Browsing Bergen Open Research Archive by Author "Bernhoff, Eva"

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    • Highly conserved composite transposon harbouring aerobactin iuc3 in Klebsiella pneumoniae from pigs 

      Kaspersen, Håkon; Franklin-Alming, Fiona; Hetland, Marit; Bernhoff, Eva; Löhr, Iren Høyland; Jiwakanon, Jatesada; Urdahl, Anne Margrete; Leangapichart, Thongpan; Sunde, Marianne (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Klebsiella pneumoniae is an important opportunistic pathogen associated with severe invasive disease in humans. Hypervirulent K. pneumoniae, which are K. pneumoniae with several acquired virulence determinants such as the ...

    • Long-read sequencing for reliably calling the mompS allele in Legionella pneumophila sequence-based typing 

      Krøvel, Anne Vatland; Hetland, Marit Andrea Klokkhammer; Bernhoff, Eva; Bjørheim, Anna Steensen; Soma, Markus Andre; Löhr, Iren Høyland (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Sequence-based typing (SBT) of Legionella pneumophila is a valuable tool in epidemiological studies and outbreak investigations of Legionnaires’ disease. In the L. pneumophila SBT scheme, mompS2 is one of seven genes that ...

    • A nationwide genomic study of clinical Klebsiella pneumoniae in Norway 2001–15: introduction and spread of ESBLs facilitated by clonal groups CG15 and CG307 

      Fostervold, Aasmund; Hetland, Marit Andrea Klokkhammer; Bakksjø, Ragna-Johanne; Bernhoff, Eva; Holt, Kathryn E.; Samuelsen, Ørjan; Simonsen, Gunnar Skov; Sundsfjord, Arnfinn; Wyres, Kelly L.; Löhr, Iren Høyland (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Objectives To use the nationwide Norwegian surveillance programme on resistant microbes in humans (NORM) to address longitudinal changes in the population structure of Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates from 2001–15, focusing ...

    • Persistence of a pKPN3-like CTX-M-15-encoding IncFIIK plasmid in a Klebsiella pneumonia ST17 host during two years of intestinal colonization 

      Löhr, Iren Høyland; Hülter, Nils Fredrik; Bernhoff, Eva; Johnsen, Pål Jarle; Sundsfjord, Arnfinn; Naseer, Mohammed Umaer (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-03-04)
      Objectives. To characterize the CTX-M-15-encoding plasmid in a Klebsiella pneumoniae ST17 strain, responsible for an outbreak at a Norwegian neonatal intensive care unit and subsequent colonization of affected children for ...

    • Population dynamics and characteristics of Klebsiella pneumoniae from healthy poultry in Norway 

      Kaspersen, Håkon; Urdahl, Anne Margrete; Franklin-Alming, Fiona Valerie; Ilag, Hanna Karin; Hetland, Marit; Bernhoff, Eva; Löhr, Iren Høyland; Sunde, Marianne (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023-05-18)
      Klebsiella pneumoniae is an important opportunistic pathogen widely studied in relation to human infection and colonization. However, there is a lack of knowledge regarding other niches that K. pneumoniae may inhabit. K. ...

    • Risk of death in Klebsiella pneumoniae bloodstream infections is associated with specific phylogenetic lineages 

      Fostervold, Aasmund; Raffelsberger, Niclas Peter; Hetland, Marit; Bakksjø, Ragna-Johanne; Bernhoff, Eva; Samuelsen, Ørjan; Sundsfjord, Arnfinn Ståle; Afset, Jan Egil; Berntsen, Christopher Friis; Bævre-Jensen, Roar Magne; Ebbesen, Marit Helen; Gammelsrud, Karianne Wiger; Guleng, Anja D.; Handal, Nina; Jakovljev, Aleksandra; Johal, Simreen Kaur; Marvik, Åshild; Natvik, Ane Kristine; Sandnes, Rolf-Arne; Tofteland, Ståle; Bjørnholt, Jørgen; Löhr, Iren Høyland (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)
      Background Klebsiella pneumoniae species complex (KpSC) bloodstream infections (BSIs) are associated with considerable morbidity and mortality, particularly in elderly and multimorbid patients. Multidrug-resistant (MDR) ...

    • Within-patient and global evolutionary dynamics of Klebsiella pneumoniae ST17 

      Hetland, Marit; Hawkey, Jane; Bernhoff, Eva; Bakksjø, Ragna-Johanne; Kaspersen, Håkon; Rettedal, Siren; Sundsfjord, Arnfinn; Holt, Kathryn E.; Löhr, Iren Høyland (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Klebsiella pneumoniae sequence type (ST) 17 is a global problem clone that causes multidrug-resistant (MDR) hospital infections worldwide. In 2008–2009, an outbreak of MDR ST17 occurred at a neonatal intensive care unit ...