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Background: Cystic echinococcosis is a zoonosis caused by the parasite Echinococcus granulosus. The disease rarely occurs in Norway, but constitutes a significant global health issue.

Case Presentation: A man in his forties presented with right-sided flank pain.

[A child with periorbital swelling].

Background: A young boy presented with acute ethmoiditis and recurrent periorbital swelling. The periorbital swelling was confirmed to be caused by a rare condition.

Case Presentation: Debut symptoms were acute rhinitis, unilateral periorbital swelling, fatigue, and swelling in the temple region, probably caused by an insect bite.

Antibiotic Therapy of an Infant With a Brevibacterium casei Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Infection.

We describe a newborn infant with hydrocephalus and a ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection caused by Brevibacterium casei. Essential for correct diagnosis was rapid species identification by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight, after initial report of coryneform bacteria. The patient responded well to vancomycin and rifampicin for 15 days.

Schistosomiasis in Norwegian students after travel to Africa.

Background: Schistosomiasis is a tropical infectious disease in which early diagnosis and treatment can prevent serious illness. This study examined the incidence and diagnosis of schistosomiasis in Norwegian exchange students who had been exposed to freshwater in Africa.

Material And Method: Students (n = 318) from Bergen and Oslo who had travelled to Africa as part of an exchange programme in the period 2003-18, were contacted and included in the study if they had been exposed to freshwater during their stay.

Leishmaniasis in Norway.

Background: Leishmaniasis is a rare but potentially severe tropical infectious disease, and Norwegian clinicians are generally unfamiliar with its diagnosis and treatment. This study aimed to investigate the number of cases diagnosed, performance of diagnostic methods and treatment of leishmaniasis at five university hospitals in Norway.

Material And Method: The number of cases, diagnosis and treatment of suspected leishmaniasis were registered prospectively in the period March 2014 - September 2017 at the university hospitals of Bergen, Oslo, Stavanger, Trondheim and Tromsø.

[Echinococcus multilocularis infection - six cases during two years in Sweden].

Alveolar echinococcosis (AE) caused by the fox tapeworm Echinococcus multilocularis is a zoonosis presenting with focal liver lesions and has a poor prognosis without treatment. The disease is common in Central and Eastern Europe but has been highly unusual in Sweden. A suspicion of AE usually arises through radiology and the diagnosis may be confirmed by histology and/or serological antibody detection.

Evaluation of a PCR Method for Detection of Entamoeba polecki, with an Overview of Its Molecular Epidemiology.

is a parasite of human and nonhuman primates, other mammals, and birds. Due to overlapping morphological features, cysts of may be confused with those of other species commonly found in human fecal samples, including immature cysts of Although the presence of in human -positive stool samples may be rare, its prevalence is likely underestimated due to such confusion. Here, we give examples of diagnostic approaches applied so far and summarize data on the molecular epidemiology of , including host specificity and phylogeography.

National outbreak of Yersinia enterocolitica infections in military and civilian populations associated with consumption of mixed salad, Norway, 2014.

In May 2014, a cluster of Yersinia enterocolitica (YE) O9 infections was reported from a military base in northern Norway. Concurrently, an increase in YE infections in civilians was observed in the Norwegian Surveillance System for Communicable Diseases. We investigated to ascertain the extent of the outbreak and identify the source in order to implement control measures.

Towards improved diagnosis of neglected zoonotic trematodes using a One Health approach.

Reaching the goal of control, elimination and eradication of the Neglected Tropical Disease in a foreseeable future provides significant challenges at the ground level especially regarding helminthiasis. Helminths are still mainly diagnoses by egg identification in stool, methods with low sensitivity and for most species low specificity. Cross-sectoral collaboration with regard to zoonoses is almost non-existing and cross-validation by inter-laboratory evaluation of diagnostic tests is not a common practice.

Real-time polymerase chain reaction for detection of low-intensity Schistosoma japonicum infections in China.

More sensitive methods for diagnosing infection with Schistosoma japonicum are needed as control becomes more effective. We compared a real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for stool samples with conventional diagnostic methods in a study of 1,727 persons from Anhui Province, China. Seroprevalence determined by using an indirect hemagglutination assay (IHA) was much higher (26.

Low sensitivity of the formol-ethyl acetate sedimentation concentration technique in low-intensity Schistosoma japonicum infections.

Background: The endemic countries are in a diagnostic dilemma concerning Schistosoma japonicum with increasing difficulties in diagnosing the infected individuals. The formol-ethyl acetate sedimentation concentration technique is preferred by many clinical microbiology laboratories for the detection of parasites in stool samples. It is potentially more sensitive than the diagnostic methods traditionally used.

Validation of a simplified netilmicin dosage regimen in infants.

The aim of this study was to validate a simplified high-dosage, extended-interval netilmicin dosage regimen for infants. A total of 129 infants receiving 163 treatment courses of netilmicin (6 mg kg every 24 or 36 h depending on gestational age (GA), postnatal age and postmenstrual age) was analysed. Serum netilmicin concentrations were monitored before (Cmin), 30 min (C0.