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Gunnar Skov Simonsen

Professor of Clinical Microbiology, UiT - The Arctic University of Norway
Verified email at unn.no
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[HTML][HTML] Attributable deaths and disability-adjusted life-years caused by infections with antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the EU and the European Economic Area in 2015 …

A Cassini, LD Högberg, D Plachouras… - The Lancet infectious …, 2019 - thelancet.com
Background Infections due to antibiotic-resistant bacteria are threatening modern health
care. However, estimating their incidence, complications, and attributable mortality is …

[HTML][HTML] The successful uptake and sustainability of rapid infectious disease and antimicrobial resistance point-of-care testing requires a complex 'mix-and-match' …

JP Hays, K Mitsakakis, S Luz, A van Belkum… - European Journal of …, 2019 - Springer
The emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistance is one of the major global issues
currently threatening the health and wealth of nations, with effective guidelines and …

Heterogeneity in the vanB Gene Cluster of Genomically Diverse Clinical Strains of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci

KH Dahl, GS Simonsen, Ø Olsvik… - Antimicrobial agents …, 1999 - Am Soc Microbiol
Molecular analysis of 17 genomically unrelated clinical VanB-type vancomycin-resistant
enterococcus isolates from hospital patients in Germany, Norway, Sweden, the United …

Antibiotic use in children–a cross-national analysis of 6 countries

I Youngster, J Avorn, V Belleudi, A Cantarutti… - The Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Objectives To describe the rates of pediatric antibiotic use across 6 countries on 3
continents. Study design Cross-national analysis of 7 pediatric cohorts in 6 countries …

Species identification and molecular characterization of Acinetobacter spp. blood culture isolates from Norway

N Karah, B Haldorsen, K Hegstad… - Journal of …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Objectives The study investigated the species distribution, antibiotic susceptibility patterns
and genotypic resistance characteristics of 113 consecutive blood culture isolates of …

[HTML][HTML] Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage is associated with serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels, gender and smoking status. The Tromsø Staph and Skin Study

K Olsen, BM Falch, K Danielsen… - European Journal of …, 2012 - Springer
Vitamin D induces the expression of antimicrobial peptides with activity against
Staphylococcus aureus. Thus, we studied the association between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin …

[HTML][HTML] Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections: diverging trends of meticillin-resistant and meticillin-susceptible isolates, EU/EEA, 2005 to 2018

C Gagliotti, LD Högberg, H Billström… - …, 2021 - eurosurveillance.org
Background Invasive infections caused by Staphylococcus aureus have high clinical and
epidemiological relevance. It is therefore important to monitor the S. aureus trends using …

Age-and gender-associated Staphylococcus aureus spa types found among nasal carriers in a general population: the Tromsø Staph and Skin Study

M Sangvik, RS Olsen, K Olsen… - Journal of clinical …, 2011 - Am Soc Microbiol
Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriers risk autoinfection; however, knowledge about the
factors that make specific strains successful colonizers is limited. This study was undertaken …

Bifidobacterium bacteremia: clinical characteristics and a genomic approach to assess pathogenicity

E Esaiassen, E Hjerde, JP Cavanagh… - Journal of clinical …, 2017 - Am Soc Microbiol
Bifidobacteria are commensals that colonize the orogastrointestinal tract and rarely cause
invasive human infections. However, an increasing number of bifidobacterial blood culture …

Stratification by interferon-γ release assay level predicts risk of incident TB

BA Winje, R White, H Syre, DH Skutlaberg, F Oftung… - Thorax, 2018 - thorax.bmj.com
Introduction Targeted testing and treatment of latent TB infection (LTBI) are priorities on the
global health agenda, but LTBI management remains challenging. We aimed to evaluate the …