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Andreas Petersen is affiliated with Copenhagen University Hospital in Denmark and has contributed extensively to the fields of medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their research output spans 64 publications in medicine and 29 in biochemistry and related fields. The subfields of study prominently covered in their work include infectious diseases, clinical biochemistry, molecular biology, surgery, and epidemiology.

The scientist's research addresses multiple topics, most notably antimicrobial resistance in Staphylococcus, bacterial identification and susceptibility testing, bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing, orthopedic infections and treatments, rheumatoid arthritis research and therapies, antibiotic resistance in bacteria, and bacteriophages and microbial interactions.

Andreas Petersen has collaborated frequently with a range of co-authors including Anders Rhod Larsen (15 joint publications), Thomas Benfield (8), Christian Torp-Pedersen (6), Raphael N. Sieber (5), and Barbara Juliane Holzknecht (5).

Their work has been published in various notable scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets include Microbiology Spectrum (3 papers), Epidemiology and Infection (2 papers), bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2 papers), Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases (2 papers), and Nature (1 paper).

Recent papers by Andreas Petersen include the following:

  • "Emergence of methicillin resistance predates the clinical use of antibiotics," 2022, Nature
  • "Phage-Mediated Immune Evasion and Transmission of Livestock-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Humans," 2020, Emerging infectious diseases
  • "COVID-19 preventive measures coincided with a marked decline in other infectious diseases in Denmark, spring 2020," 2022, Epidemiology and Infection
  • "Increased risk of incident primary cancer after Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia," 2020, Medicine
  • "Increasing Incidences and Clonal Diversity of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in the Nordic Countries - Results From the Nordic MRSA Surveillance," 2021, Frontiers in Microbiology

Best Publications

  • Origins of the E. coli Strain Causing an Outbreak of Hemolytic–Uremic Syndrome in Germany

    David A. Rasko;Dale R. Webster;Jason W. Sahl;Ali Bashir

  • An outbreak of multidrug-resistant, quinolone-resistant Salmonella enterica serotype typhimurium DT104

    Kåre Mølbak;Dorte Lau Baggesen;Frank Møller Aarestrup;Jens Munk Ebbesen

  • DANMAP 2013: Use of antimicrobial agents and occurrence of antimicrobial resistance in bacteria from food animals, food and humans in Denmark

    Yvonne Agersø;Flemming Bager;Jeppe Boel;Birgitte Helwigh

  • Escherichia coli Pathobionts Associated with Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

    Hengameh Chloé Mirsepasi-Lauridsen;Bruce Andrew Vallance;Karen Angeliki Krogfelt;Andreas Munk Petersen

  • Virulence factors for hemolytic uremic syndrome, Denmark.

    Steen Ethelberg;Katharina E. P. Olsen;Flemming Scheutz;Charlotte Jensen

  • Genomic epidemiology of the Escherichia coli O104:H4 outbreaks in Europe, 2011

    Yonatan H. Grad;Marc Lipsitch;Marc Lipsitch;Michael Feldgarden;Harindra M. Arachchi

  • Antibiotic Resistance in Acinetobacter spp. Isolated from Sewers Receiving Waste Effluent from a Hospital and a Pharmaceutical Plant

    Luca Guardabassi;Andreas Petersen;John E. Olsen;Anders Dalsgaard

  • Impact of Integrated Fish Farming on Antimicrobial Resistance in a Pond Environment

    Andreas Petersen;Jens Strodl Andersen;Tawatchai Kaewmak;Temdoung Somsiri

  • Faecal microbiota transplantation alters gut microbiota in patients with irritable bowel syndrome: results from a randomised, double-blind placebo-controlled study

    Sofie Ingdam Halkjær;Alice Højer Christensen;Bobby Zhao Sheng Lo;Patrick Denis Browne

  • Whole genome sequencing identifies zoonotic transmission of MRSA isolates with the novel mecA homologue mecC.

    Ewan M. Harrison;Gavin K. Paterson;Matthew Thomas Geoffrey Holden;Jesper Larsen

  • Epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carrying the novel mecC gene in Denmark corroborates a zoonotic reservoir with transmission to humans

    A Petersen;Mikael Ruge Stegger;O Heltberg;J Christensen

  • Comparing Whole-Genome Sequencing with Sanger Sequencing for spa Typing of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

    Mette Damkjær Bartels;Andreas Petersen;Peder Worning;Jesper Boye Nielsen

  • Epidemiology and Clinical Manifestations of Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli

    Betina Hebbelstrup Jensen;Katharina E. P. Olsen;Carsten Struve;Karen Angeliki Krogfelt

  • The association between the gut microbiota and the inflammatory bowel disease activity: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Michelle Prosberg;Flemming Bendtsen;Ida Vind;Andreas M Petersen

  • Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus CC398 is an increasing cause of disease in people with no livestock contact in Denmark, 1999 to 2011.

    Jesper Larsen;Andreas Petersen;Marit Sørum;Marc Stegger

  • Helicobacter pylori: an invading microorganism? A review.

    Andreas Munk Petersen;Karen Angeliki Krogfelt

  • Invasive listeriosis in Denmark 1994–2003: a review of 299 cases with special emphasis on risk factors for mortality

    P. Gerner-Smidt;S. Ethelberg;P. Schiellerup;J.J. Christensen

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

    Line Vibholm;Line Vibholm;Mariane H. Schleimann;Mariane H. Schleimann;Jesper F. Højen;Jesper F. Højen;Thomas Benfield

  • Ciprofloxacin and probiotic Escherichia coli Nissle add-on treatment in active ulcerative colitis: A double-blind randomized placebo controlled clinical trial

    Andreas Munk Petersen;Hengameh Mirsepasi;Sofie Ingdam Halkjær;Esben Munk Mortensen

  • DANMAP 2017 - Use of antimicrobial agents and occurrence of antimicrobial resistance in bacteria from food animals, food and humans in Denmark

    Birgitte Borck Høg;Flemming Bager;Helle Bisgaard Korsgaard;Johanne Ellis-Iversen

Frequent Co-Authors

Karen A. Krogfelt
Karen A. Krogfelt Statens Serum Institut
Anders Rhod Larsen
Anders Rhod Larsen Statens Serum Institut
Robert Skov
Robert Skov Statens Serum Institut
Thomas Benfield
Thomas Benfield Copenhagen University Hospital
Henrik Westh
Henrik Westh University of Copenhagen
Paal Skytt Andersen
Paal Skytt Andersen Statens Serum Institut
Marc Stegger
Marc Stegger Statens Serum Institut
Eva Møller Nielsen
Eva Møller Nielsen Statens Serum Institut
Sharon J. Peacock
Sharon J. Peacock University of Cambridge
Anette M. Hammerum
Anette M. Hammerum Statens Serum Institut

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