Publications 2024
Predominance of multidrug-resistant Salmonella Typhi genotype 4.3.1 with low-level ciprofloxacin resistance in Zanzibar
PLoS Negl Trop Dis, 18 (4), e0012132
DOI 10.1371/journal.pntd.0012132, PubMed 38630840
High viral loads combined with inflammatory markers predict disease severity in hospitalized COVID-19 patients: Results from the NOR-Solidarity trial
J Intern Med, 296 (3), 249-259
DOI 10.1111/joim.13820, PubMed 39011800
Prevalence and characteristics of 11 potentially diarrhoeagenic microbes in asymptomatic individuals in Norway, 2015-2020
APMIS, 132 (11), 797-806
DOI 10.1111/apm.13478, PubMed 39370710
Publications 2023
Effects of remdesivir in patients hospitalised with COVID-19: a systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
Lancet Respir Med, 11 (5), 453-464
DOI 10.1016/S2213-2600(22)00528-8, PubMed 36828006
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
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
Tracing the adaptive evolution of SARS-CoV-2 during vaccine roll-out in Norway
Virus Evol, 10 (1), vead081
DOI 10.1093/ve/vead081, PubMed 38205440
Author Correction: Titers of antibodies against ancestral SARS-CoV-2 correlate with levels of neutralizing antibodies to multiple variants
NPJ Vaccines, 8 (1), 4
DOI 10.1038/s41541-023-00600-6, PubMed 36697432
Publications 2022
Detailed stratified GWAS analysis for severe COVID-19 in four European populations
Hum Mol Genet, 31 (23), 3945-3966
DOI 10.1093/hmg/ddac158, PubMed 35848942
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
CXCL16 associates with adverse outcome and cardiac involvement in hospitalized patients with Covid-19
J Infect, 85 (6), 702-769
DOI 10.1016/j.jinf.2022.09.029, PubMed 36216188
Malaria prevalence and performance of diagnostic tests among patients hospitalized with acute undifferentiated fever in Zanzibar
Malar J, 21 (1), 54
DOI 10.1186/s12936-022-04067-z, PubMed 35183188
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
Corticosteroids and superinfections in COVID-19 patients on invasive mechanical ventilation
J Infect, 85 (1), 57-63
DOI 10.1016/j.jinf.2022.05.015, PubMed 35605805
Titers of antibodies against ancestral SARS-CoV-2 correlate with levels of neutralizing antibodies to multiple variants
NPJ Vaccines, 7 (1), 174
DOI 10.1038/s41541-022-00586-7, PubMed 36585405
Persistent T-cell exhaustion in relation to prolonged pulmonary pathology and death after severe COVID-19: Results from two Norwegian cohort studies
J Intern Med, 292 (5), 816-828
DOI 10.1111/joim.13549, PubMed 35982589
High Circulating Levels of the Homeostatic Chemokines CCL19 and CCL21 Predict Mortality and Disease Severity in COVID-19
J Infect Dis, 226 (12), 2150-2160
DOI 10.1093/infdis/jiac313, PubMed 35876699
Publications 2021
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
Neutrophil count predicts clinical outcome in hospitalized COVID-19 patients: Results from the NOR-Solidarity trial
J Intern Med, 291 (2), 241-243
DOI 10.1111/joim.13377, PubMed 34411368
[The COVID-19 pandemic – experiences from a microbiology laboratory]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 141 (18)
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.21.0643, PubMed 34911278
Persistent pulmonary pathology after COVID-19 is associated with high viral load, weak antibody response, and high levels of matrix metalloproteinase-9
Sci Rep, 11 (1), 23205
DOI 10.1038/s41598-021-02547-x, PubMed 34853380
Rapid SARS-CoV-2 variant monitoring using PCR confirmed by whole genome sequencing in a high-volume diagnostic laboratory
J Clin Virol, 141, 104906
DOI 10.1016/j.jcv.2021.104906, PubMed 34273860
Publications 2020
Imaging of patients with COVID-19
Tidsskr. Nor. Laegeforen., 140 (8), 756-760
Elevated markers of gut leakage and inflammasome activation in COVID-19 patients with cardiac involvement
J Intern Med, 289 (4), 523-531
DOI 10.1111/joim.13178, PubMed 32976665
Systemic complement activation is associated with respiratory failure in COVID-19 hospitalized patients
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 117 (40), 25018-25025
DOI 10.1073/pnas.2010540117, PubMed 32943538
Increased interleukin-6 and macrophage chemoattractant protein-1 are associated with respiratory failure in COVID-19
Sci Rep, 10 (1), 21697
DOI 10.1038/s41598-020-78710-7, PubMed 33303843
Status of COVID-19 vaccine development
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 140 (13)
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.20.0676, PubMed 32998488
Elevated plasma sTIM-3 levels in patients with severe COVID-19
J Allergy Clin Immunol, 147 (1), 92-98
DOI 10.1016/j.jaci.2020.09.007, PubMed 32971109
[Norway’s microbiological preparedness under threat]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 140 (11)
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.20.0451, PubMed 32815358
Diagnostic imaging of COVID-19 patients
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 140 (8)
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.20.0332, PubMed 32463192
Publications 2019
The impact of age on risk assessment, therapeutic practice and outcome in candidemia
Infect Dis (Lond), 51 (6), 425-434
DOI 10.1080/23744235.2019.1595709, PubMed 31010380
Publications 2018
Maternal and congenital cytomegalovirus infections in a population-based pregnancy cohort study
APMIS, 126 (12), 899-906
DOI 10.1111/apm.12899, PubMed 30378168
Correction: Impact of extensive antibiotic treatment on faecal carriage of antibiotic-resistant enterobacteria in children in a low resistance prevalence setting
PLoS One, 13 (2), e0193439
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0193439, PubMed 29466441
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
An Estimate of the Burden of Fungal Disease in Norway
J Fungi (Basel), 4 (1)
DOI 10.3390/jof4010029, PubMed 29466284
Publications 2017
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
No associations established between single nucleotide polymorphisms in human Toll-like receptor 2 and Toll-interacting protein and Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections
APMIS, 125 (10), 927-932
DOI 10.1111/apm.12734, PubMed 28736863
Endothelial IL-33 Expression Is Augmented by Adenoviral Activation of the DNA Damage Machinery
J Immunol, 198 (8), 3318-3325
DOI 10.4049/jimmunol.1600054, PubMed 28258201
Publications 2016
Correction for Blomfeldt et al., Molecular Characterization of Methicillin-Sensitive Staphylococcus aureus Isolates from Bacteremic Patients in a Norwegian University Hospital
J Clin Microbiol, 54 (9), 2404
DOI 10.1128/JCM.01436-16, PubMed 27578159
Risk Factors for Long-Term Mortality after Hospitalization for Community-Acquired Pneumonia: A 5-Year Prospective Follow-Up Study
PLoS One, 11 (2), e0148741
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0148741, PubMed 26849359
Circulating cell-free DNA is elevated in community-acquired bacterial pneumonia and predicts short-term outcome
J Infect, 73 (4), 383-6
DOI 10.1016/j.jinf.2016.07.011, PubMed 27452197
Publications 2015
Results of comprehensive diagnostic work-up in 'idiopathic' dilated cardiomyopathy
Open Heart, 2 (1), e000271
DOI 10.1136/openhrt-2015-000271, PubMed 26468400
Etiology of community-acquired pneumonia and diagnostic yields of microbiological methods: a 3-year prospective study in Norway
BMC Infect Dis, 15, 64
DOI 10.1186/s12879-015-0803-5, PubMed 25887603
Hearing loss in children in Ostfold county 2000-09
Tidsskr. Nor. Laegeforen., 135 (6), 511
[Re: Hearing loss in children in Östfold county 2000-09]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 135 (6), 513
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.15.0262, PubMed 25806741
A worrying trend in weight-adjusted paediatric antibiotic use in a Norwegian tertiary care hospital
Acta Paediatr, 104 (7), 687-92
DOI 10.1111/apa.12994, PubMed 25753620
Publications 2014
Disease mechanisms and clonidine treatment in adolescent chronic fatigue syndrome: a combined cross-sectional and randomized clinical trial
JAMA Pediatr, 168 (4), 351-60
DOI 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2013.4647, PubMed 24493300
Publications 2012
Antibiotic resistance in hospitals: a ward-specific random effect model in a low antibiotic consumption environment
Stat Med, 32 (8), 1407-18
DOI 10.1002/sim.5636, PubMed 23027651
Molecular characterization of methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus isolates from bacteremic patients in a Norwegian University Hospital
J Clin Microbiol, 51 (1), 345-7
DOI 10.1128/JCM.02571-12, PubMed 23135934
Enhanced levels of CCL19 in patients with advanced acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)
Clin Exp Immunol, 167 (3), 492-8
DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2011.04524.x, PubMed 22288592
Phylogenetic analysis of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 subtype C env gp120 sequences among four drug-naive families following subsequent heterosexual and vertical transmissions
AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses, 28 (8), 885-93
DOI 10.1089/AID.2011.0217, PubMed 22206228
The role of properdin in zymosan- and Escherichia coli-induced complement activation
J Immunol, 189 (5), 2606-13
DOI 10.4049/jimmunol.1200269, PubMed 22851705
Systemic biomarkers of inflammation and haemostasis in patients with chronic necrotizing pulmonary aspergillosis
BMC Infect Dis, 12, 144
DOI 10.1186/1471-2334-12-144, PubMed 22731696
Molecular characterisation of methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus from deep surgical site infections in orthopaedic patients
Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis, 31 (8), 1999-2004
DOI 10.1007/s10096-011-1532-3, PubMed 22258425
Publications 2011
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) types Western blot (WB) band profiles as potential surrogate markers of HIV disease progression and predictors of vertical transmission in a cohort of infected but antiretroviral therapy naïve pregnant women in Harare, Zimbabwe
BMC Infect Dis, 11, 7
DOI 10.1186/1471-2334-11-7, PubMed 21211021
Human cytomegalovirus infection increases mitochondrial biogenesis
Mitochondrion, 11 (6), 935-45
DOI 10.1016/j.mito.2011.08.008, PubMed 21907833
Publications 2010
Antenatal HIV-1 RNA load and timing of mother to child transmission; a nested case-control study in a resource poor setting
Virol J, 7, 176
DOI 10.1186/1743-422X-7-176, PubMed 20678190
Genotypic analysis of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 env V3 loop sequences: bioinformatics prediction of coreceptor usage among 28 infected mother-infant pairs in a drug-naive population
AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses, 27 (4), 411-9
DOI 10.1089/aid.2010.0142, PubMed 20969460
Toll like receptor 5 (TLR5) may be involved in the immunological response to Aspergillus fumigatus in vitro
Med Mycol, 49 (4), 375-9
DOI 10.3109/13693786.2010.531772, PubMed 21067314
Publications 2009
Strategimøte: Bruk av genteknologiske metoder ved infeksjoner med bakterier og sopp i sentralnervesystemet
In Strategimøte: Bakterielle infeksjoner i CNS, 2008, Mor Gulbergstuen, Diakonissehuset, Folkehelseinstituttet, Oslo, 42-50
PublikaID 99
Activation of platelets by Aspergillus fumigatus and potential role of platelets in the immunopathogenesis of Aspergillosis
Infect Immun, 78 (3), 1269-75
DOI 10.1128/IAI.01091-09, PubMed 20008537
Publications 2008
Prevalence of reverse transcriptase and protease mutations associated with antiretroviral drug resistance among drug-naïve HIV-1 infected pregnant women in Kagera and Kilimanjaro regions, Tanzania
AIDS Res Ther, 5, 13
DOI 10.1186/1742-6405-5-13, PubMed 18570675
Diversity of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 subtypes in Kagera and Kilimanjaro regions, Tanzania
AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses, 24 (6), 761-9
DOI 10.1089/aid.2007.0311, PubMed 18507522
Evolution of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 serotypes in northern Tanzania: a retrospective study
APMIS, 116 (6), 507-14
DOI 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2008.00996.x, PubMed 18754325
Expression of genes in normal human monocytes in response to Aspergillus fumigatus
Med Mycol, 46 (4), 327-36
DOI 10.1080/13693780701874507, PubMed 18415839
Publications 2007
Low numbers of regulatory T cells in common variable immunodeficiency: association with chronic inflammation in vivo
Clin Exp Immunol, 147 (3), 521-5
DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2006.03314.x, PubMed 17302902
Strategimøte: kvalitetssikring i bakteriologi, 2006, Mor Gulbergstuen, Diakonissehuset
Folkehelseinstituttet, Oslo, 79 s.
PublikaID 98
Leptotrichia amnionii, an emerging pathogen of the female urogenital tract
J Clin Microbiol, 45 (7), 2344-7
DOI 10.1128/JCM.00167-07, PubMed 17522272
Publications 2006
Tetradecylselenoacetic acid, a PPAR ligand with antioxidant, antiinflammatory, and hypolipidemic properties
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol, 27 (3), 628-34
DOI 10.1161/01.ATV.0000255950.70774.d5, PubMed 17185614
Polyclonal expansion of large granular lymphocytes in common variable immunodeficiency - association with neutropenia
Clin Exp Immunol, 144 (3), 418-24
DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2006.03086.x, PubMed 16734610
Enhanced T-cell expression of RANK ligand in acute coronary syndrome: possible role in plaque destabilization
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol, 26 (4), 857-63
DOI 10.1161/01.ATV.0000204334.48195.6a, PubMed 16424351
Publications 2005
Impaired base excision repair and accumulation of oxidative base lesions in CD4+ T cells of HIV-infected patients
Blood, 105 (12), 4730-5
DOI 10.1182/blood-2004-11-4272, PubMed 15705786
Modulatory effect of mannose-binding lectin on cytokine responses: possible roles in HIV infection
Eur J Clin Invest, 35 (12), 765-70
DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2362.2005.01579.x, PubMed 16313253
New-onset posttransplantation diabetes mellitus: insulin resistance or insulinopenia? Impact of immunosuppressive drugs, cytomegalovirus and hepatitis C virus infection
Curr Diabetes Rev, 1 (1), 1-10
DOI 10.2174/1573399052952604, PubMed 18220577
Is there a link between cytomegalovirus infection and new-onset posttransplantation diabetes mellitus? Potential mechanisms of virus induced beta-cell damage
Nephrol Dial Transplant, 20 (11), 2311-5
DOI 10.1093/ndt/gfi033, PubMed 16046502
Publications 2004
Interleukin-10 enhances the oxidized LDL-induced foam cell formation of macrophages by antiapoptotic mechanisms
J Lipid Res, 46 (2), 211-9
DOI 10.1194/jlr.M400324-JLR200, PubMed 15547296
Stimulation of toll-like receptor 2 in mononuclear cells from HIV-infected patients induces chemokine responses: possible pathogenic consequences
Clin Exp Immunol, 138 (1), 116-21
DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2004.02595.x, PubMed 15373913
Increased expression of toll-like receptor 2 on monocytes in HIV infection: possible roles in inflammation and viral replication
Clin Infect Dis, 39 (2), 264-9
DOI 10.1086/421780, PubMed 15307037
Blodkultur
In Eksterne kvalitetsvurderinger i bakteriologi, mykologi ogparasittologi, Nasjonalt folkehelseinstitutt, Divisjon for smittevern, Oslo, nr 16, 2002 ([Rev. utg.]), 59 bl.
BIBSYS 051009714
Abnormal interleukin-7 function in common variable immunodeficiency
Blood, 105 (7), 2887-90
DOI 10.1182/blood-2004-06-2423, PubMed 15598813
Publications 2003
Disturbed glutathione metabolism and decreased antioxidant levels in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients during highly active antiretroviral therapy--potential immunomodulatory effects of antioxidants
J Infect Dis, 188 (2), 232-8
DOI 10.1086/376459, PubMed 12854078
[Community-acquired pneumonia--management in hospitals]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 123 (6), 797-9
PubMed 12693119
Blodkultur
In Eksterne kvalitetsvurderinger i bakteriologi, mykologi ogparasittologi, Nasjonalt folkehelseinstitutt, Divisjon for smittevern, Oslo, nr 16, 2002, 61 bl.
BIBSYS 051008858
Impaired secretion of IL-10 by T cells from patients with common variable immunodeficiency--involvement of protein kinase A type I
J Immunol, 170 (11), 5772-7
DOI 10.4049/jimmunol.170.11.5772, PubMed 12759461
Recurrent group A Streptococcal genital infection after Puerperal sepsis
Scand J Infect Dis, 35 (8), 509-10
DOI 10.1080/00365540310013261, PubMed 14514155
Enhanced expression of inflammatory cytokines and activation markers in T-cells from patients with chronic heart failure
Cardiovasc Res, 60 (1), 141-6
DOI 10.1016/s0008-6363(03)00362-6, PubMed 14522416
Publications 2002
Stromal cell-derived factor-1alpha in unstable angina: potential antiinflammatory and matrix-stabilizing effects
Circulation, 106 (1), 36-42
DOI 10.1161/01.cir.0000020001.09990.90, PubMed 12093767
Human TNF-alpha in transgenic mice induces differential changes in redox status and glutathione-regulating enzymes
FASEB J, 16 (11), 1450-2
DOI 10.1096/fj.01-0948fje, PubMed 12205044