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Bacteremia after oral surgical procedures and antibiotic prophylaxis
(1998-11-20)
The use of antibiotic prophylaxis in patients predisposed to infective endocarditis who are undergoing oral surgical procedures is widely accepted. Because no controlled clinical trials of antibiotic regimens for the ...
eHealth support for physical activity and exercise training in people with COPD
(2022-05-23)
Aim: The overall aim of this thesis was to apply user involvement and co-creation to generate knowledge on how an eHealth tool, including physical activity and exercise training, for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary ...
Epidemiological characterisation of Bordatella pertussis in Sweden, 1970-2004
(2007-01-26)
Worldwide, Bordetella pertussis causes some 50 million cases of pertussis, and an estimated 2-300,000 fatalities each year. In Sweden vaccination against pertussis was introduced in the 1950s using diphtheria-tetanus-whole-cell ...
Integrated assessment of environmental and human health risks of antibiotic residues and resistance for environmental and health policy
(2021-04-27)
Background: Antibiotic resistance is a global health crisis and a serious threat to progress in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. This requires a One Health response that recognises the link between human and ...
Detection and epidemiologic subtyping of Legionella pneumophilia using DNA-based molecular methods
(2003-11-14)
was shown to be caused by strains belonging to two different serogroups, sg 4 and 10, that possessed a common fingerprinting pattern. MAb subtyping and genotyping methods should be used together and in conjunction with clinical and epidemiological data...
Neutrophil interactions with Streptococcus pyogenes and Staphylococcus aureus
(2017-04-03)
Streptococcus pyogenes and Staphylococcus aureus are Gram-positive bacteria that share many features, including clinical presentations and pathogenic mechanisms, and yet, they still have unique properties. They both cause ...
Rare complications in cancer surgery
(2023-04-28)
Background: Curative cancer surgery aims to reduce mortality and morbidity related symptoms caused by the cancer. The surgery is often done at a time when the patient is presenting lesser or no symptoms and at a time when ...
CYP2D6-polymorphism and effect of adjuvant tamoxifen in breast cancer patients
(2023-09-04)
, between the two sources of adherence data was good, 86%, when including medication with an aromatase inhibitor (AI) after tamoxifen. In those with at least 4.5 years follow up, adherence to adjuvant tamoxifen was reasonable, 72% and increased to 82%, when...
Trajectory mapping of human embryonic stem cell cardiogenesis reveals lineage branch points and an ISL1 progenitor-derived cardiac fibroblast lineage
(2021-02-17)
A family of multipotent heart progenitors plays a central role in the generation of diverse myogenic and nonmyogenic lineages in the heart. Cardiac progenitors in particular play a significant role in lineages involved in ...