Thomas Benfield

Diagnostic use of PCR for detection of Pneumocystis carinii in oral wash samples.

Pretreatment with granulocyte colony-stimulating factor attenuates the inflammatory response but not the bacterial load in cerebrospinal fluid during experimental pneumococcal meningitis in rabbits.

YKL-40 is elevated in cerebrospinal fluid from patients with purulent meningitis.

[HIV resistance testing. Introduction of a new technique].

Detection of Pneumocystis DNA in samples from patients suspected of bacterial pneumonia--a case-control study.

Clinical and experimental studies on inflammatory mediators during AIDS-associated Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia.

[Streptococcus pneumoniae meningitis in adults. Hvidovre University Hospital, 1988-2002].

Influence of diabetes and hyperglycaemia on infectious disease hospitalisation and outcome.

Increasing incidence but decreasing in-hospital mortality of adult Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia between 1981 and 2000.

Second-line salvage treatment of AIDS-associated Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia: a case series and systematic review.

COPD stage and risk of hospitalization for infectious disease.

Influence of Factor V Leiden on susceptibility to and outcome from critical illness: a genetic association study.

[Hepatitis C virus infection and human genetics].

Robustness of genome-wide scanning using archived dried blood spot samples as a DNA source.

Oral cholecalciferol versus ultraviolet radiation B: effect on vitamin D metabolites in patients with chronic pancreatitis and fat malabsorption - a randomized clinical trial.

Correlation of increases in 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D during vitamin D therapy with activation of CD4+ T lymphocytes in HIV-1-infected males.

Changes in 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D and 25-hydroxyvitamin D are associated with maturation of regulatory T lymphocytes in patients with chronic pancreatitis: a randomized controlled trial.

The effect of cholecalciferol and calcitriol on biochemical bone markers in HIV type 1-infected males: results of a clinical trial.

Serotype distribution in non-bacteremic pneumococcal pneumonia: association with disease severity and implications for pneumococcal conjugate vaccines.

[Lung infections are frequent in elderly persons].

Outcome and reinfection after Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia in individuals with and without HIV-1 infection: a case-control study.

Mannose-binding lectin gene, MBL2, polymorphisms are not associated with susceptibility to invasive pneumococcal disease in children.

Hepatitis C virus infection in the human immunodeficiency virus infected patient.

[Your future is in your genes].

Influence of hepatitis C virus and IL28B genotypes on liver stiffness.

Risk and prognosis of Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia among individuals with and without end-stage renal disease: a Danish, population-based cohort study.

Antibody Response is More Likely to Pneumococcal Proteins Than to Polysaccharide After HIV-associated Invasive Pneumococcal Disease.

Brain ventricular dimensions and relationship to outcome in adult patients with bacterial meningitis.

Mannose-Binding Lectin Gene, MBL2, Polymorphisms Do Not Increase Susceptibility to Invasive Meningococcal Disease in a Population of Danish Children.

Improved outcome of bacterial meningitis associated with use of corticosteroid treatment.

Increased Baseline C-Reactive Protein Concentrations Are Associated with Increased Risk of Infections: Results from 2 Large Danish Population Cohorts.

Genetic Variation in NFKBIE Is Associated With Increased Risk of Pneumococcal Meningitis in Children.

Plasma Soluble CD163 Level Independently Predicts All-Cause Mortality in HIV-1-Infected Individuals.

Long-term mortality and causes of death associated with Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia. A matched cohort study.

Copenhagen comorbidity in HIV infection (COCOMO) study: a study protocol for a longitudinal, non-interventional assessment of non-AIDS comorbidity in HIV infection in Denmark.

Increased Age-Dependent Risk of Death Associated With -Positive Bacteremia.

Soluble CD163 predicts incident chronic lung, kidney and liver disease in HIV infection.

Small airway dysfunction in well-treated never-smoking HIV-infected individuals.

Short-Course Toll-Like Receptor 9 Agonist Treatment Impacts Innate Immunity and Plasma Viremia in Individuals With Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection.

Detection of Pneumocystis jirovecii in oral wash from immunosuppressed patients as a diagnostic tool.

Cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis in infectious and noninfectious central nervous system disease: A retrospective cohort study.

Comparison of the Hologic Aptima HIV-1 Quant Dx Assay to the Roche COBAS Ampliprep/COBAS TaqMan HIV-1 Test v2.0 for the quantification of HIV-1 RNA in plasma samples.

Shorter leukocyte telomere length is associated with higher risk of infections: a prospective study of 75,309 individuals from the general population.

Diabetes increases the risk of disease and death due to Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia. A matched case-control and cohort study.

The impact of blood glucose on community-acquired pneumonia: a retrospective cohort study.

The TLR9 agonist MGN1703 triggers a potent type I interferon response in the sigmoid colon.

Incidental lung cancers and positive computed tomography images in people living with HIV.

Undiagnosed Diabetes Mellitus in Community-Acquired Pneumonia: A Prospective Cohort Study.

Soluble Urokinase Plasminogen Activator Receptor Is a Predictor of Incident Non-AIDS Comorbidity and All-Cause Mortality in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Infection.

Pelvic inflammatory disease risk following negative results from chlamydia nucleic acid amplification tests (NAATs) versus non-NAATs in Denmark: A retrospective cohort.

Airflow limitation in people living with HIV and matched uninfected controls.

Which HIV-infected adults with high CD4 T-cell counts benefit most from immediate initiation of antiretroviral therapy? A post-hoc subgroup analysis of the START trial.

Mecillinam for the treatment of acute pyelonephritis and bacteremia caused by Enterobacteriaceae: a literature review.

Computed tomography quantification of emphysema in people living with HIV and uninfected controls.

Uptake of HCV treatment in HIV/HCV coinfected patients across europe in the era of direct-acting antivirals.

Ribavirin-induced mutagenesis across the complete open reading frame of hepatitis C virus genotypes 1a and 3a.

No evidence of increased risk of thyroid dysfunction in well-treated people living with HIV.