Browsing Department of Clinical Medicine by Author "Ebbesen, Marit Helen"
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The changing spectrum of microbial aetiology of respiratory tract infections in hospitalized patients before and during the COVID-19 pandemic
Serigstad, Sondre; Markussen, Dagfinn Lunde; Ritz, Christian; Ebbesen, Marit Helen; Knoop, Siri Tandberg; Kommedal, Øyvind; Heggelund, Lars; Ulvestad, Elling; Bjørneklett, Rune Oskar; Grewal, Harleen (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-09-30)Background: The COVID-19 pandemic was met with strict containment measures. We hypothesized that societal infection control measures would impact the number of hospital admissions for respiratory tract infections, as well ... -
Diagnostic utility of oropharyngeal swabs as an alternative to lower respiratory tract samples for PCR-based syndromic testing in patients with community-acquired pneumonia
Serigstad, Sondre; Knoop, Siri Tandberg; Markussen, Dagfinn Lunde; Ulvestad, Elling; Bjørneklett, Rune Oskar; Ebbesen, Marit Helen; Kommedal, Øyvind; Grewal, Harleen (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Syndromic PCR-based analysis of lower respiratory tract (LRT) samples in patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) improves the bacterial yield and time-to-results compared to culture-based methods. However, obtaining ... -
Rapid syndromic PCR testing in patients with respiratory tract infections reduces time to results and improves microbial yield
Serigstad, Sondre; Grewal, Harleen; Ebbesen, Marit Helen; Kommedal, Øyvind; Heggelund, Lars; van Werkhoven, Werkhoven; Faurholt-Jepsen, Daniel; Clark, T.W.; Ritz, Christian; Ulvestad, Elling; Bjørneklett, Rune Oskar; Knoop, Siri Tandberg; Ravn, P.; Markussen, Dagfinn Lunde (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Lack of rapid and comprehensive microbiological diagnosis in patients with community acquired pneumonia (CAP) hampers appropriate antimicrobial therapy. This study evaluates the real-world performance of the BioFire FilmArray ...