• Clinical characteristics and factors affecting disease severity in hospitalized tick-borne encephalitis patients in Norway from 2018 to 2022 

      Skudal, Hilde Kristin; Lorentzen, Åslaug Rudjord; Stenstad, Tore; Paulsen, Else Quist; Egeland, Jens; Fevang, Børre; Jaioun, Keson; Hansen, Bjørn Åsheim; Solheim, Anne Marit; Tveten, Yngvar; Veje, Malin; Eikeland, Randi; Kersten, Hege (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)
      Purpose To describe the clinical characteristics and factors associated with disease severity in a Norwegian cohort of hospitalized patients with tick-borne encephalitis (TBE). Methods This observational multicenter study ...
    • Corticosteroids and superinfections in COVID-19 patients on invasive mechanical ventilation 

      Søvik, Signe; Barrat-Due, Andreas; Kåsine, Trine; Olasveengen, Theresa M.; Strand, Marianne Wigernes; Tveita, Anders Aune; Berdal, Jan-Erik; Lehre, Martin Andreas; Lorentsen, Torleif; Heggelund, Lars; Stenstad, Tore; Ringstad, Jetmund; Müller, Fredrik; Aukrust, Pål; Holter, Jan Cato; Nordøy, Ingvild (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Objectives To determine the incidence and characteristics of superinfections in mechanically ventilated COVID-19 patients, and the impact of dexamethasone as standard therapy. Methods This multicentre, observational, ...
    • Investigating the human jejunal microbiota 

      Villmones, Heidi Cecilie; Svanevik, Marius; Ulvestad, Elling; Stenstad, Tore; Anthonisen, Inger Lill; Nygaard, Randi Monsen; Dyrhovden, Ruben; Kommedal, Øyvind (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Descriptions of the small intestinal microbiota are deficient and conflicting. We aimed to get a reliable description of the jejunal bacterial microbiota by investigating samples from two separate jejunal segments collected ...
    • Species Level Description of the Human Ileal Bacterial Microbiota 

      Villmones, Heidi Cecilie; Haug, Erik Skaaheim; Ulvestad, Elling; Grude, Nils; Stenstad, Tore; Halland, Adrian; Kommedal, Øyvind (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      The small bowel is responsible for most of the body’s nutritional uptake and for the development of intestinal and systemic tolerance towards microbes. Nevertheless, the human small bowel microbiota has remained poorly ...