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Naucler P, Henriques-Normark B, Hedlund J, Galanis I, Granath F, Örtqvist Å. The changing epidemiology of community-acquired pneumonia: nationwide register-based study in Sweden. J Intern Med 2019; 286:689-701. [PMID: 31278792 DOI: 10.1111/joim.12956] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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BACKGROUND There is limited evidence on the impact of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine childhood immunization programmes (PCV-CIP) on community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in individuals with underlying diseases. METHODS A nationwide cohort study using Swedish health registers to assess the incidence of hospitalization with all-cause (AC-CAP) and pneumococcal or lobar (PL-CAP) CAP between 2005 and 2015, in relation to PCV-CIP introduction in 2007-09. RESULTS In total, 303 691 episodes of AC-CAP occurred, of which 14 225 were PL-CAP. Comparing before (2005-06) with after (2014-15) PCV-CIP, relative incidence reductions were 36% (95% Confidence Interval 32-40), 20% (14-25) and 16% (11-22) of AC-CAP for age groups < 2, 2-4 and 5-17 years, respectively, with similar reductions in young children with and without comorbidities. The reductions were more pronounced for PL-CAP. In the age groups 40-64, 65-74, 75-84 and ≥85 years there were relative increases of 11% (8-14), 18% (15-22), 15% (12-17) and 30% (27-34) of AC-CAP, respectively, but these increases were attenuated after adjustment for admittance practices using four control conditions. In adults with comorbidities, there was an increase in incidence of AC-CAP, and PL-CAP, in contrast to adults without reported underlying diseases where the incidence was stable or diminished for some age groups. Over the study period, there was an increased proportion of pneumonia patients with underlying diseases in all ages. CONCLUSION This emphasizes that direct preventive interventions should be targeted towards individuals with underlying diseases. Future studies should investigate reasons for the observed increased risk in adults with comorbidities, for example due to pneumococcal nonvaccine serotypes, or other pathogens, preferentially affecting subjects with underlying diseases.
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- P Naucler
- From the, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.,Department of Infectious Diseases, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Public Health Agency of Sweden, Solna, Sweden.,Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.,Department of Clinical Microbiology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.,SCELSE and LKC, Nanyang Technological University, NTU, Singapore, Singapore
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- From the, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.,Department of Infectious Diseases, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Public Health Agency of Sweden, Solna, Sweden
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- Department of Medicine Solna, Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- From the, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.,Department of Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Stockholm County Council, Stockholm, Sweden
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CO2/CO separation is challenging. Here we report high-flux MFI membranes for effective CO2removal from CO by selective CO2adsorption in the MFI. On top, diffusional coupling at high CO2loadings reduce the CO transport favouring CO2/CO selectivity.
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- D. Korelskiy
- Chemical Technology
- Luleå University of Technology
- SE-97187 Luleå
- Sweden
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- Chemical Technology
- Luleå University of Technology
- SE-97187 Luleå
- Sweden
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- Chemical Technology
- Luleå University of Technology
- SE-97187 Luleå
- Sweden
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- Chemical Technology
- Luleå University of Technology
- SE-97187 Luleå
- Sweden
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- Chemical Technology
- Luleå University of Technology
- SE-97187 Luleå
- Sweden
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Sylvan S, Hedlund J. Increasing high-risk sexual behaviour for chlamydia infection among young adults in Sweden. Int J Infect Dis 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2014.03.1304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022] Open
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Sylvan SP, Hedlund J. P3.379 Comparison in 2004 and 2011 on the Efficacy of Partner Notification For Chlamydia Trachomatis Among Young Adults in Youth Health Centres in Uppsala County, Sweden. Sex Transm Infect 2013. [DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2013-051184.0832] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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Bhuiyan I, Mouzon J, Forsberg F, Forsmo S, Sjödahl M, Hedlund J. Consideration of X-ray microtomography to quantitatively determine the size distribution of bubble cavities in iron ore pellets. POWDER TECHNOL 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2012.09.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Dang LVP, Nilsson A, Ingelman-Sundberg H, Cagigi A, Gelinck LBS, Titanji K, De Milito A, Grutzmeier S, Hedlund J, Kroon FP, Chiodi F. Soluble CD27 induces IgG production through activation of antigen-primed B cells. J Intern Med 2012; 271:282-93. [PMID: 21917027 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2796.2011.02444.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [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] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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OBJECTIVES High levels of soluble CD27 (sCD27), a marker of immune activation, are found in several infectious [including human immunodeficiency virus type-I (HIV-1)] and autoimmune diseases; however, a direct biological effect of sCD27 on B cells has not been established. The aim of this study was to investigate whether sCD27, by binding to CD70, can induce immunoglobulin G (IgG) production from B cells. METHODS B cells from healthy and HIV-1-infected individuals were cultured with recombinant human sCD27 (rhsCD27), and IgG production was measured. The role of rhsCD27 in inducing the expression of transcription factors involved in plasma cell differentiation was evaluated. Furthermore, we investigated the impact of different cytokines on the modulation of CD70 expression on B cells and the relationship between levels of IgG and sCD27 in serum from healthy and HIV-1-infected individuals. RESULTS We demonstrated that rhsCD27 induced IgG production from antigen-primed (CD27+) B cells. This effect was mediated by rhsCD27 binding to CD70 on B cells leading to activation of Blimp-1 and XBP-1, transcription factors associated with plasma cell differentiation. We found a significant correlation between levels of serum sCD27 and IgG in HIV-1-infected individuals and healthy controls. CONCLUSIONS sCD27 may act to enhance immunoglobulin production and differentiation of activated memory or recently antigen-experienced B cells, thus providing an activation signal to antigen-experienced B cells. This mechanism may operate during autoimmune and chronic infectious diseases, situations in which continuous immune activation leads to upregulation of CD70 expression and increased sCD27 cleavage.
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- L V P Dang
- Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Potapova E, Grahn M, Holmgren A, Hedlund J. The effect of polymer adsorption on the wetting properties of partially hydrophobized magnetite. J Colloid Interface Sci 2012; 367:478-84. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2011.10.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2011] [Revised: 09/08/2011] [Accepted: 10/06/2011] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Rezaei F, Mosca A, Hedlund J, Webley P, Grahn M, Mouzon J. The effect of wall porosity and zeolite film thickness on the dynamic behavior of adsorbents in the form of coated monoliths. Sep Purif Technol 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2011.07.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Potapova E, Yang X, Grahn M, Holmgren A, Forsmo S, Fredriksson A, Hedlund J. The effect of calcium ions, sodium silicate and surfactant on charge and wettability of magnetite. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2011.06.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Potapova E, Grahn M, Holmgren A, Hedlund J. The effect of calcium ions and sodium silicate on the adsorption of a model anionic flotation collector on magnetite studied by ATR-FTIR spectroscopy. J Colloid Interface Sci 2010; 345:96-102. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2010.01.056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2009] [Revised: 01/11/2010] [Accepted: 01/14/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Potapova E, Carabante I, Grahn M, Holmgren A, Hedlund J. Studies of Collector Adsorption on Iron Oxides by in Situ ATR-FTIR Spectroscopy. Ind Eng Chem Res 2010. [DOI: 10.1021/ie901343f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- E. Potapova
- Division of Chemical Engineering, Luleå University of Technology, SE-971 87 Luleå, Sweden
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- Division of Chemical Engineering, Luleå University of Technology, SE-971 87 Luleå, Sweden
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- Division of Chemical Engineering, Luleå University of Technology, SE-971 87 Luleå, Sweden
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- Division of Chemical Engineering, Luleå University of Technology, SE-971 87 Luleå, Sweden
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- Division of Chemical Engineering, Luleå University of Technology, SE-971 87 Luleå, Sweden
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Hedlund J, Andersson M, Fant C, Bitton R, Bianco-Peled H, Elwing H, Berglin M. Change of Colloidal and Surface Properties of Mytilus edulis Foot Protein 1 in the Presence of an Oxidation (NaIO4) or a Complex-Binding (Cu2+) Agent. Biomacromolecules 2009; 10:845-9. [DOI: 10.1021/bm801325j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- J. Hedlund
- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Interface Biophysics, Göteborg University, Box 462, 405 30 Göteborg, Sweden, and Department of Chemical Engineering, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000 Israel
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Interface Biophysics, Göteborg University, Box 462, 405 30 Göteborg, Sweden, and Department of Chemical Engineering, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000 Israel
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Interface Biophysics, Göteborg University, Box 462, 405 30 Göteborg, Sweden, and Department of Chemical Engineering, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000 Israel
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Interface Biophysics, Göteborg University, Box 462, 405 30 Göteborg, Sweden, and Department of Chemical Engineering, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000 Israel
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Interface Biophysics, Göteborg University, Box 462, 405 30 Göteborg, Sweden, and Department of Chemical Engineering, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000 Israel
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Interface Biophysics, Göteborg University, Box 462, 405 30 Göteborg, Sweden, and Department of Chemical Engineering, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000 Israel
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Interface Biophysics, Göteborg University, Box 462, 405 30 Göteborg, Sweden, and Department of Chemical Engineering, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000 Israel
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Sylvan SPE, Hedlund J. Efficacy of partner notification for Chlamydia trachomatis among young adults in youth health centres in Uppsala County, Sweden. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2009; 23:517-22. [PMID: 19207561 DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2008.03080.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND The study was conducted to define the contact-tracing success rate of the partner notification services routinely provided by the community-based youth health centres and the county medical officer for communicable disease control (CMO) in Uppsala County, Sweden. OBJECTIVE The study had three goals, (i) to register the number of sexual partners routinely reported by each diagnosed index case with CT and the success rate in tracing and testing these partners for CT infection. (ii) To analyse the current notification practices in reporting the number of cases of unsuccessful contact tracing to the CMO. (iii) To determine the contact tracing success rate of the partner notification services provided by the CMO. METHODS Each diagnosed case of CT is obliged by law to participate in the contact-tracing procedure performed by the physician managing the patient or by a specialised sexually transmitted infection (STI) adviser. Successful contact-tracing is defined as the confirmed attendance of a sexual contact within 12 months of the contact with the index case. RESULTS The number of CT cases diagnosed by the youth health centres during the study period was 463 (299 females and 164 males). The females reported 660 male sexual contacts and the males reported 386 female contacts. Successful partner notification was achieved for 73% of all sexual contacts. 284 (190 females and 94 males) unsuccessful partner notifications were reported to the CMO of whom 98 (52%) of the female contacts and 20 (21%) of the male contacts were successfully notified by the CMO. However, for 134 (71 females and 63 males) partners, personal details given by the index case were insufficient for identification of the partner. CONCLUSIONS When asymptomatic, genital CT infection spreads among sexually active young adults with multiple, unidentified sexual partners, appropriate methods of partner notification are not sufficient to achieve its aims at the population level.
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- S P E Sylvan
- Department of Communicable Disease Control and Prevention. Uppsala County Council, Uppsala, Sweden.
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The MDR superfamily with ~350-residue subunits contains the classical liver alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH), quinone reductase, leukotriene B4 dehydrogenase and many more forms. ADH is a dimeric zinc metalloprotein and occurs as five different classes in humans, resulting from gene duplications during vertebrate evolution, the first one traced to ~500 MYA (million years ago) from an ancestral formaldehyde dehydrogenase line. Like many duplications at that time, it correlates with enzymogenesis of new activities, contributing to conditions for emergence of vertebrate land life from osseous fish. The speed of changes correlates with function, as do differential evolutionary patterns in separate segments. Subsequent recognitions now define at least 40 human MDR members in the Uniprot database (corresponding to 25 genes when excluding close homologues), and in all species at least 10888 entries. Overall, variability is large, but like for many dehydrogenases, subdivided into constant and variable forms, corresponding to household and emerging enzyme activities, respectively. This review covers basic facts and describes eight large MDR families and nine smaller families. Combined, they have specific substrates in metabolic pathways, some with wide substrate specificity, and several with little known functions.
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- B Persson
- IFM Bioinformatics, Linköping University, Sweden.
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Ortqvist A, Granath F, Askling J, Hedlund J. Influenza vaccination and mortality: prospective cohort study of the elderly in a large geographical area. Eur Respir J 2007; 30:414-22. [PMID: 17537767 DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00135306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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The 50% reduced overall mortality previously associated with influenza vaccination among the elderly was based on studies neither fully taking into account systematic differences between individuals who accept or decline vaccination nor encompassing the entire general population. A population-based prospective cohort study was performed in Stockholm County (Sweden), including all persons aged > or =65 yrs (n = approximately 260,000), over three influenza seasons: 1998/1999, 1999/2000 and 2000/2001. The relative risks of mortality among vaccinated versus unvaccinated individuals were estimated using Cox's proportional hazards regression adjusted for, and stratified by, demographic factors and comorbid conditions during the three seasons and the respective following off-seasons. Influenza vaccination was associated with an unadjusted reduction in all-cause mortality during the three seasons of 50, 46 and 42%, respectively, which decreased to 14, 19 and 1%, respectively, following adjustment for confounders and differences in mortality between vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals following the influenza season. The numbers needed to treat to prevent one death, during the three seasons, were 297, 158 and 743, respectively. Vaccination remains the most important measure for prevention of influenza complications in elderly people, although the effectiveness in reducing all-cause mortality in elderly persons is lower than previously thought.
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- A Ortqvist
- Department of Communicable Diseases Control and Prevention (Smittskyddsenheten), Norrbacka, Karolinska University Hospital, SE-171 76 Stockholm, Sweden.
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Andersson M, Hedlund J, Berglin M, Elwing H, Tang L. Molecular mobility of polymeric implants and acute inflammatory response: an experimental study in mice. J Mater Sci Mater Med 2007; 18:283-6. [PMID: 17323159 DOI: 10.1007/s10856-006-0690-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2006] [Accepted: 09/25/2006] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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An overlooked factor in biomaterial research is the surface molecular flexibility for polymer based implants. The mobility of the polymer chains provides a way for the surface to adapt itself to the environment. This is relevant when the implant comes in contact with a biological fluid and its constituents. By changing the length of the alkyl side chain of poly(alkyl methacrylates) (PAMAs) an interesting opportunity is provided where it is possible to study the surface molecular mobility without changing the surface hydrophobicity, nor does it introduce any additives or any changes in the degree of polymer cross-linking. Four variants of PAMAs were implanted in the peritoneum of Balb/c mice using a well described setup. End points were taken after 18 h and estimations of inflammatory cell recruitment and implant-associated cells were studied. Relationship between surface molecular mobility and inflammatory cell recruitment as well as surface-associated cells was noted.
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- M Andersson
- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology/Interface Biophysics Lundberg Laboratory, Göteborg University, Box 462, SE-405 30 Göteborg, Sweden.
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Ortqvist A, Henckaerts I, Hedlund J, Poolman J. Non-response to specific serotypes likely cause for failure to 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine in the elderly. Vaccine 2006; 25:2445-50. [PMID: 17052816 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2006.09.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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During a randomised controlled trial with the 23-valent pneumococcal vaccine in older persons, antibody concentrations and opsonophagocytic activity (OPA) were compared between eight patients who developed culture-verified pneumococcal pneumonia and 38 controls, matched for age, sex and vaccination status. Patients who developed pneumococcal pneumonia did not respond with a significant increase of antibody concentration (>1microg/ml) post-vaccination to the infecting serotype, but responded equally well as controls to most other serotypes. Neither was there any significant difference in the OPA post-vaccination between patients and controls. In conclusion, the 23-valent pneumococcal vaccine should be regarded as 23 different vaccines, rather than one. Older persons who fail to respond to one serotype may well be protected against infection by the other 22 serotypes.
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- A Ortqvist
- Department of Communicable Diseases Control and Prevention, Stockholm County, Sweden.
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In 1999, all individuals > or = 65 yrs of age (n=258,754) in Stockholm County, Sweden, were offered influenza and pneumococcal vaccination in a prospective study on the effectiveness of these vaccines in reducing the need for hospital treatment and death due to influenza, pneumonia and invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD). Data on hospitalisation and mortality during 1 yr were obtained from the administrative database in Stockholm County Council. Vaccination was performed in 124,702 (48%) subjects; 72,107 had both vaccines, 29,346 only had the influenza vaccine and 23,249 only had the pneumococcal vaccine. Compared with the unvaccinated cohort, a lower incidence of hospitalisation for all endpoint diagnoses was seen in vaccinated persons. An additive effectiveness of vaccination was seen when both vaccines were given, with a reduction of hospital admissions for influenza (37%), pneumonia (29%) and IPD (44%). In-hospital mortality for pneumonia was significantly lower in those who received both vaccines, than in unvaccinated persons. To conclude, vaccination with influenza and pneumococcal vaccines together was effective in reducing the need for hospital admission for influenza and pneumonia. There was a strong indication that pneumococcal vaccination alone, was effective not only in the prevention of invasive pneumococcal disease, but also of pneumonia overall, although to a low degree.
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- B Christenson
- Dept of Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Stockholm County, Sweden
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Lassinantti Gualtieri M, Gualtieri A, Hedlund J, Jareman F, Sterte J, Dapiaggi M. Accurate measurement of the thermal expansion of MFI zeolite membranes by in situ HTXRPD. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-2991(04)80873-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/08/2023]
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Hedlund J, Christenson B, Lundbergh P, Ortqvist A. Effects of a large-scale intervention with influenza and 23-valent pneumococcal vaccines in elderly people: a 1-year follow-up. Vaccine 2003; 21:3906-11. [PMID: 12922125 DOI: 10.1016/s0264-410x(03)00296-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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To assess the effectiveness of influenza and pneumococcal vaccination in reducing hospitalisation and deaths in elderly people, the population aged > or =65 years in Stockholm County, Sweden (n = 259627) were invited to take part in a vaccination campaign with influenza and 23-valent pneumococcal vaccine (PV). A no. of persons (100,242) (vaccinated cohort) were vaccinated with one or both vaccines during the campaign. The incidence of hospital admissions during 1 year after the vaccination campaign, adjusted for sex and age, was significantly lower in the vaccinated than in the unvaccinated cohort for influenza (relative risk [RR] 0.68), pneumonia (RR 0.78), and invasive pneumococcal disease (RR 0.46). In the vaccinated cohort, the in-hospital mortality was lower for pneumonia (RR 0.55), COPD (RR 0.53) and cardiac failure (RR 0.72).
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- J Hedlund
- Department of Infectious Diseases, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska Hospital, S-17176 Stockholm, Sweden.
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Normark BH, Ortqvist A, Kalin M, Olsson-Liljequist B, Hedlund J, Svenson SB, Källenius G. Changes in serotype distribution may hamper efficacy of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines in children. Scand J Infect Dis 2002; 33:848-50. [PMID: 11760167 DOI: 10.1080/713933757] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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During the last 10 y we have observed an increased incidence of pneumococcal bacteremia in Sweden. In order to study the serotype distribution over time we collected 1136 invasive pneumococcal isolates from 1987, 1992 and 1997 from Swedish microbiological laboratories. Currently, new pneumococcal conjugate vaccines are being considered for introduction in the general childhood vaccination program in several countries, including Sweden. We studied the potential vaccine coverage rate for the new conjugate vaccines among our Swedish invasive isolates. We found that the serotype distribution fluctuated with time and observed a surprisingly low potential coverage rate for the 7-valent vaccine in Sweden, in contrast to other countries. Therefore we argue that pneumococcal conjugate vaccines have to be tailored to suit current, local serotype patterns and most likely will need to be changed over time.
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- B H Normark
- Department of Bacteriology, Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control, Solna.
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Hedlund J, Langer B, Konradsen HB, Ortqvist A. Negligible adjuvant effect for antibody responses and frequent adverse events associated with IL-12 treatment in humans vaccinated with pneumococcal polysaccharide. Vaccine 2001; 20:164-9. [PMID: 11567761 DOI: 10.1016/s0264-410x(01)00253-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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To assess whether co-administration of recombinant human IL-12 (rhIL-12) and 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPV) enhances the antibody response to this T cell-independent antigen, healthy immunocompetent volunteers (n=34, 55-65 years old) were vaccinated intramusculary with PPV and concurrently-treated subcutaneously with either rhIL-12 (1 or 4 microg) or placebo. The increases of total anti-pneumococcal IgG antibodies were numerically higher among the rhIL-12 recipients compared with placebo recipients, but the difference was not significant. The rhIL-12 recipients had a high incidence of local and systemic side effects. Given the lack of convincing evidence that rhIL-12 enhances the antibody response to PPV, the frequency and severity of the side effects was unacceptable.
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- J Hedlund
- Department of Infectious Diseases, Karolinska Institute, Karolinska Hospital, S-17176, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Henriques Normark B, Kalin M, Ortqvist A, Akerlund T, Liljequist BO, Hedlund J, Svenson SB, Zhou J, Spratt BG, Normark S, Källenius G. Dynamics of penicillin-susceptible clones in invasive pneumococcal disease. J Infect Dis 2001; 184:861-9. [PMID: 11550126 DOI: 10.1086/323339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2001] [Revised: 06/26/2001] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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In a 10-year period, 1987-1997, there was a >4-fold increase in the rate of pneumococcal bacteremia in Sweden. Invasive pneumococcal isolates (n=1136), which were obtained from 18 Swedish clinical microbiology laboratories from 1987 through 1997, and other national and international isolates were serotyped, and their clonal relationships were determined by molecular typing. The increase in invasive pneumococcal disease in Sweden during this period was associated particularly with an increase in isolates of serotypes 1 and 14. A 3-fold increase of type 14 was seen from 1987 through 1992, and a 10-fold increase of type 1 occurred from 1992 through 1997. One dominating penicillin-susceptible clone of type 14 was responsible for the increase of type 14 during the first 5 years. This clone also was found in Canada and the United States and was shown by multilocus sequence typing to correspond to a previously identified hyper-virulent clone. A novel penicillin-susceptible clone of type 1, which was not found among invasive isolates from 1987 or 1992, was responsible for the increase of serotype 1 during the last 5 years. These results illustrate the ability of virulent penicillin-susceptible pneumococcal clones to emerge and spread rapidly within a country.
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- B Henriques Normark
- Department of Bacteriology, Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control, Solna, Sweden.
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Christenson B, Lundbergh P, Hedlund J, Ortqvist A. Effects of a large-scale intervention with influenza and 23-valent pneumococcal vaccines in adults aged 65 years or older: a prospective study. Lancet 2001; 357:1008-11. [PMID: 11293594 DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(00)04237-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 172] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND The effectiveness of influenza and pneumococcal vaccination in the prevention of hospital admissions and death has not been assessed prospectively. We have therefore examined the effects of influenza and pneumococcal vaccination in individuals aged 65 years and older in a 3-year prospective study, between Dec 1, 1998 and May 31, 1999. METHODS All individuals in Stockholm County aged 65 years or older (259,627) were invited to take part in a vaccination campaign against influenza and pneumococcal infection. We recorded for all vaccine recipients (100,242) name, and date of birth, and whether they had been given both or one of the vaccines. All individuals (> or = 65 years) admitted to hospital in Stockholm County with influenza and pneumonia related diagnoses were identified between Dec 1, 1998, and May 31, 1999. FINDINGS The incidence (per 100,000 inhabitants per year) of hospital treatment was lower in the vaccinated than in the unvaccinated cohort for all diagnoses: 263 versus 484 (-46% [95% CI 34-56]) for influenza; 2199 versus 3097 (-29% [24-34)) for pneumonia; 64 versus 100 (-36% [3-58]) for pneumococcal pneumonia; and 20 versus 40 (-52% [1-77]) for invasive pneumococcal disease. The total mortality was 57% (55-60) lower in vaccinated than in unvaccinated individuals (15.1 vs 34.7 deaths per 1000 inhabitants). INTERPRETATION These findings show that general vaccination leads to substantial health benefits and to a reduction of mortality from all causes in this age group.
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- B Christenson
- Department of Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Hedlund J, Ortqvist A, Konradsen HB, Kalin M. Recurrence of pneumonia in relation to the antibody response after pneumococcal vaccination in middle-aged and elderly adults. Scand J Infect Dis 2000; 32:281-6. [PMID: 10879599 DOI: 10.1080/00365540050165929] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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We have recently studied the efficacy of pneumococcal vaccine in preventing pneumonia recurrences after hospital treatment for community-acquired pneumonia in non-immunocompromised patients aged 50-85 y. Among these patients, we have now compared the antibody response to the pneumococcal vaccine between patients who developed pneumonia (n = 50) and patients without pneumonia recurrences (n = 100), during a mean follow-up period of 32 months after vaccination. The antibody levels of 5 pneumococcal serotypes were measured before, and 4 weeks, 1 y and 3 y after vaccination. A lower risk of pneumonia recurrences was seen in patients with antibody fold increases (FIs) > 4 from pre-vaccination to post-vaccination compared with patients with lower FIs (p = 0.02). The results suggest that in this patient category, the antibody response to pneumococcal vaccination is of importance for the risk of pneumonia recurrence.
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- J Hedlund
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- J Hedlund
- Highway Safety North, Ithaca, NY 14850-6216, USA.
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BACKGROUND The diagnostic value of admission serum levels of procalcitonin (PCT) and C-reactive protein (CRP) as indicators of the etiology and prognosis was prospectively investigated. PATIENTS 96 patients, 50-85 years of age, treated in the hospital for community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). RESULTS On admission, all patients had elevated CRP levels (> 10 mg/l), but only 60 patients (54%) had elevated PCT levels (> 0.1 microgram/l). The severity of disease measured by APACHE II score was strongly associated with admission levels of PCT (p = 0.006), but not with CRP. Eight of nine patients with pneumonia caused by atypical agents had PCT levels < 0.5 microgram/l compared with 6/27 patients with pneumonia caused by classic bacterial pathogens, mainly Streptococcus pneumoniae (p = 0.03). No such correlation between CRP levels and etiology was found. CONCLUSION Our data indicate that in patients admitted to the hospital with CAP, measurement of PCT gives information about the severity of the disease, and may aid the physician to differentiate typical bacterial etiology from atypical etiology, and thereby to choose appropriate initial antibiotic treatment.
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- J Hedlund
- Div. of Infectious Diseases, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Hedlund J, Noack M, Kölsch P, Creaser D, Caro J, Sterte J. ZSM-5 membranes synthesized without organic templates using a seeding technique. J Memb Sci 1999. [DOI: 10.1016/s0376-7388(99)00069-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 124] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Ortqvist A, Hedlund J, Kalin M. [The elderly should be vaccinated against pneumococci]. Lakartidningen 1999; 96:1305-8. [PMID: 10194909] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/11/2023]
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Invasive pneumococcal diseases are associated with substantial mortality in the elderly. The incidence of such diseases, particularly that of bacteraemic pneumococcal pneumonia, has increased in Sweden during the past decade. At the same time, there is a growing problem with beta-lactam-resistant and multiresistant pneumococci in many nearlying countries. Although pneumococcal vaccine probably provides only limited protection against pneumococcal pneumonia in the elderly, it yields approximately 70 per cent protection against invasive pneumococcal disease. Pneumococcal vaccination should therefore be recommended to all those 65 years old and above, and a nationwide strategy developed to implement good coverage in the age group.
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- A Ortqvist
- Infektionskliniken, Karolinska sjukhuset, Stockholm
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Mihailova B, Engström V, Hedlund J, Holmgren A, Sterte J. Infrared spectroscopic study of a γ-mercaptopropyltrimethoxysilane monolayer on a gold surface. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1999. [DOI: 10.1039/a903577j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Changes in the way organizations are structured and advances in communication technologies are two factors that have altered the conditions under which group decisions are made. Decisions are increasingly made by teams that have a hierarchical structure and whose members have different areas of expertise. In addition, many decisions are no longer made via strictly face-to-face interaction. The present study examines the effects of two modes of communication (face-to-face or computer-mediated) on the accuracy of teams' decisions. The teams are characterized by a hierarchical structure and their members differ in expertise consistent with the framework outlined in the Multilevel Theory of team decision making presented by Hollenbeck, Ilgen, Sego, Hedlund, Major, and Phillips (1995). Sixty-four four-person teams worked for 3 h on a computer simulation interacting either face-to-face (FtF) or over a computer network. The communication mode had mixed effects on team processes in that members of FtF teams were better informed and made recommendations that were more predictive of the correct team decision, but leaders of CM teams were better able to differentiate staff members on the quality of their decisions. Controlling for the negative impact of FtF communication on staff member differentiation increased the beneficial effect of the FtF mode on overall decision making accuracy. Copyright 1998 Academic Press.
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Ortqvist A, Hedlund J, Burman LA, Elbel E, Höfer M, Leinonen M, Lindblad I, Sundelöf B, Kalin M. Randomised trial of 23-valent pneumococcal capsular polysaccharide vaccine in prevention of pneumonia in middle-aged and elderly people. Swedish Pneumococcal Vaccination Study Group. Lancet 1998; 351:399-403. [PMID: 9482293 DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(97)07358-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 281] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND We assessed the effectiveness of a 23-valent pneumococcal vaccine in the prevention of pneumococcal pneumonia and of pneumonia overall in non-immunocompromised middle-aged and elderly people. METHODS The prospective, multicentre, double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled trial was carried out across departments of infectious diseases at six tertiary-care or university hospitals in Sweden. 691 non-immunocompromised patients aged 50-85 years who had been treated as inpatients for community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) were randomly assigned either 23-valent pneumococcal capsular polysaccharide vaccine or placebo (sodium chloride). We used Cox regression models to estimate the relative risks of pneumonia overall and pneumococcal pneumonia for the placebo group compared with the vaccine group. FINDINGS 63 (19%) of 339 patients in the vaccine group and 57 (16%) of 352 patients in the placebo group developed a new pneumonia, corresponding to a relative risk over time for the placebo group compared with the vaccine group of 0.83 (95% CI 0.58-1.12, p=0.31). Pneumococcal pneumonia was diagnosed in 16 (4.5%) patients in the placebo group and in 19 (5.6%) in the vaccine group, corresponding to a relative risk for the placebo group of 0.78 (95% CI 0.40-1.51, p=0.45). We found no difference in the death rate between the two study groups. INTERPRETATION The 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine did not prevent pneumonia overall or pneumococcal pneumonia in middle-aged and elderly individuals.
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- A Ortqvist
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Karolinska Institutet, Danderyd Hospital, Sweden.
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Hedlund J, Olsson-Liljequist B. [A handling program for resistant pneumococci. Physicians sometimes neglect mandatory notification]. Lakartidningen 1997; 94:4914-8. [PMID: 9454013] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Streptococcus pneumoniae infections belong to the leading worldwide causes of illness and death among young children, people with underlying debilitating medical conditions, and the elderly. Following early documentation of infections due to pneumococcal strains with reduced penicillin susceptibility in Australia in 1967, and of infections due to penicillin-resistant strains in South Africa in 1978, pneumococcal resistance to penicillin and other antibiotics has progressed rapidly and is now a global problem. In Sweden, notification of the occurrence of pneumococci with a minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) > or = 0.5 mg/L for penicillin G (PcG) has been mandatory for general practitioners (GPs) and clinical microbiological laboratories since 1 January 1996. In 1996, 1,057 cases of infection by such pneumococci were reported by microbiological laboratories, but only 262 cases by GPs. With a view to minimising the impact of pneumococci with reduced penicillin susceptibility in Sweden, the National Board of Health and Welfare set up a working group of experts in November 1994. To reduce the transmission of such bacteria in the community, the working group introduced a control programme which includes the isolation of day-care children under six years of age carrying pneumococci with PcG-MICs > or = 0.5 mg/L. An enquiry among the 25 regional centres for infectious disease control in the country to ascertain compliance in the different counties of Sweden showed the programme to have been adhered to in a majority of counties, although many had chosen alternative measures to deal with the problem.
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- J Hedlund
- Infektionskliniken, Danderyds sjukhus
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Hedlund J, Kalin M, Ortqvist A. Recurrence of pneumonia in middle-aged and elderly adults after hospital-treated pneumonia: aetiology and predisposing conditions. Scand J Infect Dis 1997; 29:387-92. [PMID: 9360255 DOI: 10.3109/00365549709011836] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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In order to investigate the predisposing conditions and aetiologic agents in patients with recurrent pneumonia, we prospectively studied 653 immunocompetent patients, 50-85 years of age, who had been treated in hospital for community-acquired pneumonia. After an average patient follow-up period of 32 months, 11 variables were examined for association with the following end points: death, recurrence of pneumonia and recurrence of pneumococcal pneumonia. During the follow-up period there were 171 episodes of pneumonia in 115 of the 653 patients, and 52 deaths (all causes). Multivariate analysis showed that age, male sex, congestive heart failure and presence of other chronic diseases were significantly associated with higher mortality. Age and chronic pulmonary disease were associated with recurrence of pneumonia. The major aetiologic agents were Streptococcus pneumoniae (26%), Haemophilus influenzae (11%) and Moraxella catarrhalis (6%). We conclude that pneumonia recurrences are common in middle-aged and elderly patients after treatment in hospital for community-acquired pneumonia. The recurrence risk is higher in elderly patients, and in those with chronic pulmonary diseases. Given the prominence of H. influenzae and M. catarrhalis found in the present study, these organisms should always be considered when choosing the initial antibiotic in patients with recurrent pneumonia.
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- J Hedlund
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Danderyd Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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Ortqvist A, Hedlund J. [X-ray check up after pneumonia. "A healthy approach" helps in new diagnosis]. Lakartidningen 1997; 94:963-4. [PMID: 9102538] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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- J Hedlund
- Department of Infectious Diseases, Karolinska Institute, Danderyd Hospital, Sweden
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Liljequist BO, Hoffman BM, Hedlund J. Activity of trovafloxacin against blood isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Sweden. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 1996; 15:671-5. [PMID: 8894578 DOI: 10.1007/bf01691157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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The in vitro activity of the fluoroquinolone trovafloxacin (CP-99,219) against 257 blood isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae obtained from Swedish hospitals was compared with those of commonly prescribed oral antibiotics and also with those of ciprofloxacin and ofloxacin against a collection of strains resistant (n = 6) or intermediately resistant (n = 22) to penicillin (Pc-R). The MICs of trovafloxacin for Pc-R strains of pneumococci ranged from 0.032 to 0.25 mg/l. No difference was seen between the clinical isolates and the Pc-R strains (MIC50 = 0.064 mg/l and MIC90 = 0.125 mg/l for both collections). For the Pc-R strains, the MIC50 and MIC90 values of ciprofloxacin were 0.5 and 1 mg/l, and those of ofloxacin 2 and 4 mg/l. The incidence of resistance in the two collections (clinical isolates/Pc-R strains) was 3%/39% for tetracycline, 1%/18% for macrolides, and 3%/57% for trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole. The results of the current study suggest that the clinical efficacy of trovafloxacin in the treatment of pneumococcal infections should be investigated.
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- B O Liljequist
- Department of Bacteriology, Swedish Institute for Infections Disease Control, Stockholm, Sweden
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- J Hedlund
- Traffic Safety Programs, US Dept of Transportation, Washington, DC 20590, USA
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Hedlund J, Svenson SB, Kalin M, Henrichsen J, Olsson-Liljequist B, Möllerberg G, Källenius G. Incidence, capsular types, and antibiotic susceptibility of invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae in Sweden. Clin Infect Dis 1995; 21:948-53. [PMID: 8645845 DOI: 10.1093/clinids/21.4.948] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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The number of reported cases of invasive pneumococcal infections in Sweden increased more than threefold from 1988 through 1992. We studied the capsular types and the antibiotic susceptibility of 619 pneumococcal strains isolated from blood or CSF at 18 Swedish microbiological laboratories in 1987 and in 1992. These strains belonged to 35 of the 84 recognized capsular types. We noted a remarkable increase in the prevalence of invasive infections with type 14 from 1987 (8.2%) to 1992 (18%) (P = .001), which correspond to a sevenfold increase in absolute numbers. The most prominent increase in infections was seen among elderly people; in 1992, type 14 accounted for 22.5% of the isolates from infected persons who were >64 years of age. The majority of the strains were susceptible to all antibiotics tested. However, there was a significant increase in trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole resistance from 1.4% in 1987 to 7.1% in 1992. Nine multiresistant isolates (1.5%) were found.
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- J Hedlund
- Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control, Stockholm
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Ortqvist A, Hedlund J, Wretlind B, Carlström A, Kalin M. Diagnostic and prognostic value of interleukin-6 and C-reactive protein in community-acquired pneumonia. Scand J Infect Dis 1995; 27:457-62. [PMID: 8588135 DOI: 10.3109/00365549509047046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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The diagnostic and prognostic value of admission serum levels of interleukin-6 (IL-6) and C-reactive protein (CRP) was investigated in 203 hospital-treated patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). In serum samples obtained during the first 24 h after admission, IL-6 was detectable in 198 patients (98%), with a median value of 50 ng/l. Ten % of the patients had IL-6 values of 1000 ng/l. A clear positive correlation between IL-6 and CRP was found (r = 0.29, p < 0.0001). Patients with high IL-6 or CRP levels had longer duration of fever, longer hospital stay, and had less often recovered clinically or radiographically on follow-up weeks after discharge. A high IL-6, but not a high CRP, also seemed to be associated with a higher mortality. Bacteremic pneumococcal pneumonia had the highest levels of IL-6 (mean 2852 and median 420 ng/l) and CRP (mean 292 and median 285 mg/l). High IL-6 values were also seen in patients with non-bacteremic pneumococcal pneumonia, while all patients with pneumonia due to other bacterial, or viral, aetiology had IL-6 levels of < or = 300 ng/l. In conclusion, IL-6 and CRP are promising diagnostic and prognostic tools in the management of CAP. Further studies are needed to establish the usefulness of repeated measurements early in the hospital course of the disease.
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MESH Headings
- Bacteremia/blood
- Bacteremia/immunology
- C-Reactive Protein/metabolism
- Community-Acquired Infections/blood
- Community-Acquired Infections/diagnosis
- Community-Acquired Infections/immunology
- Female
- Humans
- Interleukin-6/blood
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Pneumonia/blood
- Pneumonia/diagnosis
- Pneumonia/immunology
- Pneumonia, Bacterial/blood
- Pneumonia, Bacterial/diagnosis
- Pneumonia, Bacterial/immunology
- Pneumonia, Mycoplasma/blood
- Pneumonia, Mycoplasma/diagnosis
- Pneumonia, Mycoplasma/immunology
- Pneumonia, Pneumococcal/blood
- Pneumonia, Pneumococcal/diagnosis
- Pneumonia, Pneumococcal/immunology
- Pneumonia, Viral/blood
- Pneumonia, Viral/diagnosis
- Pneumonia, Viral/immunology
- Prognosis
- Prospective Studies
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- A Ortqvist
- Department of Infectious Diseases, Danderyd Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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Hedlund J, Hansson LO, Ortqvist A. Short- and long-term prognosis for middle-aged and elderly patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia: impact of nutritional and inflammatory factors. Scand J Infect Dis 1995; 27:32-7. [PMID: 7540316 DOI: 10.3109/00365549509018970] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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To investigate the impact of nutritional and inflammatory factors on short- and long-term prognosis for patients hospitalized for community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), 97 patients, 50-85 years old, admitted to the Department of Infectious Diseases at Danderyd Hospital were enrolled in a prospective study. 13 enrolment variables were examined for association with 6 outcome variables. Serum orosomucoid concentration, acute physiology and chronic health evaluation (APACHE) II score, body mass index (BMI) and triceps skinfold (TSF) were each associated with duration of hospital stay. A low TSF and BMI, and a high APACHE II score were all associated with death. A high APACHE II score and a high TSF were both associated with readmission within 6 months of discharge. The alfa-1-antitrypsin concentration was the most closely correlated with duration of fever. We conclude that the admission concentrations of alfa-1-antitrypsin and orosomucoid are better predictors of hospital morbidity than the more commonly used albumin and C-reactive protein (CRP) levels. Measurement of APACHE II and TSF on admission may give additional prognostic information on the interval from admission to 6 months after discharge.
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- J Hedlund
- Department of Infectious Diseases, Karolinska Institutet, Danderyd Hospital, Sweden
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Ortqvist A, Hedlund J, Grillner L, Jalonen E, Kallings I, Leinonen M, Kalin M. Aetiology, outcome and prognostic factors in community-acquired pneumonia requiring hospitalization. Eur Respir J 1990. [DOI: 10.1183/09031936.93.03101105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Outcome and prognostic factors were prospectively studied in 277 adult patients (average age 62 yrs) with community-acquired pneumonia requiring hospitalization. The aetiology was established in 68%, with S. pneumoniae as the predominating agent. Mortality was 4% (12 of 277), and all but one who died were greater than or equal to 60 yrs of age. Features associated with high mortality included greater age, absence of chills and chest pain, high respiratory rate (greater than 30 breaths.min-1) and low serum albumin on admission, and the occurrence of airway colonization and secondary infection during hospital stay. Multivariate analysis showed that low serum albumin and the occurrence of secondary infection, but also absence of chills and airway colonization, were correlated to a higher mortality. In patients who survived, the median length of hospital stay was seven days, and at follow-up, about eight weeks after admission, 81% had recovered and chest X-ray was normal in 84%. In conclusion, we believe that the outcome of community-acquired pneumonia can be influenced by prophylactic measures against pneumococcal infection, and an increased surveillance of risk patients.
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Ortqvist A, Hedlund J, Grillner L, Jalonen E, Kallings I, Leinonen M, Kalin M. Aetiology, outcome and prognostic factors in community-acquired pneumonia requiring hospitalization. Eur Respir J 1990; 3:1105-13. [PMID: 2090471] [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: 12/30/2022]
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Outcome and prognostic factors were prospectively studied in 277 adult patients (average age 62 yrs) with community-acquired pneumonia requiring hospitalization. The aetiology was established in 68%, with S. pneumoniae as the predominating agent. Mortality was 4% (12 of 277), and all but one who died were greater than or equal to 60 yrs of age. Features associated with high mortality included greater age, absence of chills and chest pain, high respiratory rate (greater than 30 breaths.min-1) and low serum albumin on admission, and the occurrence of airway colonization and secondary infection during hospital stay. Multivariate analysis showed that low serum albumin and the occurrence of secondary infection, but also absence of chills and airway colonization, were correlated to a higher mortality. In patients who survived, the median length of hospital stay was seven days, and at follow-up, about eight weeks after admission, 81% had recovered and chest X-ray was normal in 84%. In conclusion, we believe that the outcome of community-acquired pneumonia can be influenced by prophylactic measures against pneumococcal infection, and an increased surveillance of risk patients.
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- A Ortqvist
- Dept of Infectious Diseases, Danderyd Hospital, Sweden
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The diagnostic value of bacterial cultures from nasopharynx (NPH) was prospectively studied in 261 patients with community-acquired pneumonia requiring hospitalization. NPH culture results were compared with those of other diagnostic methods: Culture from blood and sputum, pneumococcal antigen detection, enzyme immuno assay (EIA) for detection of antibodies against pneumococcal hemolysin and in selected cases bronchoscopy. Pneumococcal pneumonia was diagnosed by these other methods in 121 patients. Streptococcus pneumoniae was detected in NPH in 33 of these patients (27%, or 36% if only cultures obtained before start of antibiotics are considered), but in only four of the other 140 patients. For other species the relevance of NPH culture was uncertain. Because of its simplicity and high specificity NPH culture can be a valuable supplement to other diagnostic methods, particularly when sputum samples are difficult to obtain.
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- J Hedlund
- Department of Infectious Diseases, Danderyd Hospital, Sweden
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We wish to report a 76-year-old woman with 2 episodes of meningitis related to the intake of trimethoprim. On both occasions the patient demonstrated encephalitic symptoms and a pathological electroencephalogram with cerebral function disturbances. A similar case with encephalitic symptoms due to trimethoprim has not been reported earlier.
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- J Hedlund
- Department of Infectious Diseases, Danderyd Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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Item-level factor studies of the MMPI date back to the work of Comrey (1957). Surprisingly, there are no extant studies of the items that clinicians use most in the course of daily MMPI interpretive reporting, namely, the 399 x 399 matrix that represents all of the items that comprise the traditional clinical and validity scales. Furthermore, there are no prior studies with adequate Ns that have examined the replicability of MMPI factor structure via available factor comparison techniques (Harman, 1976). In this study, 20,000 MMPIs were factored by the principal components method, followed by Varimax rotations of 6 through 25 factors. The coefficient of congruence was used to compare the factor structures of randomly divided subsamples, as well as males vs. females and Blacks vs. Whites. Differences in factor structure were found, and suggestions are made with regard to the significance of these findings in clinical and applied settings.
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- N C Beck
- University of Missouri Medical School Mid-Missouri Mental Health Center Missouri Institute of Psychiatry
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Caldecott-Hazard S, Yamagata N, Hedlund J, Camacho H, Liebeskind JC. Changes in simple and complex behaviors following kindled seizures in rats: opioid and nonopioid medication. Epilepsia 1983; 24:539-47. [PMID: 6617585 DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1983.tb03418.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
Abstract
To learn more about postictal behaviors and their underlying mechanisms, five behaviors and EEG recordings were studied following fully generalized, kindled seizures in rats. The behaviors included bar pressing for food; tail withdrawal, squeak, and multiple squeak responses to painful tail shocks; consumption of freely available food; clinging to a vertical grid; and locomotion. Latencies from the end of a seizure afterdischarge until each behavior recovered were compared and were found to cluster in three distinct pairs. Locomotion and grid clinging recovered most quickly; consumption of freely available food and EEG postictal depression recovered next; and bar pressing for food and the multiple squeak response recovered most slowly. Naloxone pretreatment (10 mg/kg but not 1 mg/kg) shortened recovery to multiple squeak responses, grid clinging, and locomotion, without affecting recovery of bar pressing, food consumption, or EEG postictal depression. These results suggest that complex behaviors recover more slowly following a seizure than simple behaviors. It also appears that opioids are released by a kindled seizure and mediate certain postictal changes in motor- and pain-related behaviors.
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