• Antimicrobial stewardship: a qualitative study of the development of national guidelines for antibiotic use in hospitals 

      Feiring, Eli; Walter, Anne Berit (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Background As effective antibiotics are becoming a scarce resource, governmental regulation is needed to promote responsible use. Implementation of antibiotic stewardship and practice guidelines in health care facilities ...
    • Critical knowledge gaps and research needs related to the environmental dimensions of antibiotic resistance 

      Larsson, J; Andremont, A; Bengtsson-Palme, Johan; Koefoed Brandt, K; de Roda Husman, AM; Fagerstedt, P.; Flick, J; Flack, CF; Gaze, William H.; Kuroda, Masako; Kvint, K; Laxminarayan, R; Manaia, M; Nielsen, Kaare Magne; Plant, L; Ploy, MC; Segovia, P; Simonet, Pascal; Smalla, Kornelia; Snape, J; Topp, Edward; Van Hengel, AW; Verner-Jeffreys, DW; Virta, MPJ; Wellington, EM; Wernersson, AS (Environment International;Volume 117, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-05-07)
      There is growing understanding that the environment plays an important role both in the transmission of antibiotic resistant pathogens and in their evolution. Accordingly, researchers and stakeholders world-wide seek to ...
    • Detection of Aminoglycoside Resistant Bacteria in Sludge Samples From Norwegian Drinking Water Treatment Plants 

      Ullman, Ingvild F.; Tunsjø, Hege; Andreassen, Monica; Nielsen, Kaare Magne; Lund, Vidar; Charnock, Colin (Frontiers in Microbiology; March 2019 | Volume 10 | Article 487, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-03-13)
      Through a culture-based approach using sludge from drinking water treatment plants, this study reports on the presence of aminoglycoside resistant bacteria at 23 different geographical locations in Norway. Sludge samples ...
    • Whole genome sequencing and antibiotic diffusionassays, provide new insight on drug resistance in thegenus Pedobacter 

      Ullmann, Ingvild Falkum; Nygaard, Anders Benteson; Tunsjø, Hege; Charnock, Colin (FEMS Microbiology Ecology;Volume 96, Issue 6, June 2020, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-05-09)
      A total of four strains of the ‘environmental superbug’ Pedobacter isolated from sludge produced at Norwegian drinking water treatment plants, were characterized by whole genome sequencing and antibiotic susceptibility ...