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Turid Mannsaker

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Arnesen T, Seterelv S, Norheim G, Helgebostad S, Mannsaker T, Ly I, et al.
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen . 2015 Dec; 135(23-24):2160-4. PMID: 26674036
Background: Tuberculosis is a rare disease in Norway, especially among those who are born here. Contact tracing for cases of pulmonary tuberculosis is essential to find others who are ill...
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Guzman Herrador B, Ronning K, Borgen K, Mannsaker T, Dahle U
BMC Public Health . 2015 Apr; 15:367. PMID: 25879411
Background: Approximately 90% of new tuberculosis (TB) cases notified in Norway are asylum seekers and other immigrants from high-incidence countries. Asylum seekers are screened upon arrival at the National Immigration...
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Yimer S, Norheim G, Namouchi A, Zegeye E, Kinander W, Tonjum T, et al.
J Clin Microbiol . 2015 Feb; 53(4):1301-9. PMID: 25673798
Recent genotyping studies of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Ethiopia have reported the identification of a new phylogenetically distinct M. tuberculosis lineage, lineage 7. We therefore investigated the genetic diversity and association...
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Eldholm V, Norheim G, von der Lippe B, Kinander W, Dahle U, Caugant D, et al.
Genome Biol . 2014 Nov; 15(11):490. PMID: 25418686
Background: Mycobacterium tuberculosis is characterized by a low mutation rate and a lack of genetic recombination. Yet, the rise of extensively resistant strains paints a picture of a microbe with...
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Hoefsloot W, van Ingen J, Andrejak C, Angeby K, Bauriaud R, Bemer P, et al.
Eur Respir J . 2013 Apr; 42(6):1604-13. PMID: 23598956
A significant knowledge gap exists concerning the geographical distribution of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) isolation worldwide. To provide a snapshot of NTM species distribution, global partners in the NTM-Network European Trials...
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Holberg-Petersen M, Jenum P, Mannsaker T, Melby K
Scand J Infect Dis . 2010 Nov; 43(3):221-4. PMID: 21108541
An in-house nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was prospectively compared with culture for Bordetella pertussis detection in 435 nasopharyngeal and/or throat swabs from 304 patients. One hundred specimens - 21%...
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Leegaard T, Bootsma H, Caugant D, Eleveld M, Mannsaker T, Froholm L, et al.
Microbiology (Reading) . 2009 Dec; 156(Pt 3):838-848. PMID: 19959577
Accurate differentiation between pneumococci and other viridans streptococci is essential given their differences in clinical significance. However, classical phenotypic tests are often inconclusive, and many examples of atypical reactions have...
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Winje B, Mannsaker T, Langeland N, Heldal E
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen . 2008 Nov; 128(22):2588-92. PMID: 19023372
Background: The emergence of drug-resistant tuberculosis is one of the main challenges in the global combat against tuberculosis. The objective of the article is to discuss the main causes for...
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Winje B, Oftung F, Korsvold G, Mannsaker T, Ly I, Harstad I, et al.
BMC Infect Dis . 2008 Oct; 8:140. PMID: 18928541
Background: In Norway, screening for tuberculosis infection by tuberculin skin test (TST) has been offered for several decades to all children in 9th grade of school, prior to BCG-vaccination. The...
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Mphahlele M, Syre H, Valvatne H, Stavrum R, Mannsaker T, Muthivhi T, et al.
J Clin Microbiol . 2008 Aug; 46(10):3459-64. PMID: 18753350
Pyrazinamide is important in tuberculosis treatment, as it is bactericidal to semidormant mycobacteria not killed by other antituberculosis drugs. Pyrazinamide is also one of the cornerstone drugs retained in the...