Publications by Truls M. Leegaard
73 publications found
Original articles
No association between disease severity and respiratory syncytial virus subtypes RSV-A and RSV-B in hospitalized young children in Norway
PLoS One, 19 (3), e0298104
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0298104, PubMed 38466702
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
Pleural Empyema Caused by Streptococcus intermedius and Fusobacterium nucleatum: A Distinct Entity of Pleural Infections
Clin Infect Dis, 77 (10), 1361-1371
DOI 10.1093/cid/ciad378, PubMed 37348872
Performance of automated antimicrobial susceptibility testing for the detection of antimicrobial resistance in gram-negative bacteria: a NordicAST study
APMIS, 131 (10), 543-551
DOI 10.1111/apm.13346, PubMed 37590014
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
Prevalence and Characteristics Associated With Post-COVID-19 Condition Among Nonhospitalized Adolescents and Young Adults
JAMA Netw Open, 6 (3), e235763
DOI 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.5763, PubMed 36995712
Inflammatory markers and pulmonary function in adolescents and young adults 6 months after mild COVID-19
Front Immunol, 13, 1081718
DOI 10.3389/fimmu.2022.1081718, PubMed 36685555
The burden of hospital-attended influenza in Norwegian children
Front Pediatr, 10, 963274
DOI 10.3389/fped.2022.963274, PubMed 36160779
Neurological Involvement in COVID-19 Among Non-Hospitalized Adolescents and Young Adults
Front Neurol, 13, 915712
DOI 10.3389/fneur.2022.915712, PubMed 35812102
Inflammatory Markers, Pulmonary Function, and Clinical Symptoms in Acute COVID-19 Among Non-Hospitalized Adolescents and Young Adults
Front Immunol, 13, 837288
DOI 10.3389/fimmu.2022.837288, PubMed 35222429
Prevalence of antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 among pregnant women in Norway during the period December 2019 through December 2020
Epidemiol Infect, 150, e28
DOI 10.1017/S0950268822000073, PubMed 35022102
Genetic diversity of rotavirus strains circulating in Norway before and after the introduction of rotavirus vaccination in children
J Med Virol, 94 (6), 2624-2631
DOI 10.1002/jmv.27484, PubMed 34837228
Impact of the Rotavirus Vaccination Program in Norway After Four Years With High Coverage
Pediatr Infect Dis J, 40 (4), 368-374
DOI 10.1097/INF.0000000000003020, PubMed 33399430
Rapid Diagnostics of Orthopaedic-Implant-Associated Infections Using Nanopore Shotgun Metagenomic Sequencing on Tissue Biopsies
Microorganisms, 9 (1)
DOI 10.3390/microorganisms9010097, PubMed 33406597
Are conventional microbiological diagnostics sufficiently expedient in the era of rapid diagnostics? Evaluation of conventional microbiological diagnostics of orthopedic implant-associated infections (OIAI)
Acta Orthop, 92 (2), 204-207
DOI 10.1080/17453674.2020.1844499, PubMed 33167775
Assessing Severity in Pediatric Pneumonia: Predictors of the Need for Major Medical Interventions
Pediatr Emerg Care, 36 (4), e208-e216
DOI 10.1097/PEC.0000000000001179, PubMed 28538606
Quantifying the transmission dynamics of MRSA in the community and healthcare settings in a low-prevalence country
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 116 (29), 14599-14605
DOI 10.1073/pnas.1900959116, PubMed 31262808
[Premature infants should receive early vaccination against rotavirus]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 139 (10)
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.19.0079, PubMed 31238656
Clinical symptoms and markers of disease mechanisms in adolescent chronic fatigue following Epstein-Barr virus infection: An exploratory cross-sectional study
Brain Behav Immun, 80, 551-563
DOI 10.1016/j.bbi.2019.04.040, PubMed 31039432
Fatigue in Epstein-Barr virus infected adolescents and healthy controls: A prospective multifactorial association study
J Psychosom Res, 121, 46-59
DOI 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2019.04.008, PubMed 31003854
Lifestyle factors during acute Epstein-Barr virus infection in adolescents predict physical activity six months later
Acta Paediatr, 108 (8), 1521-1526
DOI 10.1111/apa.14728, PubMed 30685875
Travel to Asia is a strong predictor for carriage of cephalosporin resistant E. coli and Klebsiella spp. but does not explain everything; prevalence study at a Norwegian hospital 2014-2016
Antimicrob Resist Infect Control, 7, 146
DOI 10.1186/s13756-018-0429-7, PubMed 30534366
Predictors of chronic fatigue in adolescents six months after acute Epstein-Barr virus infection: A prospective cohort study
Brain Behav Immun, 75, 94-100
DOI 10.1016/j.bbi.2018.09.023, PubMed 30261303
Challenges in the identification of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus argenteus by routine diagnostics
APMIS, 126 (6), 533-537
DOI 10.1111/apm.12843, PubMed 29924450
Epidemiology and spa-type diversity of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in community and healthcare settings in Norway
J Hosp Infect, 100 (3), 316-321
DOI 10.1016/j.jhin.2017.12.019, PubMed 29288777
A comparison of extended spectrum β-lactamase producing Escherichia coli from clinical, recreational water and wastewater samples associated in time and location
PLoS One, 12 (10), e0186576
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0186576, PubMed 29040337
Mycoplasma Pneumoniae: A Cross-sectional Population-based Comparison of Disease Severity in Preschool and School-age Children
Pediatr Infect Dis J, 36 (10), 930-936
DOI 10.1097/INF.0000000000001628, PubMed 28471864
First environmental sample containing plasmid-mediated colistin-resistant ESBL-producing Escherichia coli detected in Norway
APMIS, 125 (9), 822-825
DOI 10.1111/apm.12720, PubMed 28640456
MRSA infections in Norway: A study of the temporal evolution, 2006-2015
PLoS One, 12 (6), e0179771
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0179771, PubMed 28640901
erm gene distribution among Norwegian Bacteroides isolates and evaluation of phenotypic tests to detect inducible clindamycin resistance in Bacteroides species
Anaerobe, 47, 226-232
DOI 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2017.06.004, PubMed 28602805
Listeria monocytogenes infection associated with alemtuzumab - - a case for better preventive strategies
BMC Neurol, 17 (1), 65
DOI 10.1186/s12883-017-0848-8, PubMed 28376817
Clinical features and inflammatory markers in pediatric pneumonia: a prospective study
Eur J Pediatr, 176 (5), 629-638
DOI 10.1007/s00431-017-2887-y, PubMed 28281094
Fecal carriage of extended spectrum β-lactamase producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae after urinary tract infection - A three year prospective cohort study
PLoS One, 12 (3), e0173510
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0173510, PubMed 28267783
HPV Genotyping of Modified General Primer-Amplicons Is More Analytically Sensitive and Specific by Sequencing than by Hybridization
PLoS One, 12 (1), e0169074
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0169074, PubMed 28045981
High frequency of occupied attB regions in Norwegian Staphylococcus aureus isolates supports a two-step MRSA screening algorithm
Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis, 36 (1), 65-74
DOI 10.1007/s10096-016-2771-0, PubMed 27638009
DNA microarray analysis of Staphylococcus aureus causing bloodstream infection: bacterial genes associated with mortality?
Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis, 35 (8), 1285-95
DOI 10.1007/s10096-016-2663-3, PubMed 27177754
Etiology of Pneumonia in a Pediatric Population with High Pneumococcal Vaccine Coverage: A Prospective Study
Pediatr Infect Dis J, 35 (3), e69-75
DOI 10.1097/INF.0000000000001009, PubMed 26599568
Population-based epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection: clonal complex 30 genotype is associated with mortality
Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis, 35 (5), 803-13
DOI 10.1007/s10096-016-2601-4, PubMed 26873380
Studying the time trend of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in Norway by use of non-stationary γ-Poisson distributions
BMJ Open, 5 (10), e007163
DOI 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-007163, PubMed 26438133
Suitability of stx-PCR directly from fecal samples in clinical diagnostics of STEC
APMIS, 123 (10), 872-8
DOI 10.1111/apm.12428, PubMed 26303619
Anaerobic blood culture isolates in a Norwegian university hospital: identification by MALDI-TOF MS vs 16S rRNA sequencing and antimicrobial susceptibility profiles
APMIS, 123 (9), 749-58
DOI 10.1111/apm.12410, PubMed 26123879
Comparison of nasopharyngeal aspirate with flocked swab for PCR-detection of respiratory viruses in children
APMIS, 123 (6), 473-7
DOI 10.1111/apm.12375, PubMed 25904242
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
Anti-pertussis antibody kinetics following DTaP-IPV booster vaccination in Norwegian children 7-8 years of age
Vaccine, 32 (45), 5931-6
DOI 10.1016/j.vaccine.2014.08.069, PubMed 25218299
High prevalence of faecal carriage of ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae in Norwegian patients with gastroenteritis
Scand J Infect Dis, 46 (6), 462-5
DOI 10.3109/00365548.2014.896031, PubMed 24702690
Performance of the EUCAST disk diffusion method, the CLSI agar screen method, and the Vitek 2 automated antimicrobial susceptibility testing system for detection of clinical isolates of Enterococci with low- and medium-level VanB-type vancomycin resistance: a multicenter study
J Clin Microbiol, 52 (5), 1582-9
DOI 10.1128/JCM.03544-13, PubMed 24599985
USA300 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Norway
APMIS, 121 (11), 1091-6
DOI 10.1111/apm.12077, PubMed 23607421
A rapid, high-throughput screening method for carriage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
APMIS, 121 (9), 865-70
DOI 10.1111/apm.12049, PubMed 23294413
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is increasing in Norway: a time series analysis of reported MRSA and methicillin-sensitive S. aureus cases, 1997-2010
PLoS One, 8 (8), e70499
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0070499, PubMed 23936442
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 VIM-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae from Scandinavia reveals genetic relatedness with international clonal complexes encoding transferable multidrug resistance
Clin Microbiol Infect, 17 (12), 1811-6
DOI 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2011.03532.x, PubMed 21595797
[Dramatic case report caused by a rare bacteria]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 130 (2), 149-51
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.08.0715, PubMed 20125205
Phenotypic and genomic characterization of pneumococcus-like streptococci isolated from HIV-seropositive patients
Microbiology (Reading), 156 (Pt 3), 838-848
DOI 10.1099/mic.0.035345-0, PubMed 19959577
Molecular epidemiology of metallo-beta-lactamase-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from Norway and Sweden shows import of international clones and local clonal expansion
Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 54 (1), 346-52
DOI 10.1128/AAC.00824-09, PubMed 19884381
Prevalence and characterization of integrons in blood culture Enterobacteriaceae and gastrointestinal Escherichia coli in Norway and reporting of a novel class 1 integron-located lincosamide resistance gene
Ann Clin Microbiol Antimicrob, 3, 12
DOI 10.1186/1476-0711-3-12, PubMed 15242512
Do HIV-seropositive patients become colonised with drug-resistant microorganisms?
Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis, 21 (12), 856-63
DOI 10.1007/s10096-002-0827-9, PubMed 12525920
Frequency of disinfectant resistance genes and genetic linkage with beta-lactamase transposon Tn552 among clinical staphylococci
Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 46 (9), 2797-803
DOI 10.1128/AAC.46.9.2797-2803.2002, PubMed 12183231
Trend of multiple drug resistant Salmonella Typhimurium in Norway
Euro Surveill, 7 (1), 5-7
DOI 10.2807/esm.07.01.00352-en, PubMed 12631953
Antibiotic sensitivity still prevails in Norwegian blood culture isolates
Int J Antimicrob Agents, 18 (2), 99-106
DOI 10.1016/s0924-8579(01)00364-8, PubMed 11516931
Emerging antibiotic resistance in Salmonella typhimurium in Norway
Epidemiol Infect, 125 (3), 473-80
DOI 10.1017/s095026880000488x, PubMed 11218197
Apparent differences in antimicrobial susceptibility as a consequence of national guidelines
Clin Microbiol Infect, 6 (6), 290-3
DOI 10.1046/j.1469-0691.2000.00086.x, PubMed 11168136
Low occurrence of antibiotic resistance in Escherichia coli and staphylococci isolated from blood cultures in two Norwegian hospitals in 1991-92 and 1995-96
APMIS, 107 (12), 1060-8
PubMed 10660135
Antibiotic resistance mechanisms in Salmonella species causing bacteraemia in Malawi and Kenya
APMIS, 104 (4), 302-6
DOI 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1996.tb00721.x, PubMed 8645470
Review articles
Viral epidemic preparedness: a perspective from five clinical microbiology laboratories in Europe
Clin Microbiol Infect (in press)
DOI 10.1016/j.cmi.2023.04.024, PubMed 37119988
Training and assessment of medical specialists in clinical microbiology and infectious diseases in Europe
Clin Microbiol Infect, 27 (11), 1581-1588
DOI 10.1016/j.cmi.2021.07.009, PubMed 34260952
Specialist training in medical microbiology across Europe in 2021-an update on the actual training situation based on a survey
Clin Microbiol Infect, 27 (11), 1576-1580
DOI 10.1016/j.cmi.2021.06.027, PubMed 34197933
Infectious Pseudochromhidrosis: A Case Report and Literature Review
Acta Derm Venereol, 100 (1), adv00005
DOI 10.2340/00015555-3338, PubMed 31612235
Other articles
[Norway’s microbiological preparedness under threat]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 140 (11)
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.20.0451, PubMed 32815358
Premature infants should be vaccinated early against rotavirus
Tidsskr. Nor. Laegeforen., 139 (10), 906-907
Microbial aetiology of paediatric pneumonia complicated with parapneumonic effusion in the era of pneumococcal vaccination
Infect Dis (Lond), 48 (9), 712-4
DOI 10.1080/23744235.2016.1192721, PubMed 27301332
Identification of Enterobacteriaceae isolates with OXA-48 and coproduction of OXA-181 and NDM-1 in Norway
J Antimicrob Chemother, 68 (7), 1682-5
DOI 10.1093/jac/dkt058, PubMed 23463214
Clostridium tertium: 3 case reports
Scand J Infect Dis, 37 (3), 230-2
DOI 10.1080/00365540410020910, PubMed 15849058
Theses
Occurrence of antibiotic resistant bacteria in Norway: susceptibility still prevails at the turn of the millennium
In Series of dissertations submitted to the Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Unipub, Oslo, no. 34, 1 b. (flere pag.)
BIBSYS 021458677, ISBN 82-8080-015-8