Angela Franca
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Recent Articles
1.
Sousa L, Novak J, Franca A, Muzny C, Cerca N
Microb Ecol
. 2024 Sep;
87(1):117.
PMID: 39294302
Bacterial vaginosis (BV), the most common vaginal infection worldwide, is characterized by the development of a polymicrobial biofilm on the vaginal epithelium. While Gardnerella spp. have been shown to have...
2.
Silva M, Pinto G, Franca A, Azeredo J, Melo L
mSystems
. 2024 Jun;
9(7):e0026324.
PMID: 38904376
In nature, bacteria often survive in a stationary state with low metabolic activity. Phages use the metabolic machinery of the host cell to replicate, and, therefore, their efficacy against non-dividing...
3.
Lopes N, Pereira R, Correia A, Vilanova M, Cerca N, Franca A
J Med Microbiol
. 2024 May;
73(5).
PMID: 38743043
biofilms are one of the major causes of bloodstream infections related to the use of medical devices. The diagnosis of these infections is challenging, delaying their treatment and resulting in...
4.
Pohl C, Franca A
Front Cell Infect Microbiol
. 2023 Sep;
13:1271026.
PMID: 37662016
No abstract available.
5.
Oliveira F, Gaio V, Bras S, Oliveira S, Franca A
Pathogens
. 2023 Aug;
12(8).
PMID: 37624024
is a major nosocomial pathogen with a remarkable ability to adhere to the surfaces of indwelling medical devices and form biofilms. Unlike other nosocomial pathogens, the interaction of with host...
6.
Franca A, Cerca N
Methods Mol Biol
. 2023 Aug;
2967:133-149.
PMID: 37608108
Quantitative PCR (qPCR) is one of the most used techniques to quantify gene expression in bacterial biofilms due to its easiness, sensitivity, and robustness. However, several practical aspects need to...
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Franca A
Antibiotics (Basel)
. 2023 Mar;
12(3).
PMID: 36978421
Infections are one of the most significant complications of neonates, especially those born preterm, with sepsis as one of the principal causes of mortality. Coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS), a group of...
8.
Armbruster C, Franca A, Kushugulova A, Mauch R, Martin-Rodriguez A
Front Cell Infect Microbiol
. 2023 Mar;
13:1169998.
PMID: 36936771
No abstract available.
9.
Bras S, Franca A
Antibiotics (Basel)
. 2022 Nov;
11(11).
PMID: 36421239
Bloodstream infections caused by are often misdiagnosed since no diagnostic marker found so far can unequivocally discriminate "true" infection from sample contamination. While attempts have been made to find genomic...
10.
Lima A, Franca A, Muzny C, Taylor C, Cerca N
Appl Microbiol Biotechnol
. 2022 Nov;
106(24):7993-8006.
PMID: 36374332
Quantitative PCR (qPCR) has become a widely used technique for bacterial quantification. The affordability, ease of experimental design, reproducibility, and robustness of qPCR experiments contribute to its success. The establishment...