Fungal and Bacterial Infections Research Group Publications
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Molecular epidemiology of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates causing invasive and noninvasive infection in Ethiopia
Sci Rep, 14 (1), 21409
DOI 10.1038/s41598-024-72762-9, PubMed 39271789 -
'Bloodstream infection': A valuable concept we should keep in our toolbox
J Infect, 89 (4), 106236
DOI 10.1016/j.jinf.2024.106236, PubMed 39097005 -
Estimating vaccine effectiveness against COVID-19 using cause-specific sick leave as an indicator: a nationwide population-based cohort study, Norway, July 2021 - December 2022
BMC Public Health, 24 (1), 1861
DOI 10.1186/s12889-024-19374-0, PubMed 38992631 -
Bacterial growth in patients with low back pain and Modic changes: protocol of a multicentre, case-control biopsy study
BMJ Open, 14 (5), e082244
DOI 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-082244, PubMed 38719329 -
Risk of death in Klebsiella pneumoniae bloodstream infections is associated with specific phylogenetic lineages
J Infect, 88 (5), 106155
DOI 10.1016/j.jinf.2024.106155, PubMed 38574775 -
Role of bacteria and microbial metabolites in immune modulation during early life
Scand J Immunol, 99 (2), e13336
DOI 10.1111/sji.13336, PubMed 38441196 -
Patient perspectives on infection prevention and control in cancer care: a survey of knowledge and attitudes among persons with cancer and their next of kin
J Hosp Infect, 146, 21-30
DOI 10.1016/j.jhin.2024.01.012, PubMed 38311296 -
Meropenem pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic target attainment and clinical response in ICU patients: A prospective observational study
Acta Anaesthesiol Scand, 68 (4), 502-511
DOI 10.1111/aas.14376, PubMed 38286568 -
The first vanE-type vancomycin resistant Enterococcus faecalis isolates in Norway - phenotypic and molecular characteristics
J Glob Antimicrob Resist, 36, 193-199
DOI 10.1016/j.jgar.2023.12.021, PubMed 38154751 -
The first tigecycline resistant Enterococcus faecium in Norway was related to tigecycline exposure
J Glob Antimicrob Resist, 36, 112-115
DOI 10.1016/j.jgar.2023.12.002, PubMed 38122982 -
The population structure of vancomycin-resistant and -susceptible Enterococcus faecium in a low-prevalence antimicrobial resistance setting is highly influenced by circulating global hospital-associated clones
Microb Genom, 9 (12)
DOI 10.1099/mgen.0.001160, PubMed 38112685 -
Genomic insights into Enterococcus faecium isolates from marine bivalves highlight One Health concerns and healthcare linkages
Microb Genom, 9 (12)
DOI 10.1099/mgen.0.001154, PubMed 38085805 -
Microbial exposure during early life regulates development of bile duct inflammation
Scand J Gastroenterol, 59 (2), 192-201
DOI 10.1080/00365521.2023.2278423, PubMed 37997753 -
The epidemiology of multidrug-resistant organisms in persons diagnosed with cancer in Norway, 2008-2018: expanding surveillance using existing laboratory and register data
Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis, 43 (1), 121-132
DOI 10.1007/s10096-023-04698-3, PubMed 37980302 -
Improvement in Neisseria gonorrhoeae culture rates by bedside inoculation and incubation at a clinic for sexually transmitted infections
Ann Clin Microbiol Antimicrob, 22 (1), 27
DOI 10.1186/s12941-023-00576-0, PubMed 37072830 -
Clinical outcomes of antimicrobial resistance in cancer patients: a systematic review of multivariable models
BMC Infect Dis, 23 (1), 247
DOI 10.1186/s12879-023-08182-3, PubMed 37072711 -
The Role of Procalcitonin as an Antimicrobial Stewardship Tool in Patients Hospitalized with Seasonal Influenza
Antibiotics (Basel), 12 (3)
DOI 10.3390/antibiotics12030573, PubMed 36978440 -
Clusters of healthcare-associated SARS-CoV-2 infections in Norwegian hospitals detected by a fully automatic register-based surveillance system
J Hosp Infect, 135, 50-54
DOI 10.1016/j.jhin.2023.02.014, PubMed 36913981 -
Guideline for management of septic arthritis in native joints (SANJO)
J Bone Jt Infect, 8 (1), 29-37
DOI 10.5194/jbji-8-29-2023, PubMed 36756304 -
Treatment of Ductal Carcinoma in situ: A Register-Based Study of Norwegian Women Diagnosed between 1995 and 2018
Breast Care (Basel), 17 (5), 486-494
DOI 10.1159/000524564, PubMed 36684407 -
Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy; can it be used as a rapid typing method of Neisseria gonorrhoeae?
J Microbiol Methods, 205, 106675
DOI 10.1016/j.mimet.2023.106675, PubMed 36681126 -
Identification of Mycobacterium abscessus Subspecies by MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry and Machine Learning
J Clin Microbiol, 61 (1), e0111022
DOI 10.1128/jcm.01110-22, PubMed 36602341 -
Case report: A prosthetic valve endocarditis caused by Legionella bozemanae in an immunocompetent patient
Front Med (Lausanne), 9, 1055465
DOI 10.3389/fmed.2022.1055465, PubMed 36405607 -
Omicron Variant Generates a Higher and More Sustained Viral Load in Nasopharynx and Saliva Than the Delta Variant of SARS-CoV-2
Viruses, 14 (11)
DOI 10.3390/v14112420, PubMed 36366518 -
High vaccine effectiveness against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and severe disease among residents and staff of long-term care facilities in Norway, November 2020-June 2021
Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol, 2 (1), e10
DOI 10.1017/ash.2021.246, PubMed 36310780 -
Breakthrough infections with the omicron and delta variants of SARS-CoV-2 result in similar re-activation of vaccine-induced immunity
Front Immunol, 13, 964525
DOI 10.3389/fimmu.2022.964525, PubMed 36159859 -
Age and product dependent vaccine effectiveness against SARS-CoV-2 infection and hospitalisation among adults in Norway: a national cohort study, July-November 2021
BMC Med, 20 (1), 278
DOI 10.1186/s12916-022-02480-4, PubMed 36050718 -
Register-based surveillance of COVID-19 in nursing homes
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 142 (8)
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.21.0906, PubMed 35635409 -
Emergence and dissemination of antimicrobial resistance in Escherichia coli causing bloodstream infections in Norway in 2002-17: a nationwide, longitudinal, microbial population genomic study
Lancet Microbe, 2 (7), e331-e341
DOI 10.1016/S2666-5247(21)00031-8, PubMed 35544167 -
Ultrafast and Cost-Effective Pathogen Identification and Resistance Gene Detection in a Clinical Setting Using Nanopore Flongle Sequencing
Front Microbiol, 13, 822402
DOI 10.3389/fmicb.2022.822402, PubMed 35369431 -
[Tailored interventions result in better antimicrobial management in Norwegian hospitals]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 142 (5)
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.22.0094, PubMed 35324115 -
Comparing Screening Outcomes for Digital Breast Tomosynthesis and Digital Mammography by Automated Breast Density in a Randomized Controlled Trial: Results from the To-Be Trial
Radiology, 303 (1), E23
DOI 10.1148/radiol.229003, PubMed 35312347 -
Multicentre study on the reproducibility of MALDI-TOF MS for nontuberculous mycobacteria identification
Sci Rep, 12 (1), 1237
DOI 10.1038/s41598-022-05315-7, PubMed 35075208 -
Factors Affecting Antibiotic Prescription among Hospital Physicians in a Low-Antimicrobial-Resistance Country: A Qualitative Study
Antibiotics (Basel), 11 (1)
DOI 10.3390/antibiotics11010098, PubMed 35052975 -
Multicenter Evaluation of Rapid BACpro® II for the Accurate Identification of Microorganisms Directly from Blood Cultures Using MALDI-TOF MS
Diagnostics (Basel), 11 (12)
DOI 10.3390/diagnostics11122251, PubMed 34943488 -
Prevalence of genotypic antimicrobial resistance in clinical Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli in Norway, 2018 to 2020
J Med Microbiol, 70 (12)
DOI 10.1099/jmm.0.001454, PubMed 34870582 -
Sepsis treatment options identified by 10-year study of microbial isolates and antibiotic susceptibility in a level-four neonatal intensive care unit
Acta Paediatr, 111 (3), 519-526
DOI 10.1111/apa.16189, PubMed 34787905 -
The Oslo Ischaemia Study: cohort profile
BMJ Open, 11 (10), e049111
DOI 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-049111, PubMed 34645662 -
Characterization of Shiga Toxin 2a Encoding Bacteriophages Isolated From High-Virulent O145:H25 Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli
Front Microbiol, 12, 728116
DOI 10.3389/fmicb.2021.728116, PubMed 34566932 -
Novel genomic islands and a new vanD-subtype in the first sporadic VanD-type vancomycin resistant enterococci in Norway
PLoS One, 16 (7), e0255187
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0255187, PubMed 34297779 -
Evaluation of the Effects of Remdesivir and Hydroxychloroquine on Viral Clearance in COVID-19 : A Randomized Trial
Ann Intern Med, 174 (9), 1261-1269
DOI 10.7326/M21-0653, PubMed 34251903 -
AMR-Diag: Neural network based genotype-to-phenotype prediction of resistance towards β-lactams in Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae
Comput Struct Biotechnol J, 19, 1896-1906
DOI 10.1016/j.csbj.2021.03.027, PubMed 33897984 -
Shifts in the Skin Microbiota after UVB Treatment in Adult Atopic Dermatitis
Dermatology, 238 (1), 109-120
DOI 10.1159/000515236, PubMed 33887725 -
SARS-CoV-2 in health and care staff in Norway, 2020
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 141 (3)
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.20.1048, PubMed 33624971 -
Effects of antimicrobials on Shiga toxin production in high-virulent Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli
Microb Pathog, 152, 104636
DOI 10.1016/j.micpath.2020.104636, PubMed 33242644 -
Hospital physicians' experiences with procalcitonin - implications for antimicrobial stewardship; a qualitative study
BMC Infect Dis, 20 (1), 515
DOI 10.1186/s12879-020-05246-6, PubMed 32677903 -
Factors increasing the risk of inappropriate vancomycin therapy in ICU patients: A prospective observational study
Acta Anaesthesiol Scand, 64 (9), 1295-1304
DOI 10.1111/aas.13658, PubMed 32578201 -
Rapid identification of pathogens, antibiotic resistance genes and plasmids in blood cultures by nanopore sequencing
Sci Rep, 10 (1), 7622
DOI 10.1038/s41598-020-64616-x, PubMed 32376847 -
[Asylum seekers’ health and use of health services in Norway]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 140 (4)
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.19.0470, PubMed 32192269 -
The recent emergence of a highly related virulent Clostridium difficile clade with unique characteristics
Clin Microbiol Infect, 26 (4), 492-498
DOI 10.1016/j.cmi.2019.09.004, PubMed 31525517 -
Experiences from multiplex PCR diagnostics of faeces in hospitalised patients: clinical significance of Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) and culture negative campylobacter
BMC Infect Dis, 19 (1), 630
DOI 10.1186/s12879-019-4271-1, PubMed 31315581 -
Quantifying the transmission dynamics of MRSA in the community and healthcare settings in a low-prevalence country
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 116 (29), 14599-14605
DOI 10.1073/pnas.1900959116, PubMed 31262808 -
Transfer of a bla CTX-M-1-carrying plasmid between different Escherichia coli strains within the human gut explored by whole genome sequencing analyses
Sci Rep, 8 (1), 280
DOI 10.1038/s41598-017-18659-2, PubMed 29321570 -
Epidemiology and spa-type diversity of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in community and healthcare settings in Norway
J Hosp Infect, 100 (3), 316-321
DOI 10.1016/j.jhin.2017.12.019, PubMed 29288777 -
How to: identify non-tuberculous Mycobacterium species using MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry
Clin Microbiol Infect, 24 (6), 599-603
DOI 10.1016/j.cmi.2017.11.012, PubMed 29174730 -
Impact of extensive antibiotic treatment on faecal carriage of antibiotic-resistant enterobacteria in children in a low resistance prevalence setting
PLoS One, 12 (11), e0187618
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0187618, PubMed 29112974 -
erm gene distribution among Norwegian Bacteroides isolates and evaluation of phenotypic tests to detect inducible clindamycin resistance in Bacteroides species
Anaerobe, 47, 226-232
DOI 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2017.06.004, PubMed 28602805 -
Fat and vitamin intakes during pregnancy have stronger relations with a pro-inflammatory maternal microbiota than does carbohydrate intake
Microbiome, 4 (1), 55
DOI 10.1186/s40168-016-0200-3, PubMed 27756413 -
A novel Direct MIC-gradient Strip Method to screen for antibiotic-resistant faecal Enterobacteriaceae
J Microbiol Methods, 129, 94-97
DOI 10.1016/j.mimet.2016.08.007, PubMed 27526992 -
Standardised surveillance of Clostridium difficile infection in European acute care hospitals: a pilot study, 2013
Euro Surveill, 21 (29)
DOI 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.29.30293, PubMed 27472820 -
Diversity and antifungal susceptibility of Norwegian Candida glabrata clinical isolates
J Oral Microbiol, 8, 29849
DOI 10.3402/jom.v8.29849, PubMed 26861194 -
Large IncHI2-plasmids encode extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs) in Enterobacter spp. bloodstream isolates, and support ESBL-transfer to Escherichia coli
Clin Microbiol Infect, 19 (11), E516-8
DOI 10.1111/1469-0691.12274, PubMed 23800169 -
Multilocus sequence typing of serial Candida albicans isolates from children with cancer, children with cystic fibrosis and healthy controls
Med Mycol, 50 (6), 619-26
DOI 10.3109/13693786.2012.675088, PubMed 22524637 -
Unchanged antibiotic susceptibility in Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa after long-term in vitro exposure to antineoplastic drugs
Chemotherapy, 58 (2), 118-22
DOI 10.1159/000337058, PubMed 22507969 -
[Bacterial resistance against antibiotics]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 128 (21), 2452-6
PubMed 19096468 -
[Coagulase-negative staphylococci--biofilm and antibiotic resistance]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 128 (23), 2746-9
PubMed 19079425 -
Update of Clostridium difficile infection due to PCR ribotype 027 in Europe, 2008
Euro Surveill, 13 (31)
PubMed 18761903 -
Febrile neutropenia in children with cancer: a retrospective Norwegian multicentre study of clinical and microbiological outcome
Scand J Infect Dis, 40 (4), 301-7
DOI 10.1080/00365540701670436, PubMed 17918015 -
Does Pseudomonas aeruginosa colonization influence morbidity and mortality in the intensive care unit patient? Experience from an outbreak caused by contaminated oral swabs
Acta Anaesthesiol Scand, 50 (9), 1095-102
DOI 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2006.01044.x, PubMed 16987339 -
Use of rifampicin and ciprofloxacin combination therapy after surgical debridement in the treatment of early manifestation prosthetic joint infections
Clin Microbiol Infect, 11 (10), 843-5
DOI 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2005.01230.x, PubMed 16153261 -
Reasons for terminating an exercise test provide independent prognostic information: 2014 apparently healthy men followed for 26 years
Eur Heart J, 26 (14), 1394-401
DOI 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi278, PubMed 15855193 -
Lung function, smoking and mortality in a 26-year follow-up of healthy middle-aged males
Eur Respir J, 25 (4), 618-25
DOI 10.1183/09031936.05.00008504, PubMed 15802334 -
[Tularemia from a cat bite]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 124 (24), 3197-8
PubMed 15608764 -
[Bite wound infections]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 124 (24), 3194-6
PubMed 15608763 -
Symptom-limited exercise testing, ST depressions and long-term coronary heart disease mortality in apparently healthy middle-aged men
Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil, 11 (4), 320-7
DOI 10.1097/01.hjr.0000136460.57921.46, PubMed 15292766 -
Exercise testing of healthy men in a new perspective: from diagnosis to prognosis
Eur Heart J, 25 (11), 978-86
DOI 10.1016/j.ehj.2004.04.009, PubMed 15172470 -
Possible angina detected by the WHO angina questionnaire in apparently healthy men with a normal exercise ECG: coronary heart disease or not? A 26 year follow up study
Heart, 90 (6), 627-32
DOI 10.1136/hrt.2003.012542, PubMed 15145862 -
Early versus late morning measurement of blood pressure in healthy men. A potential source of measurement bias?
Blood Press, 11 (6), 366-70
DOI 10.1080/080370502321095339, PubMed 12523680 -
Hypothesis: the recent decline in coronary heart disease mortality--mainly a shift from fatal to non-fatal events?
Scand Cardiovasc J, 34 (5), 468-74
DOI 10.1080/140174300750064620, PubMed 11191936 -
Erythrocyte sedimentation rate: a possible marker of atherosclerosis and a strong predictor of coronary heart disease mortality
Eur Heart J, 21 (19), 1614-20
DOI 10.1053/euhj.2000.2148, PubMed 10988014 -
Fasting blood glucose: an underestimated risk factor for cardiovascular death. Results from a 22-year follow-up of healthy nondiabetic men
Diabetes Care, 22 (1), 45-9
DOI 10.2337/diacare.22.1.45, PubMed 10333902 -
Selection of antibiotics-important change in sample response from the microbiologist
Tidsskr. Nor. Laegeforen., 139 (12), 1132-1133