Bjørn
Blomberg
Associate professor II
Visit Address:
Haukeland universitetssykehus, Laboratoriebygget
5021 Bergen
Postal Address:
Postboks 7804
5021 Bergen
Phone:
+47 55 97 29 60
E-mail:
Journal articles
- 2014. High nasal carriage of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus among healthy tanzanian under-5 children. Microbial Drug Resistance. 20: 82-88. doi: 10.1089/mdr.2013.0016
- 2014. Genetic diversity of circulating rotavirus strains in Tanzania prior to the introduction of vaccination. PLoS ONE. 9. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0097562
- 2014. Genetic diversity of norovirus in hospitalised diarrhoeic children and asymptomatic controls in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Infection, Genetics and Evolution. 26: 340-347. doi: 10.1016/j.meegid.2014.06.013
- 2014. Education and knowledge helps combating malaria, but not degedege: A cross-sectional study in Rufiji, Tanzania. Malaria Journal. 13. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-13-200
- 2014. PCR targeting Plasmodium mitochondrial genome of DNA extracted from dried blood on filter paper compared to whole blood. Malaria Journal. 13:137. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-13-137
- 2014. Comparison of four methods for extracting DNA from dried blood on filter paper for PCR targeting the mitochondrial Plasmodium genome. Transactions of the Royal Society for Tropixcal Medicine and Hygiene. 108: 488-494. doi: 10.1093/trstmh/tru084
- 2013. A novel, single-amplification PCR targeting mitochondrial genome highly sensitive and specific in diagnosing malaria among returned travellers in Bergen, Norway. Malaria Journal. 12. 8 pages. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-12-26
- 2013. Erdheim-Chester Disease: A Monocentric Series Of 96 Patients. Arthritis and Rheumatism. 65: S858-S858. doi: 10.1002/art.2013.65.issue-s10
- 2013. Aminoglykosider ved alvorlig sepsis. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening. 133: 1553-1554.
- 2013. Challenges in diagnosing paediatric malaria in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Malaria Journal. 12:228. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-12-228
- 2013. No asymptomatic malaria parasitaemia found among 108 young children at one health facility in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Malaria Journal. 12:417. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-12-417
- 2012. Penicillin resistance and serotype distribution of Streptococcus pneumoniae in nasopharyngeal carrier children under 5 years of age in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Journal of Medical Microbiology. 61: 952-959. doi: 10.1099/jmm.0.042598-0
- 2011. CNS involvement and treatment with interferon-alpha are independent prognostic factors in Erdheim-Chester disease: a multicenter survival analysis of 53 patients. Blood. 117: 2778-2782. doi: 10.1182/blood-2010-06-294108
- 2010. Tuberculous meningitis and resistance to isoniazid. BMJ (British Medical Journal). 341. doi: 10.1136/bmj.c4677
- 2010. Diagnosis and follow-up of treatment of latent tuberculosis; the utility of the QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-tube assay in outpatients from a tuberculosis low-endemic country. BMC Infectious Diseases. 10. 9 pages. doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-10-57
- 2008. Falciparum malaria and HIV-1 in hospitalized adults in Maputo, Mozambique: does HIV-infection obscure the malaria diagnosis? Malaria Journal. 15. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-7-252
- 2007. Antimicrobial resistance predicts death in Tanzanian children with bloodstream infections: a prospective cohort study. BMC Infectious Diseases. 7. doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-7-43
- 2007. Extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-type SHV-12-producing Enterobacteriaceae causing septicemia in Tanzanian children: vectors for horizontal transfer of antimicrobial resistance. Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease. 59: 351-354. doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2007.06.015
- 2005. High rate of fatal cases of pediatric septicemia caused by gram-negative bacteria with extended-spectrum beta-lactamases in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 43: 745-749. doi: 10.1128/JCM.43.2.745-749.2005
- 2005. Antimicrobial resistance in urinary bacterial isolates from pregnant women in rural Tanzania: Implications for public health. Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases. 37: 262-268. doi: 10.1080/00365540410021045
- 2004. Surveillance of antimicrobial resistance at a tertiary hospital in Tanzania. BMC Public Health. 4: 45.
- 2004. Fixed dose combinations for tuberculosis: Lessons learned from clinical, formulation and regulatory perspective. Methods and Findings in Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology. 26: 703-721.
- 2004. Nosocomial outbreak of neonatal Salmonella enterica serotype Enteritidis meningitis in a rural hospital in northern Tanzania. BMC Infectious Diseases. 4: 35.
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