Publications by authors named "Marjut Sarjomaa"
Objectives: This study aims to assess risk factors for SARS-CoV-2 infection by combined design; first comparing positive cases to negative controls as determined by PCR testing and then comparing these two groups to an additional prepandemic population control group.
Design And Setting: Test-negative design (TND), multicentre case-control study with additional population controls in South-Eastern Norway.
Participants: Adults who underwent SARS-CoV-2 PCR testing between February and December 2020.
Objectives: To assess total antibody levels against Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome CoronaVirus 2 (SARS CoV-2) spike protein up to 12 months after Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) infection in non-vaccinated individuals and the possible predictors of antibody persistence.
Methods: This is the first part of a prospective multi-centre cohort study.
Participants: The study included SARS-CoV-2 real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) positive and negative participants in South-Eastern Norway from February to December 2020.
Background And Aims: In Norway, data on the aetiology of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in hospitalized patients are limited. The aims of this study were to investigate the bacterial aetiology of CAP in hospitalized patients in Norway, risk factors for CAP and possible differences in risk factors between patients with Legionnaire's disease and pneumonia because of other causes.
Methods: Adult patients with radiologically confirmed CAP admitted to hospital were eligible for the study.
Background: The first instance of Legionella infection in a Norwegian hospital was confirmed in 2005. We describe the best-known methods of eradicating Legionella in hospitals.
Materials And Method: The article is based on the authors' experience of measures to prevent Legionnaires' disease in hospitals and on a non-systematic search in PubMed.
We present a 19-year-old woman with a throat infection, increased temperature, a positive mononucleosis monospot test and clinical signs of a lower respiratory tract infection. The diagnosis was thought to be mononucleosis complicated by bacterial pneumonia, but she was later found to have Fusobacterium necrophorum in blood cultures. She subsequently developed metastatic abscesses in her lungs and hip joint and was diagnosed with Lemierre's Syndrome.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Knowledge on how to treat stroke effectively is increasing, but is not always implemented into clinical practice. The aim of this study was to establish the treatment offered, clinical status at discharge and long-term results for stroke patients admitted to a Norwegian local hospital.
Material And Methods: 421 patients were treated for stroke at Baerum hospital during the years 1994-1995.