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Schwensen JFB, Sejersen TS, Thomsen SF. [Not Available]. Ugeskr Laeger 2022; 184:V71145. [PMID: 36331171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
Affiliation(s)
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- Dermato-Venerologisk Afdeling og Videncenter for Sårheling, Københavns Universitetshospital - Bispebjerg Hospital
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- Dermato-Venerologisk Afdeling og Videncenter for Sårheling, Københavns Universitetshospital - Bispebjerg Hospital
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Mollerup S, Elmeskov C, Pinholt M, Sejersen TS, Pedersen MS, Worning P, Frees D, Westh H. Rapid in vivo development of resistance to daptomycin in vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium due to genomic alterations. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2022; 369:6654877. [PMID: 35922088 DOI: 10.1093/femsle/fnac063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2022] [Revised: 06/03/2022] [Accepted: 08/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Daptomycin is a cyclic lipopeptide used in the treatment of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VREfm). However, the development of daptomycin-resistant VREfm challenges the treatment of nosocomial VREfm infections. Resistance mechanisms of daptomycin are not fully understood. Here we analysed the genomic changes leading to a daptomycin-susceptible VREfm isolate becoming resistant after 50 days of daptomycin and linezolid combination therapy. Seven isogenic VREfm isolates from the same patient (daptomycin-susceptible and daptomycin-resistant) were analysed using Illumina whole genome sequencing, and two isolates were further characterised with Nanopore sequencing. One nonsynonymous SNP in the rpoC gene previously shown to harbour mutations in daptomycin-resistant VREfm was identified in the daptomycin-resistant isolates. Whole genome comparative analysis identified the loss of a 46.5 kb fragment, duplication of a 29.7 kb fragment, and integration of two plasmids upon acquisition of daptomycin resistance. Transmission electron microscopy showed similar alterations in cell morphology and cell wall structure as have previously been described in daptomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis.
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- Sarah Mollerup
- Department of Clinical Microbiology, Copenhagen University Hospital - Amager and Hvidovre, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Microbiology, Copenhagen University Hospital - Amager and Hvidovre, Copenhagen, Denmark.,Department of Veterinary Disease Biology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Microbiology, Copenhagen University Hospital - Amager and Hvidovre, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Core Facility for Integrated Microscopy, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Microbiology, Copenhagen University Hospital - Amager and Hvidovre, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Microbiology, Copenhagen University Hospital - Amager and Hvidovre, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Veterinary Disease Biology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Microbiology, Copenhagen University Hospital - Amager and Hvidovre, Copenhagen, Denmark.,Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Kasper Køhler Alsing
- Department of Dermato-Venereology, Zealand University Hospital, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark
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Sejersen TS, Vinding RK, Stokholm J, Chawes B, Bønnelykke K, Krakauer M, Bisgaard H. Antibiotic exposure in infancy and development of BMI and body composition in childhood. EClinicalMedicine 2019; 17:100209. [PMID: 31891142 PMCID: PMC6933179 DOI: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2019.10.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2019] [Revised: 10/22/2019] [Accepted: 10/30/2019] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND It has been hypothesized that antibiotic usage in early life could contribute to development of overweight in childhood. Studies have seen association between antibiotic usage and overweight in childhood. We aimed to investigate the relationship between antibiotic exposure in infancy and development of body mass index (BMI) and body composition. METHODS A prospective mother-child cohort study of 738 pregnant women and their 700 children, Copenhagen Prospective Studies on Asthma in Childhood2010 (COPSAC2010). Information on antibiotic exposure was collected by interviews. Height/length and weight measures were collected at age 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 years and body composition was determined by a dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) scan at age 3.5 and 6 years. FINDINGS 306 (46%) of the 661 children were exposed to antibiotics before 1 year of age. There were no differences in BMI z-score development at age 1-6 years between children exposed to antibiotics compared to unexposed: z-score difference, -0.06 (95%CI: -0.17;0.06), p = 0.33, and no sex-differences (p-interaction = 0.48). Children exposed vs. not exposed to antibiotics had comparable fat percentage at 6 years of age: log(mean difference), 0.60% (95%CI: -0.212 to 1.41), p = 0.15. INTERPRETATION Children exposed to antibiotics had similar BMI, BMI z-score and body composition between 1 and 6 years of life compared to unexposed children. Our study does not support the hypothesis that antibiotic exposure in infancy leads to development of obesity in the first 6 years of life. FUNDING The Lundbeck Foundation, The Ministry of Health, Danish Council for Strategic Research and The Capital Region Research Foundation.
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- Tobias Steen Sejersen
- Copenhagen Prospective Studies on Asthma in Childhood, Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, 2820 Gentofte, Denmark
- Department of Pediatrics, Naestved Hospital, Denmark
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- Copenhagen Prospective Studies on Asthma in Childhood, Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, 2820 Gentofte, Denmark
- Department of Pediatrics, Naestved Hospital, Denmark
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- Copenhagen Prospective Studies on Asthma in Childhood, Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, 2820 Gentofte, Denmark
- Department of Pediatrics, Naestved Hospital, Denmark
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- Copenhagen Prospective Studies on Asthma in Childhood, Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, 2820 Gentofte, Denmark
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- Copenhagen Prospective Studies on Asthma in Childhood, Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, 2820 Gentofte, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, University Hospital of Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Copenhagen Prospective Studies on Asthma in Childhood, Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, 2820 Gentofte, Denmark
- Corresponding author.
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Hildebrandt ME, Agersted ABA, Sejersen TS, Homøe P. [Mycoplasma pneumoniae-associated mucositis in a 17-year-old girl]. Ugeskr Laeger 2019; 181:V07190377. [PMID: 31617477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
Abstract
Stevens-Johnson syndrome is an autoimmune condition characterised by erythematous target lesions on the skin with involvement of the oral and genital mucosa and conjunctivae. Recent case reports describe incomplete presentations with absence of the characteristic skin changes. This is caused by extrapulmonary manifestations of Mycoplasma pneumoniae lung infection and is now recognised as M. pneumoniae-associated mucositis (MPAM). This case report describes the clinical presentation of MPAM in a 17-year-old girl and highlights the importance of the recognition and the appropriate clinical management.
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Sejersen TS, Opstrup MS, Adolfsson EL, Pörksen S, Saunte DM. [Not Available]. Ugeskr Laeger 2019; 181:V70442. [PMID: 31495357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Vinding RK, Sejersen TS, Chawes BL, Bønnelykke K, Buhl T, Bisgaard H, Stokholm J. Cesarean Delivery and Body Mass Index at 6 Months and Into Childhood. Pediatrics 2017; 139:peds.2016-4066. [PMID: 28814549 DOI: 10.1542/peds.2016-4066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/10/2017] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The prevalence of cesarean delivery (CD) is rising worldwide, and so is childhood obesity. Studies have shown associations between these factors. We examined the development of BMI from birth through childhood to determine whether CDs were associated with differences in growth and obesity. METHODS Term children from the birth cohorts Copenhagen Prospective Studies on Asthma in Childhood2000 (COPSAC2000) and COPSAC2010 were included. Height, length, and weight measurements were collected prospectively until 5 years in COPSAC2010 and until 13 years in COPSAC2000. Dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) scans were performed at 3.5 and 7 years. Information on relevant covariates were verified during clinical visits. Analyses were adjusted for covariates associating with CD. RESULTS In COPSAC2010, 20% (N = 138/673) of the children were delivered by CD; 49% were girls. In COPSAC2000, 19% (N = 76/393) were delivered by CD; 51% were girls. Children delivered by CD had a higher mean BMI at 6 months compared with those delivered vaginally: COPSAC2010 β-coefficient, .41 (95% confidence interval [CI], .12 to .69), P = .01; COPSAC2000 β-coefficient, .16 (95% CI, -.11 to .68), P = .16; and meta-analysis β-coefficient, .37 (95% CI, .14 to .60), P = .002. There were no differences in BMI trajectory between the 2 groups by 5 and 13 years, nor cross-sectional BMI at 5 and 13 years, nor in fat percentages from DXA scans. CONCLUSIONS Children delivered by CD had a higher BMI at 6 months of age, but this difference did not track into later childhood. Our study does not support the hypothesis that CD leads to later overweight.
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- Rebecca Kofod Vinding
- Copenhagen Prospective Studies on Asthma in Childhood, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen and Danish Pediatric Asthma Center, Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.,Department of Pediatrics, Naestved Hospital, Naestved, Denmark; and
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- Copenhagen Prospective Studies on Asthma in Childhood, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen and Danish Pediatric Asthma Center, Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.,Department of Pediatrics, Naestved Hospital, Naestved, Denmark; and
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- Copenhagen Prospective Studies on Asthma in Childhood, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen and Danish Pediatric Asthma Center, Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Copenhagen Prospective Studies on Asthma in Childhood, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen and Danish Pediatric Asthma Center, Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine, Herlev-Gentofte, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Copenhagen Prospective Studies on Asthma in Childhood, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen and Danish Pediatric Asthma Center, Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark;
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- Copenhagen Prospective Studies on Asthma in Childhood, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen and Danish Pediatric Asthma Center, Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.,Department of Pediatrics, Naestved Hospital, Naestved, Denmark; and
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Fager Ferrari M, Leinoe E, Rossing M, Norström E, Strandberg K, Steen Sejersen T, Qvortrup K, Zetterberg E. Germline heterozygous variants in genes associated with familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis as a cause of increased bleeding. Platelets 2017; 29:56-64. [PMID: 28399723 DOI: 10.1080/09537104.2017.1293808] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (FHL) is caused by biallelic variants in genes regulating granule secretion in cytotoxic lymphocytes. In FHL3-5, the affected genes UNC13D, STX11 and STXBP2 have further been shown to regulate the secretion of platelet granules, giving rise to compromised platelet function. Therefore, we aimed to investigate platelet degranulation in patients heterozygous for variants in UNC13D, STX11 and STXBP2. During the work-up of patients referred to the Coagulation Unit, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden and the Department of Hematology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark due to bleeding tendencies, 12 patients harboring heterozygous variants in UNC13D, STX11 or STXBP2 were identified using targeted whole exome sequencing. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) was used to assess the secretion of platelet dense granules following thrombin stimulation. Platelet degranulation, activation and aggregation were further assessed by flow cytometry (FC) and light transmission aggregometry (LTA) with lumi-aggregometry. In total, eight out of twelve (67%) patients showed impaired degranulation by at least one of the assays (TEM, FC and LTA). In the 12 patients, eight different heterozygous variants were identified. One variant was strongly associated with impaired degranulation, while four of the variants were associated with impaired granule secretion to a slightly lesser extent. One additional variant was found in six out of the twelve patients, and was associated with varying degrees of degranulation impairment. Accordingly, six out of the eight (75%) identified variants were associated with impaired platelet degranulation. Our results suggest that heterozygous variants in UNC13D, STX11 and STXBP2 are sufficient to cause platelet secretion defects resulting in increased bleeding.
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- b Department of Hematology, Rigshospitalet , Copenhagen University Hospital , Copenhagen , Denmark
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- c Department of Genomic Medicine, Rigshospitalet , Copenhagen University Hospital , Copenhagen , Denmark
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- a Department of Translational Medicine , Lund University , Malmö , Sweden
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- d Department of Laboratory Medicine , Lund University , Malmö , Sweden
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- e Department of Biomedical Sciences, Core Facility for Integrated Microscopy (CFIM) , University of Copenhagen , Denmark
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- e Department of Biomedical Sciences, Core Facility for Integrated Microscopy (CFIM) , University of Copenhagen , Denmark
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- a Department of Translational Medicine , Lund University , Malmö , Sweden
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