Docente
Adriana De Jesus Inacio Belas

Resume

Invited Assistant Professor and Researcher at Faculty of veterinary Medicine, Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias (FMV-ULHT) and Head of Microbiology Laboratory of the Teaching Hospital -FMV (November 2020 to data). Researcher at Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Animal Health (CIISA) - Faculty of veterinary Medicine - University of Lisbon. Her researcher interests focus on several aspects of antimicrobial resistance (AMR)/ biocide resistance in a One Health context, namely the epidemiology of MDRpatogenic bacteria of clinical relevance in human and veterinary medicine, the contribuition of gut microbiome and therapeutic approaches. PhD in Veterinary Science/ Biological and Biomedical sciences (2016-2021) from Faculty of Veterinary Medicine - University of Lisbon, MSc in Food safety (2010-2012) from Faculty of Veterinary Medicine – Technical University of Lisbon and Graduated in Biotechnological Engennier (1997-2004) from Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias (ULHT).

Graus

• Licenciatura
  Engenharia Biotecnológica
• Mestrado
  Mestrado em Segurança Alimentar
• Doutoramento
  Doutoramento em Medicina Veterinária

Publicações

Magazine article

• 2014, Resíduos de xenobióticos em mel nacional., Riscos e Alimentos nº 6, Autoridade de Segurança Alimentar e Económica (ASAE)

Journal article

• 2021-12-29, Human and Companion Animal Proteus mirabilis Sharing, Microbiology Research
• 2021-11-24, ESBL/AmpC-Producing Enterobacteriaceae Fecal Colonization in Dogs after Elective Surgery, Microbiology Research
• 2021-01-14, Epidemiological Study of Pesticide Poisoning in Domestic Animals and Wildlife in Portugal: 2014–2020, Frontiers in Veterinary Science
• 2020-04, In vitro antimicrobial efficacy of two medical grade honey formulations against common high-risk meticillin-resistant staphylococci and Pseudomonas spp. pathogens, Veterinary Dermatology
• 2020-01-21, OXA-181-Producing Extraintestinal Pathogenic Escherichia coli Sequence Type 410 Isolated from a Dog in Portugal, Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
• 2020, Sharing of clinically important antimicrobial resistance genes by companion animals and their human household members., Microbial Drug Resistance
• 2019-09-16, Detection of multidrug resistance and extended-spectrum/plasmid-mediated AmpC beta-lactamase genes in Enterobacteriaceae isolates from diseased cats in Italy, Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery
• 2019-04-03, Evidence of Sharing of Klebsiella pneumoniae Strains between Healthy Companion Animals and Cohabiting Humans, Journal of Clinical Microbiology
• 2019-03-01, Klebsiella pneumoniae causing urinary tract infections in companion animals and humans: population structure, antimicrobial resistance and virulence genes, Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
• 2019-01, Clonal relatedness of Proteus mirabilis strains causing urinary tract infections in companion animals and humans, Veterinary Microbiology
• 2018-10-05, Emergence of Escherichia coli ST131 H30/H30-Rx subclones in companion animals, Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
• 2018-06, First report on antimicrobial resistance and molecular characterisation of Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi isolated from human specimens in Luanda, Angola, Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance
• 2018-05, Risk Factors for Nasal Colonization by Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococci in Healthy Humans in Professional Daily Contact with Companion Animals in Portugal, Microbial Drug Resistance
• 2018-02-01, Increase in antimicrobial resistance and emergence of major international high-risk clonal lineages in dogs and cats with urinary tract infection: 16 year retrospective study, Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
• 2017-09, Clonal spread of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus- t6065 - CC5-SCC mec V- agr II in a Libyan hospital, Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance
• 2016-12, European multicenter study on antimicrobial resistance in bacteria isolated from companion animal urinary tract infections, BMC Veterinary Research
• 2016-12, Acquisition of the fexA and cfr genes in Staphylococcus pseudintermedius during florfenicol treatment of canine pyoderma, Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance
• 2016-06, Trends and molecular mechanisms of antimicrobial resistance in clinical staphylococci isolated from companion animals over a 16 year period, Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
• 2016-04, Efficacy of medical grade honey in the management of canine otitis externa - a pilot study, Veterinary Dermatology
• 2016-02, Comparative RNA-seq-Based Transcriptome Analysis of the Virulence Characteristics of Methicillin-Resistant and -Susceptible Staphylococcus pseudintermedius Strains Isolated from Small Animals, Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
• 2015-09, Clonal diversity, virulence patterns and antimicrobial and biocide susceptibility among human, animal and environmental MRSA in Portugal, Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
• 2014-08, Risk factors for faecal colonisation with Escherichia coli producing extended-spectrum and plasmid-mediated AmpC ß-lactamases in dogs.
• 2014, First description of fexA-positive meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST398 from calves in Portugal, Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance
• 2014, Fatores de risco de colonização fecal com Escherichia coli produtores de ß-lactamases do tipo AmpC de largo espectro e mediadas por plasmídeos., Veterinary Record - Edição Portuguesa.
• 2013-09, Within-lineage variability of ST131 Escherichia coli isolates from humans and companion animals in the south of Europe.
• 2013-09, Biocide and antimicrobial susceptibility of methicillin-resistant staphylococcal isolates from horses.
• 2013-07, Genetic Relatedness, Antimicrobial and Biocide Susceptibility Comparative Analysis of Methicillin-Resistant and -Susceptible Staphylococcus pseudintermedius from Portugal.
• 2013-00, First report of swine-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST398 in Lithuania., Polish Journal of Veterinary Sciences
• 2012-12, Immediate after birth transmission of epidemic Salmonella enterica Typhimurium monophasic strains in pigs is a likely event.
• 2012, Screening of synthetic acaricides residues in honey
• 2011, Distribution of animal poisoning in some Portuguese regions
• 2010, Wildlife pesticide poisoning in Portugal: Retrospective analytical results
• 2007, Hepatic drug metabolism under induced hepatic dysfunction by galactosamine
• 2006, Drug pharmacokinetic in hepatodysfunction: A possible way to toxicity

Thesis / Dissertation

• 2012, Master, Resíduos de medicamentos veterinários em mel

Book chapter

• 2020, The Public Health Risk of Companion Animal to Human Transmission of Antimicrobial Resistance During Different Types of Animal Infection., Advances in Animal Health, Medicine and Production., Springer
• 2020, The Gut Microbiome and Antimicrobial Resistance in Companion Animals, Advances in Animal Health, Medicine and Production, Springer International Publishing
• 2020, Antimicrobial Resistance Trends in Dogs and Cats with Urinary Tract Infection.

Conference abstract

• 2020-10, Occurrence and Characterization of Carbapenemase and ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae isolates from companion animals with skin/soft tissue or urinary tract infections in Portugal and United Kingdom: a potential risk to public health., 2nd International Conference of the European College of Veterinary Microbiology
• 2020-10, Identification of colistin-resistant Escherichia coli strains isolated from Portuguese dogs., 2nd International Conference of the European College of Veterinary Microbiology
• 2020-09-06, Plasmid-mediated colistin resistance mcr-1 gene harbored on multidrug resistant isolates from companion animals in Portugal., Congresso of the European College of Internal Medicine – Companion Animals
• 2020-09-02, Gut microbiome evaluation in dogs with naturally-occurring hyperadrenocorticism., Congresso of the European College of Internal Medicine – Companion Animals
• 2020-09-02, Extended-spectrum-beta-lactamases- and carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae isolated from the gut of sick companion animals in Portugal., Congress of the European College of Internal Medicine – Companion Animals
• 2019-09-27, ESBLs_pAmpC- producing Escherichia coli causing urinary tract infections in companion animals and humans in Portugal: antimicrobial resistance, pathogenicity and clonal diversity., 1stInternational Conference of the European College of Veterinary Microbiology
• 2019-06-11, Human and companion animal interspecies sharing of Faecal Proteus, III IC2AR Congress
• 2019-06-11, Gut microbiome of healthy dogs from households and shelters., III IC2AR Congress
• 2018-09-14, Virulence and antimicrobial resistance of Escherichia coli Sequence Type 131 H30 and other human pandemic clones spreading in companion animals., 27th European Congress of Veterinary Internal Medicine – Companion Animals
• 2018-09, Dogs as reservoirs of uropathogenic Klebsiella pneumoniae to humans., 28th Congress of the European College of Internal Medicine – Companion Animals
• 2018-06-14, Companion animals and humans with UTI share common uropathogenic Klebsiella pneumoniae., 27th European Congress of Veterinary Internal Medicine – Companion Animals
• 2017-09-08, Multidrug-resistant extended-spectrum-beta-lactamase and plasmid-mediated AmpC beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae isolated from diseased cats in Southern Italy, 26th European Congress of Veterinary Internal Medicine – Companion Animals
• 2017-04-22, Risk factors for nasal colonization by methicillin- resistant staphylococci in healthy humans in professional contact with companion animals in Portugal., 27th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
• 2017-04-17, Sharing of clinically important antimicrobial resistance genes by companion animals and their human household members., 27th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
• 2016-09-10, Major international high-risk resistant human Klebsiella pneumoniae lineages are causing urinary tract infections in companion animals., 25th European Congress of Veterinary Internal Medicine – Companion Animals
• 2016, Emergence of human pathogenic Enterococcus faecalis CC2 lineages in companion animals., 25th European Congress of Veterinary Internal Medicine – Companion Animals
• 2015-04, Spread of highly successful human multidrug-resistant clones causing urinary tract infections in companion animals., 25th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
• 2015, Risk factors for faecal colonization with Escherichia coli producing extended­spectrum and plasmid­mediated AmpC beta­lactamases in dogs without antimicrobial pressure., 24th European Congress of Veterinary Internal Medicine – Companion Animals
• 2015, Insights into the evolution of antimicrobial resistance in staphylococci isolated from companion animals: a 16-year study in Portugal., 25th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
• 2015, Emergence of multidrug-resistant bacteria causing urinary tract infections in companion animals a 14-year retrospective study in Portugal., 24th European Congress of Veterinary Internal Medicine – Companion Animals
• 2013-11-20, Epidemic IncI1 and IncF plasmids allow the dissemination of blaCTX-M-1 and 32 genes in different Escherichia coli clones from pigs at slaughter, ESCMID Conference on Escherichia coli: An old friend with new things.
• 2013-11-20, Detection and characterization of cmy2 plasmids from Escherichia coli in companion animals and humans., ESCMID Conference on Escherichia coli: An old friend with new things.
• 2013-11-20, Are Animals a reservoir of pathogenic Escherichia coli in Humans ?, ESCMID Conference on Escherichia coli: An old friend with new things
• 2013-11, Longitudinal characterization of commensal ESBL-producing Escherichia coli in fecal samples from pigs from three Portuguese herds., ESCMID Conference on Escherichia coli: An old friend with new things

Conference poster

• 2020-04-04, qPCR to detect mecA in faecal samples: a tool for assessing resistance burden amongst pets and their owners in the microbiological ‘fast age’?. , 30th ECCMID (European congress of clinical microbiology and infectious diseases).
• 2020-04-04, Screening and characterization of multidrug resistant Enterobacteriaceae in healthy companion animals in close contact with humans, 30th ECCMID (European congress of clinical microbiology and infectious diseases)
• 2020-04-04, Public health impacto of ESBLs pAmpC – producing Escherichia coli causing urinary tract infections in non-related companion animal and humans.., 30th ECCMID (European congress of clinical microbiology and infectious diseases).
• 2020-04-04, Molecular detection of the mcr-1 mobile colistin resistance gene in healthy humans and a dog with skin infection from Portugal., 30th ECCMID (European congress of clinical microbiology and infectious diseases)
• 2019-12-07, Sharing of ESBS and pAmpC-producing Escherichia coli in healthy companion animals and their household human member, Microbiotec 19
• 2019-12-07, Public health impact of ESBLs and pAmpC- producing Escherichia coli causing urinary tract infections in non-related companion animals and humans, Microbiotec 19
• 2019-12-07, ESBL and Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in healthy companion animals in close contact with humans., Microbiotec 19
• 2019-12-07, Companion animals with Skin and Soft Tissue Infection share multidrug resistant Escherichia coli strains gut colonization with their human household members, Microbiotec 19
• 2019-09-26, Survey of ESBL and Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae and MRSA in Companion Animals in close contact with humans, Portugal. , 1stInternational Conference of the European College of Veterinary Microbiology
• 2019-07-01, Analysis of ESBLproducing Escherichia coli from pets and their owners , faecal carriage of different CTX-M producing E. coli in a dog and a human in Portugal.., 8th Symposium on Antimicrobial Resistance in Animals and the Environment.
• 2019-04-13, First report of a OXA 181 producing Escherichia coli from a dog in Portugal., 29th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID)
• 2019-04-13, Fecal microbiome of healthy dogs from households and shelters., 30th ECCMID (European congress of clinical microbiology and infectious diseases)
• 2018-09-27, In vitro anti staphylococcal efficacy of medical grade honey formulation against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST22 and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus pseudintermedius ST71 major high risk lineages., European Veterinary Dermatology Congress.
• 2018-09-27, Emergence of carbapenemase resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from otitis externa in companion animals, European Veterinary Dermatology Congress
• 2018-08-23, Biocide susceptibility in Staphylococcus epidermidis causing infection in pets., International Symposium on Staphylococci and Staphylococcus infections
• 2018-04-21, Human and companion animal faecal carriage of P mirabilis evidence of intra and interspecies sharing, 28th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID)
• 2018-04-21, Evidence of Klebsiella pneumoniae sharing between healthy companion animals and co habiting humans, 28th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID)
• 2018-04-21, Clonal relatedness of community and hospitalacquired Proteus mirabilis strains causing urinary tract infections in companion animals and humans, 28th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID)
• 2017-09-14, Evidence of sharing of MDR K pneumoniae between infected and non infected cats from same household., 27th European Congress of Veterinary Internal Medicine – Companion Animals
• 2017-06-29, Using the formula for rational antimicrobial therapy for prudent antimicrobial use in feline urinary tract Infection., International Society of Feline Medicine World Feline Congress 2017
• 2017-06-29, Use of amoxicillin/clavulanate in the treatment of ESBLproducing Klebsiella pneumoniae feline UTI. , International Society of Feline Medicine World Feline Congress 2017
• 2017-06-29, Cats with a urinary tract infection are reservoirs of antimicrobial resistant and virulent Escherichia coli isolates?, International Society of Feline Medicine World Feline Congress 2017
• 2017-06-12, The gut of healthy dogs is a reservoir of antimicrobial resistant and pathogenic Escherichia coli. , II IC2AR Congress
• 2017-04-22, Virulence and antimicrobial resistance mechanisms of uropathogenic proteus mirabilis from companion animals and humans. , 27th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
• 2016-09-08, Nosocomial faecal colonization by extended spectrum beta lactamase producer Gram negative bacteria in healthy dogs, 26th European Congress of Veterinary Internal Medicine - Companion Animals
• 2016-06-20, Emergence of CMY2 producing proteus mirabilis in companion animals with UTI 16 years study. , ASM Microbe 2016
• 2016-06-20, Companion animals are reservoirs of high risk human ESBL and AmpCproducing Escherichia coli Lineages., ASM Microbe 2016
• 2016-06-20, CTX-M-15-producing multidrug resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae high risk lineages cause urinary tract infection in companion animals, ASM Microbe 2016
• 2016-04-09, Spread of major human ESBL and AmpCproducing Escherichia coli lineages in companion animals with UTI over 17 years in Portugal., 26th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
• 2016-04-09, Resistant CC17 E faecium causing urinary tract infections in companion animals. , 26th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
• 2016-04-09, Expansion of ESBLproducing high-risk virulent ST15 Klebsiella pneumoniae lineage causing urinary tract infection in companion animals, 26th Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
• 2015-07-01, Multidrug-resistant uropathogenic bacteria in cats a 13 Year retrospective snapshot, International Society of Feline Medicine Congress 2015
• 2015-04-25, The transmission of blaCTX-M-1 and 32 throughout the pig production cycle is independent of E. coli clones or epidemic plasmids. , 25th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
• 2015-04-25, Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis and Staphylococcus haemolyticus in Portugal a comparison between companion animals and humans in close contact., 25th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
• 2015-04-25, Are animals a reservoir of extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli strains and blaCTX-M-1 and 32 epidemic plasmids for humans? , 25th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
• 2014-05-10, CMY2 and CTX-M-15 beta-lactamase producing O25bH4B2ST131 Escherichia coli spread in urinary tract infection in the community in Portugal., 24th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
• 2013-11-04, Virulence factors, agr groups (alleles), biofilm forming ability in methicillin resistance and methicillin susceptible Staphylococcus pseudintermedius., 3rd ASM-ESCMID Conference on Methicillin-resistant staphylococci in Animals: Veterinary and Public Health Implications
• 2013-11-04, Trends in antimicrobial resistance in clinical staphylococci isolated from companion animals over a 8 year period. , 3rd ASM-ESCMID Conference on Methicillin-resistant staphylococci in Animals: Veterinary and Public Health Implications
• 2013-11-04, Genetic relatedness, antimicrobial and biocide susceptibility patterns among human, animal and environmental methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Portugal., 3rd ASM-ESCMID Conference on Methicillin-resistant staphylococci in Animals: Veterinary and Public Health Implications
• 2013-06, Glomerular filtration in dogs submitted to therapeutic protocols with antineoplastic drugs. Preliminary results, European Society of Veterinary Oncology – Annual Congress
• 2013-04-27, Comparative study of ESBL producing and non producers ST131 Escherichia coli isolates from human and companion animals in the South of Europe., 23rd European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 2013
• 2013-02-15, Trends in the prevalence of methicillin resistance staphylococci isolated from companion animals., International Meeting on Emerging Diseases and Surveillance
• 2013-02-15, Prevalence of commensal ESBL producing Escherichia coli strains isolated from piglets from birth to nursery on three Portuguese industrial pig farms, International Meeting on Emerging Diseases and Surveillance
• 2013-02-15, Escherichia coli B2 and D virulent phylotypes carry extended spectrum and pAmpC beta-lactamases in healthy dogs with no antimicrobial pressure. , International Meeting on Emerging Diseases and Surveillance
• 2013-02-15, Detection of monophasic Salmonella Typhimurium and its susceptibility throughout pigs life cycle from three industrial pig herds in Portugal, International Meeting on Emerging Diseases and Surveillance
• 2013-02-15, Detection of bacteria resistant to critically important antimicrobials from lower urinary tract infections in cats and dogs from Portugal., International Meeting on Emerging Diseases and Surveillance
• 2013-02-13, Relative activity overtime of chlorhexidine and benzalkonium chloride against methicillin resistant staphylococci isolates from horses, International Meeting on Emerging Diseases and Surveillance
• 2012-08-26, Minimum bactericidal concentrations of four biocides and the presence of qac genes. , 15th International Symposium on Staphylococci and Staphylococcal Infections 2012
• 2012-08-26, Loss of the mecA gene during storage of a methicillin resistant Staphylococcus cohnii subsp cohnii strain, 15th International Symposium on Staphylococci and Staphylococcal Infections 2012
• 2012-08-26, First report of livestock associated MRSA ST398 in Lithuania, 15th International Symposium on Staphylococci and Staphylococcal Infections 2012
• 2012-08-26, Comparative analysis of antimicrobial biocide susceptibility data of methicillin resistant and susceptible S. pseudintermedius, 15th International Symposium on Staphylococci and Staphylococcal Infections 2012
• 2012-08-26, Antimicrobial resistance among equine methicillin resistant staphylococci. , 15th International Symposium on Staphylococci and Staphylococcal Infections 2012
• 2012-06-26, Vertical transmission of monophasic salmonella typhimurium in pigs., 3rd ASM Conference on Antimicrobial Resistance in Zoonotic Bacteria and Foodborne Pathogens in Animals, Humans, and the Environment.
• 2012-06-26, Co resistance genes and phylogenetic groups of CTX-M, IRT and AmpC hyperproducers E. coli strains from diseased calves in Portugal. , 3rd ASM Conference on Antimicrobial Resistance in Zoonotic Bacteria and Foodborne Pathogens in Animals, Humans, and the Environment
• 2012-06-22, Sow to piglets transmission of Escherichia coli blaCTX-M-1 and blaCTX-M-32 genes evidence of in vivo mutation?, 3rd ASM Conference on Antimicrobial Resistance in Zoonotic Bacteria and Foodborne Pathogens in Animals, Humans, and the Environment
• 2012-03-31, Colonization with extended spectrum and plasmid mediated AmpC beta lactamases Escherichia coli producers in healthy dogs without antimicrobial pressure - a cross sectional study, 22nd European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
• 2012-03-31, Clonality of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus and methicillin resistant Staphylococcus pseudintermedius isolated from healthy and sick companion animals and humans in Portugal, 22nd European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases