infections, antibiotic susceptibility patterns and description of resistance genes
• Travel medicine

1. Marks M, Yin YP, Chen XS, Castro A, Causer L, Guy R, Wangnapi R, Mitjà O, Aziz A, Castro R, da Luz Martins Pereira F, Taleo F, Guinard J, Bélec L, Tun Y, Bottomley C, Ballard RC, Mabey DCW (2016). Metaanalysis of the Performance of a Combined Treponemal and Nontreponemal Rapid Diagnostic Test for Syphilis and Yaws (2016). Clin Infect Dis. Sep 1;63(5):627-633. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciw348. Epub 2016 May 23.
2. Castro R, Águas MJ, Batista T, Araújo C, Mansinho K, Pereira F (2016). Detection of Treponema pallidum Sp. Pallidum DNA in Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) by Two PCR Techniques. J Clin Lab Anal; 30 (5):628-32
3. Nebenzahl H G, Castro R, Tavira L, Pereira F(2013). Assessing therapeutic management of vaginal and urethral symptoms in an Anonymous HIV Testing Center in Luanda, Angola. J Infect Dev Ctries; 7(10):720-725.
4. Castro R, Lopes A, Pereira F (2014). Evaluation of an Immunochromatographic Point-of-Care Test for the Simultaneous Detection of Nontreponemal and Treponemal Antibodies in Patients With Syphilis. Sex Transm Dis. Aug; 41(8):467-9
5. Florindo C, Damiao V, Silvestre I, Farinha C, Rodrigues F, Nogueira F, Martins-Pereira F, Castro R, Borrego MJ, Santos-Sanches I (2014). Epidemiological surveillance of colonising group B Streptococcus epidemiology in the Lisbon and Tagus Valley regions, Portugal (2005 to 2012): emergence of a new epidemic type IV/clonal complex 17 clone.; Group for the Prevention of Neonatal GBS Infection. Euro Surveill. 12;19 (23). pii: 20825.