Burdens of respiratory infection and consumption of antibiotics in Østfold, Norway

PhD student Sara Debes, MD, is studying respiratory infections and antibiotic consumption in her project at the Østfold Hospital. The project utilises data from the Norwegian Prescription Database (Reseptregisteret), Norwegian Patient Registry, electronic hospital records and microbiological data from hospitalised patients between 2008-2017. In a substudy, the prevalence and clinical outcome of viral respiratory infections will be described.

Sara Debes is in the middle of the research group with her two co-supervisors, Jon Birger Haug and Christine Jonassen. Main supervisor, Susanne G Dudman, is not in this picture