Birthe Dohn

Summary

Affiliation: Statens Serum Institut
Country: Denmark

Publications

  1. ncbi Protocol for the detection of Mycoplasma genitalium by PCR from clinical specimens and subsequent detection of macrolide resistance-mediating mutations in region V of the 23S rRNA gene
    Jørgen Skov Jensen
    Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark
    Methods Mol Biol 903:129-39. 2012
  2. ncbi Short tandem repeat sequences in the Mycoplasma genitalium genome and their use in a multilocus genotyping system
    Liang Ma
    Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
    BMC Microbiol 8:130. 2008
  3. ncbi Determination of PCR efficiency in chelex-100 purified clinical samples and comparison of real-time quantitative PCR and conventional PCR for detection of Chlamydia pneumoniae
    Tina Mygind
    Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Aarhus, Denmark
    BMC Microbiol 2:17. 2002
  4. ncbi Infrequent detection of Pneumocystis jirovecii by PCR in oral wash specimens from TB patients with or without HIV and healthy contacts in Tanzania
    Lotte Jensen
    Department of Infectious Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Denmark
    BMC Infect Dis 10:140. 2010
  5. ncbi Detection of Pneumocystis DNA in samples from patients suspected of bacterial pneumonia--a case-control study
    Jannik Helweg-Larsen
    Copenhagen HIV Programme, Department of Infectious Diseases, Copenhagen, Denmark
    BMC Infect Dis 2:28. 2002
  6. ncbi Azithromycin treatment failure in Mycoplasma genitalium-positive patients with nongonococcal urethritis is associated with induced macrolide resistance
    Jørgen S Jensen
    Mycoplasma Laboratory, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark
    Clin Infect Dis 47:1546-53. 2008
  7. ncbi Mycoplasma genitalium infections. Diagnosis, clinical aspects, and pathogenesis
    Jørgen Skov Jensen
    Department of Bacteriology, Mycology and Parasitology, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark
    Dan Med Bull 53:1-27. 2006
  8. ncbi Comparison of first void urine and urogenital swab specimens for detection of Mycoplasma genitalium and Chlamydia trachomatis by polymerase chain reaction in patients attending a sexually transmitted disease clinic
    Jørgen Skov Jensen
    Mycoplasma Laboratory, Department of Respiratory Infections, Meningitis, and Sexually Transmitted Infections, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen S, Denmark
    Sex Transm Dis 31:499-507. 2004
  9. ncbi Use of TaqMan 5' nuclease real-time PCR for quantitative detection of Mycoplasma genitalium DNA in males with and without urethritis who were attendees at a sexually transmitted disease clinic
    Jørgen Skov Jensen
    Mycoplasma Laboratory, Statens Serum Institut, DK 2300 Copenhagen S, Denmark
    J Clin Microbiol 42:683-92. 2004
  10. ncbi Mycoplasma genitalium: the aetiological agent of urethritis and other sexually transmitted diseases
    Jørgen Skov Jensen
    Mycoplasma Laboratory, Statens Serum Institut, Artillerivej 5, DK 2300 Copenhagen S, Denmark
    J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 18:1-11. 2004

Collaborators

  • Eva Björnelius
  • Ryoichi Hamasuna
  • Lars Falk
  • David H Martin
  • Liang Ma
  • Sepehr N Tabrizi
  • B Gahrn-Hansen
  • Catriona S Bradshaw
  • Jørgen Skov Jensen
  • Jørgen S Jensen
  • Peter Lidbrink
  • Jannik Helweg-Larsen
  • Lotte Jensen
  • Sofie Vetli Hjorth
  • Ditte M Dragsted
  • Tina Mygind
  • George PrayGod
  • Henrik Friis
  • Nyagosya Range
  • Andreas V Jensen
  • John Changalucha
  • Daniel Faurholt-Jepsen
  • Jeremiah Kidola
  • Jorgen S Jensen
  • Aase B Andersen
  • Christopher K Fairley
  • J S Jensen
  • Lene Berthelsen
  • Jesper Madsen
  • Martin B Borre
  • Gunna Christiansen
  • Bettina Lundgren
  • Lars Østergaard
  • Svend Birkelund
  • Thomas L Benfield
  • Niels H Birkebaek
  • B Bruun

Detail Information

Publications14

  1. ncbi Protocol for the detection of Mycoplasma genitalium by PCR from clinical specimens and subsequent detection of macrolide resistance-mediating mutations in region V of the 23S rRNA gene
    Jørgen Skov Jensen
    Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark
    Methods Mol Biol 903:129-39. 2012
    ..Here we describe a TaqMan-based PCR test for detection of the infection and a conventional PCR that serves as a confirmatory assay with the possibility of sequencing the product for detection of macrolide resistance-mediating mutations...
  2. ncbi Short tandem repeat sequences in the Mycoplasma genitalium genome and their use in a multilocus genotyping system
    Liang Ma
    Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
    BMC Microbiol 8:130. 2008
    ..genitalium using the newly developed system...
  3. ncbi Determination of PCR efficiency in chelex-100 purified clinical samples and comparison of real-time quantitative PCR and conventional PCR for detection of Chlamydia pneumoniae
    Tina Mygind
    Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Aarhus, Denmark
    BMC Microbiol 2:17. 2002
    ..Real-time PCR could be an attractive new PCR method; therefore it must be evaluated and compared to conventional PCR methods...
  4. ncbi Infrequent detection of Pneumocystis jirovecii by PCR in oral wash specimens from TB patients with or without HIV and healthy contacts in Tanzania
    Lotte Jensen
    Department of Infectious Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Denmark
    BMC Infect Dis 10:140. 2010
    ..We therefore assessed the prevalence of P. jirovecii by PCR in oral wash specimens among TB patients and healthy individuals in an HIV- and TB-endemic area of sub-Saharan Africa...
  5. ncbi Detection of Pneumocystis DNA in samples from patients suspected of bacterial pneumonia--a case-control study
    Jannik Helweg-Larsen
    Copenhagen HIV Programme, Department of Infectious Diseases, Copenhagen, Denmark
    BMC Infect Dis 2:28. 2002
    ..To investigate the clinical importance of a positive Pneumocystis-PCR among HIV-uninfected patients suspected of bacterial pneumonia, a retrospective matched case-control study was conducted...
  6. ncbi Azithromycin treatment failure in Mycoplasma genitalium-positive patients with nongonococcal urethritis is associated with induced macrolide resistance
    Jørgen S Jensen
    Mycoplasma Laboratory, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark
    Clin Infect Dis 47:1546-53. 2008
    ..The aim of the study was to establish the reason for the occasional treatment failures...
  7. ncbi Mycoplasma genitalium infections. Diagnosis, clinical aspects, and pathogenesis
    Jørgen Skov Jensen
    Department of Bacteriology, Mycology and Parasitology, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark
    Dan Med Bull 53:1-27. 2006
  8. ncbi Comparison of first void urine and urogenital swab specimens for detection of Mycoplasma genitalium and Chlamydia trachomatis by polymerase chain reaction in patients attending a sexually transmitted disease clinic
    Jørgen Skov Jensen
    Mycoplasma Laboratory, Department of Respiratory Infections, Meningitis, and Sexually Transmitted Infections, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen S, Denmark
    Sex Transm Dis 31:499-507. 2004
    ....
  9. ncbi Use of TaqMan 5' nuclease real-time PCR for quantitative detection of Mycoplasma genitalium DNA in males with and without urethritis who were attendees at a sexually transmitted disease clinic
    Jørgen Skov Jensen
    Mycoplasma Laboratory, Statens Serum Institut, DK 2300 Copenhagen S, Denmark
    J Clin Microbiol 42:683-92. 2004
    ..Urethral swab specimens from patients with urethral discharge had a significantly higher DNA load than specimens from patients without discharge. This correlation was not found in first-void urine specimens...
  10. ncbi Mycoplasma genitalium: the aetiological agent of urethritis and other sexually transmitted diseases
    Jørgen Skov Jensen
    Mycoplasma Laboratory, Statens Serum Institut, Artillerivej 5, DK 2300 Copenhagen S, Denmark
    J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 18:1-11. 2004
    ..The optimal treatment of M. genitalium infections remains to be determined, but antibiotics of the macrolide group appear to be more active than tetracyclines...
  11. ncbi Detection of Mycoplasma genitalium by PCR amplification of the 16S rRNA gene
    Jørgen Skov Jensen
    Mycoplasma Laboratory, Department of Respiratory Infections, Meningitis, and Sexually Transmitted Infections, Statens Serum Institut, DK 2300 Copenhagen S, Denmark
    J Clin Microbiol 41:261-6. 2003
    ..These results indicate that estimates of the prevalence of M. genitalium in various populations using MgPa PCR primers could be incorrectly low if the PCR primers are located in variable regions of the MgPa gene...
  12. ncbi Unexpected cross-reaction with Fusobacterium necrophorum in a PCR for detection of mycoplasmas
    J S Jensen
    Mycoplasma Laboratory, Neisseria Department, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark
    J Clin Microbiol 37:828-9. 1999
    ..Twenty-five strains of Fusobacterium were examined; all 14 F. necrophorum strains reacted positively, whereas all 7 Fusobacterium nucleatum strains reacted negatively. Two strains that were not F. necrophorum yielded variable results...
  13. ncbi Sequence-based typing of Mycoplasma genitalium reveals sexual transmission
    Sofie Vetli Hjorth
    Mycoplasma Laboratory, Statens Serum Institut, DK-2300 Copenhagen S, Denmark
    J Clin Microbiol 44:2078-83. 2006
    ..In the laboratory, this system may document the uniqueness of newly isolated M. genitalium strains...
  14. ncbi Comparison of culture and PCR for detection of Bordetella pertussis and Bordetella parapertussis under routine laboratory conditions
    Ditte M Dragsted
    Department of Bacteriology, Statens Serum Institut, Artillerivej 5, DK 2300, Copenhagen S, Denmark
    J Med Microbiol 53:749-54. 2004
    ..The PCR assay is considered highly specific due to the amplification of two different sequences in two separate assays...