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Karl G. Kristinsson

Karl G. Kristinsson

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Microbiology

D-Index
52
Citations
15421
World Ranking
4161
National Ranking
1

Overview

Karl G. Kristinsson is affiliated with the University of Iceland in Iceland and has an extensive publication record in the fields of medicine and immunology and microbiology. Their research primarily focuses on epidemiology, infectious diseases, microbiology, public health, environmental and occupational health, and clinical biochemistry.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, including pneumonia and respiratory infections, bacterial infections and vaccines, respiratory viral infections research, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, streptococcal infections and treatments, antimicrobial resistance in Staphylococcus, and COVID-19 clinical research studies.

Recent notable papers authored or co-authored by the scientist include:

  • "Spread of SARS-CoV-2 in the Icelandic Population," 2020, New England Journal of Medicine
  • "Humoral Immune Response to SARS-CoV-2 in Iceland," 2020, New England Journal of Medicine
  • "Changes in the incidence of invasive disease due to Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, and Neisseria meningitidis during the COVID-19 pandemic in 26 countries and territories in the Invasive Respiratory Infection Surveillance Initiative: a prospective analysis of surveillance data," 2021, The Lancet Digital Health
  • "Trends in invasive bacterial diseases during the first 2 years of the COVID-19 pandemic: analyses of prospective surveillance data from 30 countries and territories in the IRIS Consortium," 2023, The Lancet Digital Health
  • "Increase in invasive group A streptococcal infections and emergence of novel, rapidly expanding sub-lineage of the virulent Streptococcus pyogenes M1 clone, Denmark, 2023," 2023, Eurosurveillance

Frequent co-authors with whom the scientist has collaborated include Helga Erlendsdóttir, Stefanie Desmet, Markus Hilty, Shamez Ladhani, and Anne von Gottberg.

The scientist has published their work in several prominent venues, with multiple contributions to bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), The Lancet Digital Health, Microorganisms, Bern Open Repository and Information System (University of Bern), and the New England Journal of Medicine.

Best Publications

  • Attributable deaths and disability-adjusted life-years caused by infections with antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the EU and the European Economic Area in 2015: a population-level modelling analysis

    Alessandro Cassini;Liselotte Diaz Högberg;Diamantis Plachouras;Annalisa Quattrocchi

  • Spread of SARS-CoV-2 in the Icelandic Population.

    Daniel F Gudbjartsson;Agnar Helgason;Hakon Jonsson;Olafur T Magnusson

  • The relationship between the volume of antimicrobial consumption in human communities and the frequency of resistance

    D. J. Austin;K. G. Kristinsson;R. M. Anderson

  • Humoral Immune Response to SARS-CoV-2 in Iceland.

    Daniel F Gudbjartsson;Gudmundur L Norddahl;Pall Melsted;Kristbjorg Gunnarsdottir

  • Emergence and spread of vancomycin resistance among enterococci in Europe

    Guido Werner;T. M. Coque;A. M. Hammerum;R. Hope

  • Do antimicrobials increase the carriage rate of penicillin resistant pneumococci in children? Cross sectional prevalence study.

    Vilhjalmur A Arason;Karl G Kristinsson;Johann A Sigurdsson;Gudrun Stefansdottir

  • Changes in the incidence of invasive disease due to Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, and Neisseria meningitidis during the COVID-19 pandemic in 26 countries and territories in the Invasive Respiratory Infection Surveillance Initiative: a prospective analysis of surveillance data.

    Angela B. Brueggemann;Melissa J. Jansen van Rensburg;David Shaw;Noel D. McCarthy

  • Temporal and Geographic Stability of the Serogroup-Specific Invasive Disease Potential of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Children

    Angela B. Brueggemann;Timothy E. A. Peto;Derrick W. Crook;Jay C. Butler

  • Evidence for the introduction of a multiresistant clone of serotype 6B Streptococcus pneumoniae from Spain to Iceland in the late 1980s

    Sonia Soares;Karl G. Kristinsson;James M. Musser;Alexander Tomasz

  • Deep infection of cemented total hip arthroplasties caused by coagulase-negative staphylococci

    PG Hope;KG Kristinsson;P Norman;RA Elson

  • Streptococcal throat infections and exacerbation of chronic plaque psoriasis: a prospective study

    J.E. Gudjonsson;A.M. Thorarinsson;B. Sigurgeirsson;K.G. Kristinsson

  • Evolutionary pathway to increased virulence and epidemic group A Streptococcus disease derived from 3,615 genome sequences.

    Waleed Nasser;Stephen B. Beres;Randall J. Olsen;Melissa A. Dean

  • Soft antimicrobial agents: synthesis and activity of labile environmentally friendly long chain quaternary ammonium compounds.

    Thorsteinn Thorsteinsson;Már Másson;Karl G Kristinsson;Martha A Hjálmarsdóttir

  • Effect of antimicrobial use and other risk factors on antimicrobial resistance in pneumococci.

    Karl G. Kristinsson

  • Pneumococcal Capsular Switching: A Historical Perspective

    Kelly L. Wyres;Lotte M. Lambertsen;Nicholas J. Croucher;Lesley McGee

  • Whole-Genome Sequencing for Routine Pathogen Surveillance in Public Health: a Population Snapshot of Invasive Staphylococcus aureus in Europe

    David M. Aanensen;Edward J. Feil;Matthew T. G. Holden;Matthew T. G. Holden;Janina Dordel;Janina Dordel

  • Campylobacter spp. in Icelandic poultry operations and human disease.

    N J Stern;K L Hiett;G A Alfredsson;K G Kristinsson

  • Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus: bad news and good news from the European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Network (EARS-Net, formerly EARSS), 2002 to 2009

    C. Gagliotti;A. Balode;F. Baquero;J. Degener

  • HLA class II sequence variants influence tuberculosis risk in populations of European ancestry

    Gardar Sveinbjornsson;Gardar Sveinbjornsson;Daniel F Gudbjartsson;Daniel F Gudbjartsson;Bjarni V Halldorsson;Bjarni V Halldorsson;Karl G Kristinsson

  • Trends in invasive bacterial diseases during the first 2 years of the COVID-19 pandemic: analyses of prospective surveillance data from 30 countries and territories in the IRIS Consortium

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  • Molecular Characterization of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis Clones: Evidence of Geographic Dissemination

    Maria Miragaia;Isabel Couto;Sandro F. F. Pereira;Karl G. Kristinsson

  • Adherence of staphylococci to intravascular catheters.

    K. G. Kristinsson

  • A molecular trigger for intercontinental epidemics of group A Streptococcus

    Luchang Zhu;Randall J. Olsen;Waleed Nasser;Stephen B. Beres

  • Carriage of Internationally Spread Clones of Streptococcus pneumoniae with Unusual Drug Resistance Patterns in Children Attending Day Care Centers in Lisbon, Portugal

    Raquel Sá-Leão;Raquel Sá-Leão;Alexander Tomasz;Ilda Santos Sanches;Ilda Santos Sanches;António Brito-Avô

  • Attributable deaths and disability-adjusted life-years caused by infections with antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the EU and the European Economic Area in 2015: a population-level modelling analysis

    Alessandro Cassini;Liselotte Diaz Hogberg;Diamantis Plachouras;Annalisa Quattrocchi

  • Coagulase negative staphylococcal infections.

    K G Kristinsson;J G Hastings;R C Spencer

Frequent Co-Authors

James M. Musser
James M. Musser Houston Methodist
Angela B. Brueggemann
Angela B. Brueggemann University of Oxford
Ingileif Jonsdottir
Ingileif Jonsdottir deCODE Genetics (Iceland)
Stephen D. Bentley
Stephen D. Bentley Wellcome Sanger Institute
Randall J. Olsen
Randall J. Olsen Houston Methodist
Hermínia de Lencastre
Hermínia de Lencastre Rockefeller University
Alexander Tomasz
Alexander Tomasz Rockefeller University
Kari Stefansson
Kari Stefansson deCODE Genetics (Iceland)
Daniel F. Gudbjartsson
Daniel F. Gudbjartsson deCODE Genetics (Iceland)
Unnur Thorsteinsdottir
Unnur Thorsteinsdottir deCODE Genetics (Iceland)

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