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Sílvia Figueiredo Costa

Universidade de São Paulo · BR
Area of research
Molecular Medicine · Infectious Diseases
Research interest
Research interests include Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, Antibiotic Use and Resistance, and Nosocomial Infections in ICU.
h-index
50
citations
9,847
works
440
NIH funding
primary concept
Medicine
email

Recent publications

Insights of bacterial community structure and occurrence of antibiotic resistance and antimicrobial compounds in an urban stream in the megacity of São Paulo, Brazil
The Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases 2026cited by 0position: contributordoi
Clostridioides difficile infections in seven Brazilian hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic: hand hygiene and antimicrobial consumption.
2026cited by 0position: contributordoi
Genotypic virulence profiles and mobile genetic elements related to invasiveness in Neisseria gonorrhoeae strains.
2026cited by 0position: contributordoi
Fatal transfusion-transmitted severe dengue in an immunocompromised host: case report and systematic literature review.
2026cited by 0position: contributordoi
Concurrent cryptococcal and dengue meningoencephalitis as initial presentation of human immunodeficiency virus infection in a patient from arbovirus-endemic northeastern Brazil: a case report.
2026cited by 0position: contributordoi
SARS-CoV-2 lineage-specific disease symptoms and disease severity in a city in southeastern Brazil.
2026cited by 0position: contributordoi
Strengthening Antimicrobial Stewardship in Primary Health Care: Development and Feasibility of Context-Adapted Prescribing Support
2026cited by 0position: contributordoi
Rapid,non-invasive detection of bacterial pathogens in liquid culture using a low-cost MOS-based electronic nose
2026cited by 0position: contributordoi
Noninvasive SARS-CoV-2 detection using a low-cost electronic nose
The Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases 2026cited by 0position: contributordoi
Spatially Organized DNA-templated Silver Nanoclusters as Potent Antimicrobial Agents for ESKAPE Infections
2025cited by 0position: contributordoi
Characterization of aminoglycoside resistance in multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates.
2025cited by 0position: contributordoi
Antimicrobial resistance and treatment failures in symptomatic and asymptomatic <i>Mycoplasma genitalium</i> infections in São Paulo, Brazil: Evidence from a cross-sectional study of sexual health clinic attendees
2025cited by 0position: contributordoi
Multiple myeloma and Chagas disease: qPCR as a marker for preemptive antiparasitic therapy: a case reports series and review.
2024cited by 3position: contributordoi
Prevalence and clinical consequences of Hepatitis C virus infection in patients undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.
2024cited by 2position: contributordoi
COVID-19 in hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients during three years of the pandemic: a multicenter study in Brazil.
2024cited by 1position: contributordoi
Streptococcus equi subspecies zooepidemicus: an emergent cause of meningoencephalitis in Northeastern Brazil.
2024cited by 0position: contributordoi
GATA genotype and FY*B(-67T&gt;C) polymorphism as a cheap and reliable tool to evaluate ethnicity in Brazilian patients submitted to autologous transplantation
JOURNAL OF BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION AND CELLULAR THERAPY 2024cited by 0position: contributordoi
Reinfection rate in a cohort of healthcare workers over 2 years of the COVID-19 pandemic.
2023cited by 49position: contributordoi
Healthcare-associated infections on the intensive care unit in 21 Brazilian hospitals during the early months of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic: An ecological study.
2023cited by 27position: contributordoi
Association between chemosensory impairment with neuropsychiatric morbidity in post-acute COVID-19 syndrome: results from a multidisciplinary cohort study.
2023cited by 21position: contributordoi
COVID-19 in hematopoietic stem-cell transplant recipients: A systematic review and meta-analysis of clinical characteristics and outcomes.
2023cited by 12position: contributordoi
Transmission of Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacterales in an Overcrowded Emergency Department: Controlling the Spread to the Hospital.
2023cited by 12position: contributordoi
Clinical, radiological and laboratory characteristics of central nervous system histoplasmosis: A systematic review of a severe disease.
2023cited by 10position: contributordoi
Strongyloides infection screening in transplant candidates: What is the best strategy?
2023cited by 6position: contributordoi
Streptococcus constellatus causing concomitant extra and intracranial abscesses complicated with sagittal sinus thrombosis.
2023cited by 6position: contributordoi
Impact of COVID-19 RT-PCR testing of asymptomatic health care workers on absenteeism and hospital transmission during the pandemic.
2023cited by 6position: contributordoi
Prevalence of latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation comparing tuberculin skin test and interferon-gamma release assay.
2023cited by 5position: contributordoi
Encephalopathy Caused by Human Parvovirus B19 Genotype 1 Associated with &lt;i&gt;Haemophilus influenzae&lt;/i&gt; Meningitis in a Newborn.
2023cited by 3position: contributordoi
Chlorhexidine susceptibility and Eagle effect in planktonic cells and biofilm of nosocomial isolates.
2023cited by 2position: contributordoi
Association between development of severe COVID-19 and a polymorphism in the CIAS1 gene that codes for an inflammasome component.
2023cited by 2position: contributordoi

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Frequent collaborators

Anna S. Levin · Universidade de São Paulo46 papers (2019–2026) · 38 papers (2019–2026) · 11 papers (2019–2026)Ester C Sabino · Universidade São Francisco9 papers (2021–2026)Vanderson Rocha · Fundação Pró-Sangue Hemocentro de São Paulo8 papers (2020–2026)Lauro Vieira Perdigão Neto · Universidade Estadual do Ceará5 papers (2021–2026)Eloísa Bonfá · Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo4 papers (2021–2022)Maria Cassia Mendes-Correa · Universidade de São Paulo4 papers (2022–2026)Luís Arthur Brasil Gadelha FARIAS · Universidade Federal do Ceará4 papers (2022–2026) · 4 papers (2021–2026) · 4 papers (2024–2026) · 4 papers (2022–2026)Igor C. Borges · Springer Nature4 papers (2022–2026)Maria T. P. Razzolini · Elsevier, Inc.4 papers (2021–2026)Geraldo F Busatto · Fundação Faculdade de Medicina4 papers (2022–2023)Debora Satie Nagano · Kyorin University3 papers (2021–2021) · 3 papers (2022–2026)Nuno Faria · The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston3 papers (2022–2026)Saidy Vásconez Noguera · Springer Nature3 papers (2021–2026) · 3 papers (2021–2026)