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  1. Successful Direct Whole Genome Sequencing and Revivification of Freeze-Dried Nontuberculous Mycobacteria after More than Half a Century of Storage

    Article • Microbiology Spectrum, June 2022, ASM Journals

    Erik Svensson

  2. Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in pulmonary and extrapulmonary samples with the FluoroType MTBDR assay

    Article • Clinical Microbiology and Infection, October 2021, Elsevier

    Erik Svensson

  3. Tuberculosis Transmission in Danish Children: A Nationwide Register-based Study

    Article • The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, April 2019, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Erik Svensson

  4. Set-up and validation of mycobacterial interspersed repetitive unit-variable number of tandem repeat (MIRU-VNTR) analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis using BioNumerics software

    Article • PLoS ONE, October 2018, PLOS

    Erik Svensson

  5. Trends and differences in tuberculosis incidences and clustering among natives in Denmark, Sweden and Finland: comparison of native incidences and molecular epidemiology among three low-incidence countries

    Article • Clinical Microbiology and Infection, July 2018, Elsevier

    MD, PhD Jerker Jonsson, Erik Svensson

  6. Mycobacterium marinum infections in Denmark from 2004 to 2017: A retrospective study of incidence, patient characteristics, treatment regimens and outcome

    Article • Scientific Reports, April 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Erik Svensson

  7. Nontuberculous mycobacteria in Denmark, incidence and clinical importance during the last quarter-century

    Article • Scientific Reports, July 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Erik Svensson

  8. Optimisation of a murine splenocyte mycobacterial growth inhibition assay using virulent Mycobacterium tuberculosis

    Article • Scientific Reports, June 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Erik Svensson

  9. Mycobacterium chimaera in Heater–Cooler Units in Denmark Related to Isolates from the United States and United Kingdom

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, March 2017, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Erik Svensson

  10. Duplex detection of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and medically important non-tuberculosis mycobacteria by real-time PCR based on the rnpB gene

    Article • Apmis, September 2016, Wiley

    Erik Svensson

  11. Occupational Tuberculosis in Denmark through 21 Years Analysed by Nationwide Genotyping

    Article • PLoS ONE, April 2016, PLOS

    Erik Svensson

  12. Disseminated Mycobacterium celatum disease with prolonged pulmonary involvement

    Article • International Journal of Infectious Diseases, September 2014, Elsevier

    Erik Svensson

  13. Rifampin Heteroresistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Cultures as Detected by Phenotypic and Genotypic Drug Susceptibility Test Methods

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, September 2013, ASM Journals

    Erik Svensson

  14. Candidaemia in Sweden: a nationwide prospective observational survey

    Article • Clinical Microbiology and Infection, April 2013, Elsevier

    Erik Svensson

  15. Hot tub lung: an occupational hazard

    Article • European Respiratory Review, February 2013, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Erik Svensson

  16. Can Molecular Methods Detect 1% Isoniazid Resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis?

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, February 2013, ASM Journals

    Erik Svensson

  17. Quantitative analyses of mycobacteria in water: Adapting methods in clinical laboratories

    Article • Journal of Microbiological Methods, October 2011, Elsevier

    Erik Svensson

  18. Impact of immigration on tuberculosis epidemiology in a low-incidence country

    Article • Clinical Microbiology and Infection, June 2011, Elsevier

    Erik Svensson

  19. In vitro susceptibility of filamentous fungi to itraconazole, voriconazole and posaconazole by Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute reference method and E-test

    Article • Mycoses, June 2010, Wiley

    Erik Svensson

  20. Susceptibility of staphylococci and enterococci to antimicrobial agents at different ward levels in four north European countries

    Article • Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases, January 2007, Taylor & Francis

    Erik Svensson

  21. Cutaneous melioidosis in a Swedish tourist after the tsunami in 2004

    Article • Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases, January 2006, Taylor & Francis

    Erik Svensson

  22. Rapid decrease of free vancomycin in dense staphylococcal cultures

    Article • European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, September 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Erik Svensson

  23. Bacteriuria in Spinal Cord Injured Patients with Neurogenic Bladder Dysfunction

    Article • Upsala Journal of Medical Sciences, January 2004, Uppsala Medical Society

    Erik Svensson

  24. Antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of enterococci in intensive care units in Sweden evaluated by different MIC breakpoint systems

    Article • Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, July 2001, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Erik Svensson

  25. New species-related MIC breakpoints for early detection of development of resistance among Gram-negative bacteria in Swedish intensive care units

    Article • Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, November 1999, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Erik Svensson

  26. Storage of Specimens at 4 C or Addition of Sodium Fluoride (1%) Prevents Formation of Ethanol in Urine Inoculated with Candida albicans

    Article • Journal of Analytical Toxicology, September 1999, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Erik Svensson

  27. Pharmacodynamic effects of amikacin, ciprofloxacin and imipenem on growing and non-growing Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa

    Article • Clinical Microbiology and Infection, March 1999, Elsevier

    Erik Svensson

  28. Factors affecting development of rifampicin resistance in biofilm- producing Staphylococcus epidermidis

    Article • Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, June 1997, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Erik Svensson

  29. Pharmacodynamic effects of meropenem on gram-negative bacteria

    Article • European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, May 1995, Springer Science + Business Media

    Erik Svensson

  30. Control-related effective regrowth time and post-antibiotic effect of meropenem on Gram-negative bacteria studied by bioluminescence and viable counts

    Article • Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, January 1995, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Erik Svensson

  31. Effects of imipenem on Escherichia coli studied using bioluminescence, viable counting and microscopy

    Article • Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, January 1993, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Erik Svensson

  32. Synergic post-antibiotic effect of mecillinam, in combination with other β-lactam antibiotics in relation to morphology and initial killing

    Article • Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, January 1991, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Erik Svensson