Reetta Sihvonen

Miten laboratorio voi vaikuttaa mikrobilääkkeiden käyttöön?

Jukka Torvikoski, Reetta Sihvonen, Anu Pätäri-Sampo

• Turhaa mikrobilääkkeiden käyttöä voidaan vähentää raportoimalla bakteeriviljelyjen löydökset ja herkkyysmääritykset valikoidusti. • Herkkyyspaneelien huolellinen suunnittelu ja vaiheistettu käyttö ovat osa mikrobilääkityksen ohjausta. • Yksiselitteiset herkkyystulkinnat auttavat hoidon valinnassa. I-tulkinta tarkoittaa, että bakteeri on lääkkeelle herkkä, kun käytössä on tehokkain annostus. • …

Shiga toxin‐producing Escherichia coli (STEC) stool multiplex PCR can replace culture for clinical diagnosis and follow‐up

Anu Jääskeläinen, Saara Salmenlinna, Jenni Antikainen, Reetta Sihvonen et autres

Shiga toxin (stx)-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) causes potentially severe gastrointestinal infections. Due to its public health importance, control measures are required, and carriers may need to refrain from work or daycare when the risk of spread to vulnerable people is high. We …

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Clinical and microbiological characterization of Aerococcus urinae bacteraemias at Helsinki metropolitan area, Finland

Reetta Sihvonen, Maria Turunen, Laura Lehtola, Laura Pakarinen et autres

Our objective was to assess the incidence of bacteraemic Aerococcus urinae cases at Helsinki metropolitan area, Finland, from a 6-year study period (2013 to 2018) and to further characterize available cases. The study evaluates the outcome of commonly used cefuroxime treatment and …

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Mikrobilääkkeille resistentit bakteerit yleistyvät

Reetta Sihvonen, Tanja Holma, Anu Pätäri‐Sampo

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Streptococcus pneumoniae antimicrobial resistance decreased in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area after routine 10-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccination of infants in Finland

Reetta Sihvonen, Lotta Siira, Maija Toropainen, Pentti Kuusela et autres

Since the introduction of 10-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV10) into the Finnish national vaccination program in September 2010, the incidence of invasive pneumococcal disease in children has decreased steeply in Finland. We studied the antimicrobial susceptibility of invasive and non-invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae …

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Streptococcus pneumoniae antimicrobial resistance decreased in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area after routine 10-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccination of infants in Finland

Reetta Sihvonen, Lotta Siira, Maija Toropainen, Pentti Kuusela et autres

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Clindamycin resistant emm33 Streptococcus pyogenes emerged among invasive infections in Helsinki metropolitan area, Finland, 2012 to 2013

Ann-Katrine Pesola, Reetta Sihvonen, Laura Lindholm, Anu Pätäri‐Sampo

In 2012, blood, skin and soft tissue infections caused by clindamycin resistant Streptococcus pyogenes (group A streptococcus; GAS) appeared to be increasing in the Helsinki metropolitan area. We compared monthly percentages of clindamycin resistant isolates in the area between 2012 and 2013, …

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An outbreak of pneumonia associated with S. pneumoniae at a military training facility in Finland in 2006.

Anni Vainio, Outi Lyytikäinen, Reetta Sihvonen, Tarja Kaijalainen et autres

Streptococcus pneumoniae is a well-known cause of community-acquired bacterial pneumonia. The purpose of this study was to assess the cause and extent of the outbreak of pneumonia which occurred among military recruits following a 1-week hard encampment in Finland. We also assessed …

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An outbreak of pneumonia associated with S. pneumoniae at a military training facility in Finland in 2006

Anni Vainio, Outi Lyytikäinen, Reetta Sihvonen, Tarja Kaijalainen et autres

Streptococcus pneumoniae is a well‐known cause of community‐acquired bacterial pneumonia. The purpose of this study was to assess the cause and extent of the outbreak of pneumonia which occurred among military recruits following a 1‐week hard encampment in Finland. We also assessed …

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