Olof Hertting

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About me

Consultant in paediatric infectious diseases at Karolinska University
Hospital and my research is focusing on molecular immune responses in severe
bacterial infections in children as well as epidemiological studies on
children with a range of infectious diseases.

Research

Bone and Joint Infections in Children
Meningococcal infections in children and teenagers (the MEMPHIS study)

Articles

Article: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2024

Pre-admission virus detection during the COVID-19 pandemic in children with and without symptoms of infection.

Bennet R; Rinder MR; George E; Hertting O; Luthander J; Åkefeldt SO; Hammas B; Allander T; Eriksson M
Article: PEDIATRIC RESEARCH. 2024;:1-6

International Care programs for Pediatric Post-COVID Condition (Long COVID) and the way forward.

Brackel CLH; Noij LCE; Vijverberg SJH; Legghe CL; Maitland-van der Zee AH; van Goudoever JB; Buonsenso D; Munblit D; Sigfrid L; McFarland S; Anmyr L; Ashkenazi-Hoffnung L; Bellinat APN; Dias NLS; Edwards A; Fashina T; Juraški RG; Gonçalves ALN; Hansted E; Herczeg V; Hertting O; Jankauskaite LN; Kaswandani N; Kevalas R; Krivácsy P; Lorenz M; Malone LA; McVoy M; Miller DW; Morrow AK; Nugawela MD; Oliveira CR; Oliveira PRS; Osmanov IM; Overmars IM; Paintsil E; Pinto Pereira SM; Prawira Y; Putri ND; Ramos RCF; Rasche M; Ryd-Rinder M; De Rose C; Samitova E; Jovanović TS; Say D; Scott JT; Shachar-Lavie I; Shafran R; Shmueli E; Snipaitiene A; Stephenson T; Ténai N; Tosif S; Turkalj M; Valentini P; Vasconcelos LRS; Villard L; Vilser D; Hashimoto S; Terheggen-Lagro SWJ
Article: ARCHIVES OF DISEASE IN CHILDHOOD. 2024;109(2):152-157

Seizures in hospitalised paediatric patients with SARS-CoV-2 and comparison of severity with seizures in hospitalised paediatric patients with other respiratory viruses during the COVID-19 pandemic: a population-based cohort study.

Anastasopoulou S; Svensson E; Wickström R; Hertting O; Rinder MR; Bennet R; Eriksson M
Article: EUROSURVEILLANCE. 2024;29(3):2300193

Early-onset group B streptococcal infections in five Nordic countries with different prevention policies, 1995 to 2019.

Björklund V; Saxén H; Hertting O; Malchau Carlsen EL; Hoffmann S; Håkansson S; Stefánsson Thors V; Haraldsson Á; Brigtsen AK; Döllner H; Huhtamäki H; Pokka T; Ruuska TS; Nordic Research Network for Paediatric Infectious
Article: RHINOLOGY. 2023;61(5):412-420

Complications to acute bacterial rhinosinusitis in children - a prospective study; bacterial cultures, virus detection, allergy sensitization and immunoglobulins.

Hultman Dennison S; Granath A; Holmstrom M; Stjarne P; Hertting O
Article: THE LANCET REGIONAL HEALTH - EUROPE. 2023;27:100581

Malaria parasite prevalence in Sub-Saharan African migrants screened in Sweden: a cross-sectional study.

Wångdahl A; Bogale RT; Eliasson I; Broumou I; Faroogh F; Lind F; Vashchuk G; Hildell A; Franson S; Hallberg E; Grip I; Nordling I; Gervin A; Kaitoly S; Tekleab B; Wyss K; Requena-Méndez A; Hertting O; Färnert A
Article: EUROSURVEILLANCE. 2022;27(7):2100079

SARS-CoV-2 testing in patients with low COVID-19 suspicion at admission to a tertiary care hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, March to September 2020.

Requena-Méndez A; Mougkou A; Hedberg P; van der Werff SD; Tanushi H; Hertting O; Färnert A; Nyberg F; Naucler P; COVID-19-data-review collaborators
Article: THORAX. 2022;77(2):154-163

Clinical phenotypes and outcomes of SARS-CoV-2, influenza, RSV and seven other respiratory viruses: a retrospective study using complete hospital data.

Hedberg P; Karlsson Valik J; van der Werff S; Tanushi H; Requena Mendez A; Granath F; Bell M; Mårtensson J; Dyrdak R; Hertting O; Färnert A; Ternhag A; Naucler P
Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY. 2021;150:110866

A Swedish population-based study of complications due to acute rhinosinusitis in children 5-18 years old.

Hultman Dennison S; Hertting O; Bennet R; Eriksson M; Holmström M; Schollin Ask L; Lindstrand A; Dimitriou P; Stjärne P; Granath A
Article: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2021;110(10):2802-2804

Reduction in paediatric emergency visits during the COVID-19 pandemic in a region with open preschools and schools.

Rhedin SA; Ryd Rinder M; Hildenwall H; Herlenius E; Hertting O; Luthander J; Melén E; Nijman R; Olsson-Åkefeldt S; Alfven T
Article: EPIDEMIOLOGY AND INFECTION. 2021;149:e126

Atypical presentation of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup W disease is associated with the introduction of the 2013 strain.

Säll O; Stenmark B; Jacobsson S; Eriksson L; Thulin Hedberg S; Hertting O; Fredlund H; Sundqvist M; Mölling P
Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS. 2021;180(3):893-898

Acute infection as cause of hospitalization of asylum-seeking children and adolescents in Stockholm, Sweden 2015-2016.

Hertting O; Luthander J; Giske CG; Bennet R; Eriksson M
Article: JOURNAL OF PAEDIATRICS AND CHILD HEALTH. 2020;56(12):1912-1917

A 10-year retrospective survey of acute childhood osteomyelitis in Stockholm, Sweden.

von Heideken J; Bennet R; Eriksson M; Hertting O
Article: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2020;117:19256

[Leishmaniasis a neglected but serious tropical disease].

Glans H; Hertting O
Article: CELL AND TISSUE RESEARCH. 2020;380(3):669-673

Vitamin D strengthens the bladder epithelial barrier by inducing tight junction proteins during E. coli urinary tract infection.

Mohanty S; Kamolvit W; Hertting O; Brauner A
Article: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2019;108(12):2175-2185

An overview of how on-call consultant paediatricians can recognise and manage severe primary immunodeficiencies.

Wekell P; Hertting O; Holmgren D; Fasth A
Article: ARCHIVES OF DISEASE IN CHILDHOOD-EDUCATION AND PRACTICE EDITION. 2019;104(5):235-243

Fifteen-minute consultation: Recognising primary immune deficiencies in children.

Wekell P; Hertting O; Holmgren D; Fasth A
Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY. 2019;121:50-54

Serious complications due to acute rhinosinusitis in children up to five years old in Stockholm, Sweden - Still a challenge in the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine era.

Dennison SH; Ask LS; Eriksson M; Granath A; Hertting O; Bennet R; Lindstrand A; Masaba P; Dimitriou P; Stjärne P
Article: PEDIATRIC BLOOD & CANCER. 2017;64(7):e26397

Antibiotic use during infectious episodes in the first 6 months of anticancer treatment-A Swedish cohort study of children aged 7-16 years.

Af Sandeberg M; Johansson E; Wettergren L; Björk O; Hertting O; Nilsson A
Article: PLOS ONE. 2017;12(7):e0180810

Vitamin D-deficient mice have more invasive urinary tract infection.

Hertting O; Lüthje P; Sullivan D; Aspenström P; Brauner A
Article: JOURNAL OF INFECTION. 2014;68 Suppl 1:S151-S154

Childhood TB: when to think of it and what to do when you do.

Hertting O; Shingadia D
Article: PLOS ONE. 2010;5(12):e15580

Vitamin D induction of the human antimicrobial Peptide cathelicidin in the urinary bladder.

Hertting O; Holm Å; Lüthje P; Brauner H; Dyrdak R; Jonasson AF; Wiklund P; Chromek M; Brauner A
Article: TOXICON. 2008;51(8):1544-1547

Cytotoxic necrotizing factor 1 (CNF1) induces an inflammatory response in the urinary tract in vitro but not in vivo.

Hertting O; Chromek M; Slamová Z; Kádas L; Söderkvist M; Vainumäe I; Tallvik T; Jacobson SH; Brauner A
Article: PEDIATRIC RESEARCH. 2003;53(4):698-705

Matrix metalloproteinase-9 and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases-1 in acute pyelonephritis and renal scarring.

Chromek M; Tullus K; Hertting O; Jaremko G; Khalil A; Li Y-H; Brauner A
Article: CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL IMMUNOLOGY. 2003;131(2):225-233

Enhanced chemokine response in experimental acute Escherichia coli pyelonephritis in IL-1beta-deficient mice.

Hertting O; Khalil A; Jaremko G; Chromek M; Li Y-H; Bakhiet M; Bartfai T; Tullus K; Brauner A
Article: PERITONEAL DIALYSIS INTERNATIONAL. 2003;23(1):5-13

CAPD peritonitis induces the production of a novel peptide, daintain/allograft inflammatory factor-1.

Brauner A; Hertting O; Alkstrand E; Sandberg E; Chromek M; Chen Z-W; Ostenson C-G
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All other publications

Preprint: MEDRXIV. 2022

Malaria parasite prevalence in asymptomatic migrants residing in Sweden

Wångdahl A; Bogale RT; Eliasson I; Broumou I; Faroogh F; Lind F; Vashchuk G; Hildell A; Franson S; Hallberg E; Grip I; Nordling I; Gervin A; Kaitoly S; Tekleab B; Wyss K; Mendez AR; Hertting O; Färnert A
Editorial comment: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2021;110(9):2578-2580

Persistent symptoms in Swedish children after hospitalisation due to COVID-19.

Sterky E; Olsson-Åkefeldt S; Hertting O; Herlenius E; Alfven T; Ryd Rinder M; Rhedin S; Hildenwall H
Editorial comment: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2021;110(3):744-745

More research is needed on the long-term effects of COVID-19 on children and adolescents.

Hertting O
Letter: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2020;109(10):2152-2154

Paediatric COVID-19 admissions in a region with open schools during the two first months of the pandemic.

Hildenwall H; Luthander J; Rhedin S; Hertting O; Olsson-Åkefeldt S; Melén E; Alfvén T; Herlenius E; Ryd Rinder M
Letter: JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY IMMUNOLOGY AND INFECTION. 2018;51(1):153-154

An infant with Klebsiella oxytoca septic arthritis.

Hertting O; Gremark O; Källman O; Guler L; Bergström J

Employments

Affiliated to Research, Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet, 2022-2024

Degrees and Education

Degree Of Doctor Of Philosophy, Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, 2011
University Medical Degree, Karolinska Institutet, 2000

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