Mariana Santos Coelho

Ms. Mariana Santos Coelho


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Academic Career Length

4Years (2023-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 July 2023 in Antibiotics
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JMJoana Monteiro Marques
Joana Monteiro Marques
MCMariana Santos Coelho
Mariana Santos Coelho
ASAndressa Rodrigues Santana
Andressa Rodrigues Santana
PDPinto Florindo dos Santos Daniel
Pinto Florindo dos Santos Daniel
Teresa Semedo-LemsaddekTeresa Semedo-Lemsaddek
Teresa Semedo-Lemsaddek
Enterococcus spp. are commensals of the gastrointestinal tracts of humans and animals and colonize a variety of niches such as water, soil, and food. Over the last three decades, enterococci have evolved as opportunistic pathogens, being considered ESKAPE pathogens responsible for hospital-associated infections. Enterococci’s ubiquitous nature, excellent adaptative capacity, and ability to acquire virulence and resistance genes make them excellent sentinel proxies for assessing the presence/spread of pathogenic and virulent clones and hazardous determinants across settings of the human–animal–environment triad, allowing for a more comprehensive analysis of the One Health continuum. This review provides an overview of enterococcal fitness and pathogenic traits; the most common clonal complexes identified in clinical, veterinary, food, and environmental sources; as well as the dissemination of pathogenic genomic traits (virulome, resistome, and mobilome) found in high-risk clones worldwide, across the One Health continuum.