• AMR-Diag: Neural network based genotype-to-phenotype prediction of resistance towards β-lactams in Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae 

      Avershina, Ekaterina; Sharma, Priyanka; Taxt, Arne Michael; Singh, Harpreet; Frye, Stephan Alfons; Paul, Kolin; Kapil, Arti; Naseer, Mohammed Umaer; Kaur, Punit; Ahmad, Rafi (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-03-29)
      Antibiotic resistance poses a major threat to public health. More effective ways of the antibiotic prescription are needed to delay the spread of antibiotic resistance. Employment of sequencing technologies coupled with the use of trained neural network algorithms for genotype-to-phenotype prediction will reduce the time needed for antibiotic susceptibility profile identification from days to ...
    • Asymptomatisk covid-19 med usikre testresultater 

      Norheim, Arne Johan; Lind, Andreas; Taxt, Arne Michael; Nakstad, Espen Rostrup; Borud, Einar Kristian; Waldow, Thomas (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-12-14)
      Testing for SARS-CoV-2 ved bruk av PCR- og antistofftester gir et betydelig bidrag i bekjempelsen av covid-19-pandemien. Denne kasuistikken belyser en situasjon der PCRtesting for SARS-CoV-2 reiste flere spørsmål enn testen kunne besvare.
    • Rapid identification of pathogens, antibiotic resistance genes and plasmids in blood cultures by nanopore sequencing 

      Taxt, Arne Michael; Avershina, Ekaterina; Frye, Stephan Alfons; Naseer, Mohammed Umaer; Ahmad, Rafi (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-05-06)
      Bloodstream infections (BSI) and sepsis are major causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Blood culture-based diagnostics usually requires 1–2 days for identification of bacterial agent and an additional 2–3 days for phenotypic determination of antibiotic susceptibility pattern. With the escalating burden of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) rapid diagnostics becomes increasingly important to ...
    • Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 prevalence in 1170 asymptomatic Norwegian conscripts 

      Borud, Einar Kristian; Nakstad, Espen Rostrup; Håberg, Siri Eldevik; Lind, Andreas; Fadum, Elin Anita; Taxt, Arne Michael; Steens, Anneke; Gjein, Gaute Eriksen; Sunde, Magne Wiken; Iversen, Petter; Svanevik, Marius; Ahmad, Babar Mushtaq; Waldow, Thomas; Norheim, Arne Johan (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-01-15)
      <i>Background</i> - Accurate estimates of SARS-CoV-2 infection in different population groups are important for the health authorities. In Norway, public infection control measures have successfully curbed the pandemic. However, military training and service are incompatible with these measures; therefore extended infection control measures were implemented in the Norwegian Armed Forces. We aimed ...