Birgitta Ehrnström
Om
Stilling
Postdoktor ved Midt-norsk senter for sepsisforskning (2021–)
Førsteamanuensis, NTNU (2020–)
Overlege ved Infeksjonsavdelingen, St Olavs hospital (2020–)
Bakgrunn
PhD ved Senter for molekylær inflammasjonsforskning (CEMIR), NTNU, 2019. Har forsket på det medfødte immunforsvaret og hvordan det oppdager bakterier. Særlig fokus har vært på TLR2, TLR8 og fagosom-modning.
Spesialist i indremedisin og infeksjonsmedisin
Cand. med., Lunds Universitet
Publikasjoner
2026
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Haugan, Ingvild;
Flatby, Helene Marie;
Ehrnström, Birgitta;
Skei, Nina Vibeche;
Mohus, Randi Marie;
Solligård, Erik;
Gran, Frode Width;
Gustad, Lise Tuset;
Lydersen, Stian;
Ås, Christina Gabrielsen.
(2026)
Long-term trends in incidence and mortality in Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia; a retrospective population-based study from Central Norway 1996–2022.
BMC Infectious Diseases
Vitenskapelig artikkel
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Westerström, Sven Pontus;
Bivand, Joanna Malgorzata;
Kommedal, Øyvind;
Ehrnström, Birgitta;
Andreassen, Joakim Stray;
Afset, Jan Egil.
(2026)
Odontogenic Brain Abscess in a Hereditary Haemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT) Patient: Case Report with a Comprehensive Literature Review.
Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease
Vitenskapelig artikkel
2024
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Bopche, Rajeev;
Gustad, Lise Tuset;
Afset, Jan Egil;
Ehrnström, Birgitta;
Damås, Jan Kristian;
Nytrø, Øystein.
(2024)
Leveraging explainable artificial intelligence for early prediction of bloodstream infections using historical electronic health records.
PLOS Digital Health
Vitenskapelig artikkel
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Bopche, Rajeev;
Gustad, Lise Tuset;
Afset, Jan Egil;
Ehrnström, Birgitta;
Damås, Jan Kristian;
Nytrø, Øystein.
(2024)
In-hospital mortality, readmission, and prolonged length of stay risk prediction leveraging historical electronic patient records.
JAMIA Open
Vitenskapelig artikkel
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Ehrnström, Anna Greta Birgitta;
Haugan, Maria Schei;
Andreasen, Jo Bønding;
Ellingsen, Asbjørn.
(2024)
Immunocompromised teenager with meningitis caused by Ureaplasma parvum.
BMJ Case Reports
Vitenskapelig artikkel
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Skei, Nina Vibeche;
Afset, Jan Egil;
Ehrnström, Anna Greta Birgitta;
Nessan, Bente Sofie;
Damås, Jan Kristian;
Nilsen, Tom Ivar Lund;
Gustad, Lise Tuset.
(2024)
Kodepraksis ved sepsis 2008–21.
Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening (Tidsskriftet)
Vitenskapelig artikkel
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Storvig, Eline;
Harstad, Ingunn;
Ehrnström, Anna Greta Birgitta;
Iversen, Valentina Maria Do Rosario Cab.
(2024)
Beyond the diagnosis of drug-resistant Tuberculosis in Norway: patients’ experiences before, during and after treatment.
BMC Public Health
Vitenskapelig artikkel
2020
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Ehrnstrøm, Birgitta;
Kojen, June Frengen;
Giambelluca, Miriam;
Ryan, Liv;
Moen, Siv Helen;
Hu, Zhenyi;
Yin, Hang;
Mollnes, Tom Eirik;
Damås, Jan Kristian;
Espevik, Terje.
(2020)
TLR8 and complement C5 induce cytokine release and thrombin activation in human whole blood challenged with Gram-positive bacteria.
Journal of Leukocyte Biology
Vitenskapelig artikkel
2019
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Moen, Siv Helen;
Ehrnstrøm, Birgitta;
Kojen, June Frengen;
Yurchenko, Mariya;
Beckwith, Kai Sandvold;
Afset, Jan Egil;
Damås, Jan Kristian;
Hu, Zhenyi;
Yin, Hang;
Espevik, Terje.
(2019)
Human Toll-like receptor 8 (TLR8) is an important sensor of pyogenic bacteria, and is attenuated by cell surface TLR signaling.
Frontiers in Immunology
Vitenskapelig artikkel
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Ehrnstrøm, Birgitta.
(2019)
Exploring the role of TLR8 as a sensor in bacterial infections.
NTNU
Doktoravhandling
2017
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Ehrnstrøm, Birgitta;
Beckwith, Kai Sandvold;
Yurchenko, Mariya;
Moen, Siv Helen;
Kojen, June Frengen;
Lentini, Germana;
Teti, Guiseppe;
Damås, Jan Kristian;
Espevik, Terje;
Stenvik, Jørgen.
(2017)
Toll-Like Receptor 8 Is a Major Sensor of Group B Streptococcus But Not Escherichia coli in Human Primary Monocytes and Macrophages.
Frontiers in Immunology
Vitenskapelig artikkel
2015
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Heinz, Niels;
Ehrnstrøm, Birgitta;
Schambach, Axel;
Moldich, Ute;
Schiedlmeier, Bernhard;
Schwarzer, Adrian.
(2015)
Comparison of different cytokine conditions reveals Reservatol as a new molecule for ex vivo cultivation of CB-derived HSC.
Stem Cells Translational Medicine
Vitenskapelig artikkel
2013
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Schambach, Axel;
Zychliniski, Daniela;
Ehrnstrøm, Birgitta;
Baum, Christopher.
(2013)
Biosafety features of lentiviral vectors.
Human Gene Therapy
Vitenskapelig artikkel
Tidsskriftspublikasjoner
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Haugan, Ingvild;
Flatby, Helene Marie;
Ehrnström, Birgitta;
Skei, Nina Vibeche;
Mohus, Randi Marie;
Solligård, Erik;
Gran, Frode Width;
Gustad, Lise Tuset;
Lydersen, Stian;
Ås, Christina Gabrielsen.
(2026)
Long-term trends in incidence and mortality in Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia; a retrospective population-based study from Central Norway 1996–2022.
BMC Infectious Diseases
Vitenskapelig artikkel
-
Westerström, Sven Pontus;
Bivand, Joanna Malgorzata;
Kommedal, Øyvind;
Ehrnström, Birgitta;
Andreassen, Joakim Stray;
Afset, Jan Egil.
(2026)
Odontogenic Brain Abscess in a Hereditary Haemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT) Patient: Case Report with a Comprehensive Literature Review.
Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease
Vitenskapelig artikkel
-
Bopche, Rajeev;
Gustad, Lise Tuset;
Afset, Jan Egil;
Ehrnström, Birgitta;
Damås, Jan Kristian;
Nytrø, Øystein.
(2024)
Leveraging explainable artificial intelligence for early prediction of bloodstream infections using historical electronic health records.
PLOS Digital Health
Vitenskapelig artikkel
-
Ehrnstrøm, Birgitta;
Kojen, June Frengen;
Giambelluca, Miriam;
Ryan, Liv;
Moen, Siv Helen;
Hu, Zhenyi;
Yin, Hang;
Mollnes, Tom Eirik;
Damås, Jan Kristian;
Espevik, Terje.
(2020)
TLR8 and complement C5 induce cytokine release and thrombin activation in human whole blood challenged with Gram-positive bacteria.
Journal of Leukocyte Biology
Vitenskapelig artikkel
-
Moen, Siv Helen;
Ehrnstrøm, Birgitta;
Kojen, June Frengen;
Yurchenko, Mariya;
Beckwith, Kai Sandvold;
Afset, Jan Egil;
Damås, Jan Kristian;
Hu, Zhenyi;
Yin, Hang;
Espevik, Terje.
(2019)
Human Toll-like receptor 8 (TLR8) is an important sensor of pyogenic bacteria, and is attenuated by cell surface TLR signaling.
Frontiers in Immunology
Vitenskapelig artikkel
-
Bopche, Rajeev;
Gustad, Lise Tuset;
Afset, Jan Egil;
Ehrnström, Birgitta;
Damås, Jan Kristian;
Nytrø, Øystein.
(2024)
In-hospital mortality, readmission, and prolonged length of stay risk prediction leveraging historical electronic patient records.
JAMIA Open
Vitenskapelig artikkel
-
Ehrnström, Anna Greta Birgitta;
Haugan, Maria Schei;
Andreasen, Jo Bønding;
Ellingsen, Asbjørn.
(2024)
Immunocompromised teenager with meningitis caused by Ureaplasma parvum.
BMJ Case Reports
Vitenskapelig artikkel
-
Skei, Nina Vibeche;
Afset, Jan Egil;
Ehrnström, Anna Greta Birgitta;
Nessan, Bente Sofie;
Damås, Jan Kristian;
Nilsen, Tom Ivar Lund;
Gustad, Lise Tuset.
(2024)
Kodepraksis ved sepsis 2008–21.
Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening (Tidsskriftet)
Vitenskapelig artikkel
-
Storvig, Eline;
Harstad, Ingunn;
Ehrnström, Anna Greta Birgitta;
Iversen, Valentina Maria Do Rosario Cab.
(2024)
Beyond the diagnosis of drug-resistant Tuberculosis in Norway: patients’ experiences before, during and after treatment.
BMC Public Health
Vitenskapelig artikkel
-
Heinz, Niels;
Ehrnstrøm, Birgitta;
Schambach, Axel;
Moldich, Ute;
Schiedlmeier, Bernhard;
Schwarzer, Adrian.
(2015)
Comparison of different cytokine conditions reveals Reservatol as a new molecule for ex vivo cultivation of CB-derived HSC.
Stem Cells Translational Medicine
Vitenskapelig artikkel
-
Schambach, Axel;
Zychliniski, Daniela;
Ehrnstrøm, Birgitta;
Baum, Christopher.
(2013)
Biosafety features of lentiviral vectors.
Human Gene Therapy
Vitenskapelig artikkel
-
Ehrnstrøm, Birgitta;
Beckwith, Kai Sandvold;
Yurchenko, Mariya;
Moen, Siv Helen;
Kojen, June Frengen;
Lentini, Germana;
Teti, Guiseppe;
Damås, Jan Kristian;
Espevik, Terje;
Stenvik, Jørgen.
(2017)
Toll-Like Receptor 8 Is a Major Sensor of Group B Streptococcus But Not Escherichia coli in Human Primary Monocytes and Macrophages.
Frontiers in Immunology
Vitenskapelig artikkel
Studentoppgave eller avhandling
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Ehrnstrøm, Birgitta.
(2019)
Exploring the role of TLR8 as a sensor in bacterial infections.
NTNU
Doktoravhandling
Formidling
2019
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KonferanseposterStenvik, Jørgen; Ehrnstrøm, Birgitta; Kojen, June Frengen; Moen, Siv Helen; Beckwith, Kai Sandvold; Giambelluca, Miriam; Afset, Jan Egil; Damås, Jan Kristian; Hu, Zhenyi; Yin, Hang. (2019) TLR8 is a central bacterial sensor in human monocytes. International Conference on Molecular Mechanisms of Inflammation
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KonferanseposterEhrnstrøm, Birgitta; Kojen, June Frengen; Moen, Siv Helen; Damås, Jan Kristian; Mollnes, Tom Eirik; Hu, Zhenyi; Yin, Hang; Espevik, Terje; Stenvik, Jørgen. (2019) Toll-like receptor 8 senses bacteria in human whole blood. International conference on molecular mechanisms of inflammation
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KonferanseposterMoen, Siv Helen; Kojen, June Frengen; Yurchenko, Mariya; Ehrnstrøm, Birgitta; Damås, Jan Kristian; Espevik, Terje; Stenvik, Jørgen. (2019) Cell surface TLRs antagonize TLR8 signaling in monocytes via an IRAK-1 dependent mechanism. International conference of molecular mechanisms of inflammation
2018
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KonferanseposterMoen, Siv Helen; Kojen, June Frengen; Ehrnstrøm, Birgitta; Damås, Jan Kristian; Espevik, Terje; Stenvik, Jørgen. (2018) CROSSTALK OF HUMAN TLR2 AND TLR8 SIGNALING. 2nd. International NTNU Symposium on Current and Future Clinical Biomarkers of Cancer
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KonferanseposterMoen, Siv Helen; Kojen, June Frengen; Ehrnstrøm, Birgitta; Damås, Jan Kristian; Espevik, Terje; Stenvik, Jørgen. (2018) CROSSTALK OF HUMAN TLR2 AND TLR8 SIGNALING. Toll 2018 Editing Innate Immunity
2016
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KonferanseposterEhrnstrøm, Birgitta; Kojen, June Frengen; Damås, Jan Kristian; Stenvik, Jørgen. (2016) The role of TLR2 and TLR8 in sensing of Group B streptococci (GBS) by human phagocytes. International Conference on Molecular Mechanisms of Inflammation