Henrik T. Westh

Henrik T. Westh

Clinical Professor

Member of:

  • Clinical Microbiology


  1. 1992
  2. Published

    Killing curve activity of ciprofloxacin is comparable to synergistic effect of beta-lactam-tobramycin combinations against Haemophilus species endocarditis strains

    Westh, Henrik T., Frimodt-Møller, N., Gutschik, E. & Bangsborg, Jette Marie, 1992, In: A P M I S. Acta Pathologica, Microbiologica et Immunologica Scandinavica. 100, 9, p. 856-60 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  3. 2007
  4. Published

    Primary pneumocystis infection in infants hospitalized with acute respiratory tract infection

    Larsen, H. H., von Linstow, M., Lundgren, B., Høgh, Birthe, Westh, Henrik T. & Lundgren, Jens, 2007, In: Emerging Infectious Diseases (Print Edition). 13, 1, p. 66-72 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  5. A new multiplex PCR for easy screening of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus SCCmec types I-V.

    Boye, K., Bartels, Mette Damkjær, Andersen, I., Møller, J. & Westh, Henrik T., Apr 2007, In: Clinical Microbiology and Infection.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Rapid increase of genetically diverse methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Copenhagen, Denmark.

    Bartels, Mette Damkjær, Boye, K., Rhod, L. A., Skov, R. & Westh, Henrik T., Oct 2007, In: Emerging Infectious Diseases .

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  7. 2008
  8. Published

    A European laboratory network for sequence-based typing of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) as a communication platform between human and veterinary medicine an update on SeqNet.org

    Friedrich, A. W., Witte, W., de, L. H., Hryniewicz, W., Scheres, J. & Westh, Henrik T., 2008, In: Eurosurveillance (Print Edition). 13, 19, p. pii: 18862-

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Characterisation, dissemination and persistence of gentamicin resistant Escherichia coli from a Danish university hospital to the waste water environment

    Jakobsen, L., Sandvang, D., Hansen, Lars Hestbjerg, Bagger-Skjøt, L., Westh, Henrik T., Jørgensen, C., Hansen, D. S., Pedersen, B. M., Monnet, D. L., Frimodt-Møller, N., Sørensen, Søren Johannes & Hammerum, A. M., 2008, In: Environment International. 34, 1, p. 108-15 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Frequent emergence and limited geographic dispersal of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

    Nubel, U., Roumagnac, P., Feldkamp, M., Song, J. H., Ko, K. S., Huang, Y. C., Coombs, G., Ip, M., Skov, R., Struelens, M. J., Goering, R. V., Strommenger, B., Weller, A., Witte, W., Achtman, M. & Westh, Henrik T., 2008, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America. 105, 37, p. 14130-14135 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    Low prevalence of the new variant of Chlamydia trachomatis in Denmark

    Jensen, J. S. & Westh, Henrik T., 2008, In: Sexually Transmitted Infections. 84, 7, p. 546-547 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  12. Published

    Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in hospitals in Tbilisi, the Republic of Georgia, are variants of the Brazilian clone

    Bartels, M. D., Nanuashvili, A., Boye, K., Rohde, S. M., Jashiashvili, N., Faria, N. A., Kereselidze, M., Kharebava, S. & Westh, Henrik T., 2008, In: European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases. 27, 8, p. 757-760 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  13. Published

    Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in hospitals in Tbilisi, the Republic of Georgia, are variants of the Brazilian clone.

    Bartels, Mette Damkjær, Nanuashvili, A., Boye, K., Rohde, S., Jashiashvili, N., Faria, N., Kereselidze, M., Kharebava, S. & Westh, Henrik T., May 2008, In: European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  14. Published

    Environmental meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) disinfection using dry-mist-generated hydrogen peroxide.

    Bartels, Mette Damkjær, Kristoffersen, K., Slotsbjerg, T., Rohde, S., Lundgren, B. & Westh, Henrik T., Jul 2008, In: The Journal of hospital infection.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  15. 2009
  16. Published

    A common variant of SCCmec type IVa in Copenhagen, Denmark is not detected by BD GeneOhm™ MRSA

    Bartels, Mette Damkjær, Boye, K., Rohde, S. M., Larsen, A. R., Torfs, H., Bouchy, P., Skov, R. L. & Westh, Henrik T., 2009, In: Journal of clinical microbiology.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  17. Published

    A common variant of staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec type IVa in isolates from Copenhagen, Denmark, is not detected by the BD GeneOhm methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus assay

    Bartels, Mette Damkjær, Boye, K., Rohde, S. M., Larsen, A. R., Torfs, H., Bouchy, P., Skov, R. & Westh, Henrik T., 2009, In: Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 47, 5, p. 1524-7 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  18. Published

    Rapid evolution of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: genome variation traces epidemic spread

    Nubel, U., Dordel, J., Kurt, K., Strommenger, B., Westh, Henrik T., Shukla, S. K., Berger-Bachi, B., Zemlickova, H. & Witte, W., 2009, In: International Journal of Medical Microbiology. JSEPSuppl. 46, p. 73

    Research output: Contribution to journalConference abstract in journalResearch

  19. 2010
  20. Published

    A novel FRET pair for detection of parallel DNA triplexes by the LightCycler

    Schneider, U. V., Severinsen, J. K., Géci, I., Okkels, L. M., Jøhnk, N., Mikkelsen, N. D., Klinge, T., Pedersen, E. B., Westh, Henrik T. & Lisby, G., 2010, In: B M C Biotechnology. 10, p. 4 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  21. Published

    Changing epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Iceland from 2000 to 2008: a challenge to current guidelines

    Holzknecht, B. J., Hardardottir, H., Haraldsson, G. H., Westh, Henrik T., Valsdottir, F., Boye, K., Karlsson, H. S., Kristinsson, K. & Gudlaugsson, O., 2010, In: Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 48, 11, p. 4221-7 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  22. Published

    Optimal design of parallel triplex forming oligonucleotides containing Twisted Intercalating Nucleic Acids--TINA

    Schneider, U. V., Mikkelsen, N. D., Jøhnk, N., Okkels, L. M., Westh, Henrik T. & Lisby, G., 2010, In: Nucleic Acids Research. 38, 13, p. 4394-403

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  23. Published

    The search and destroy strategy prevents spread and long-term carriage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: results from the follow-up screening of a large ST22 (E-MRSA 15) outbreak in Denmark

    Böcher, Sidsel, Skov, R. L., Knudsen, M. A., Guardabassi, Luca, Mølbak, K., Schouenborg, P., Sørum, M. & Westh, Henrik T., 2010, In: Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 16, 9, p. 1427-1434 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  24. Published

    Semi-selective broth improves screening for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

    Böcher, Sidsel, Middendorf, B., Westh, Henrik T., Mellmann, A., Becker, K., Skov, R. & Friedrich, A. W., Apr 2010, In: The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy. 65, 4, p. 717-20 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  25. 2011
  26. Published

    An Unexpected Location of the Arginine Catabolic Mobile Element (ACME) in a USA300-Related MRSA Strain

    Bartels, Mette Damkjær, Hansen, Lars Hestbjerg, Boye, K., Sørensen, Søren Johannes & Westh, Henrik T., 2011, In: P L o S One. 6, 1, 5 p., e16193.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  27. Published

    Structural variations of staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec Type IVa in Staphylococcus aureus clonal complex 8 and unrelated lineages

    Damborg, Peter Panduro, Bartels, Mette Damkjær, Boye, K., Guardabassi, Luca & Westh, Henrik T., 2011, In: Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 55, 8, p. 3932-3935 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  28. Published

    Sequence of a SCCmec type VII (former VT) found in Danish ST8-t024-PVLneg CA-MRSA

    Boye, K., Pulis, S., Hansen, Lars Hestbjerg, Sørensen, Søren Johannes & Westh, Henrik T., Apr 2011.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePosterResearch

  29. 2012
  30. Published

    Stable incidence and continued improvement in short term mortality of Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia between 1995 and 2008

    Jensen, A. G. & Danish Staphylococcal Bacteraemia Study Group, D. S. B. S. G., 17 Oct 2012, In: B M C Infectious Diseases. 12, 260.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  31. 2013
  32. Published

    Staphylococcus aureus but not Listeria monocytogenes adapt to triclosan and adaptation correlates with increased fabI expression and agr deficiency

    Nielsen, L. N., Larsen, M. H., Skovgaard, S., Kastbjerg, V. G., Westh, Henrik T., Gram, L. & Ingmer, Hanne, 2013, In: B M C Microbiology. 13, 10 p., 177.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  33. Published

    Staphylococcus epidermidis isolated in 1965 are more susceptible to triclosan than current isolates

    Skovgaard, S., Nielsen, L. N., Larsen, M. H., Skov, R. L., Ingmer, Hanne & Westh, Henrik T., 2013, In: PLOS ONE. 8, 4, 8 p., e62197.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  34. Published

    A nationwide study of comorbidity and risk of reinfection after Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia

    Wiese, L., Mejer, N., Schønheyder, H. C., Westh, Henrik T., Jensen, A. G., Larsen, A. R., Skov, R. & Benfield, Thomas, 2013, In: Journal of Infection. 67, 3, p. 199-205 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  35. Published

    Recently introduced qacA/B genes in Staphylococcus epidermidis do not increase chlorhexidine MIC/MBC

    Skovgaard, S., Larsen, M. H., Nielsen, L. N., Skov, R. L., Wong, C., Westh, Henrik T. & Ingmer, Hanne, 2013, In: The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy. 68, 10, p. 2226-2233 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  36. Published

    Associations between dru Types and SCCmec Cassettes

    Bartels, Mette Damkjær, Boye, K., Oliveira, D. C., Worning, P., Goering, R. & Westh, Henrik T., 25 Apr 2013, In: PLoS ONE. 8, 4, e61860.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  37. 2014
  38. Published

    Detection of mecC methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus with a semi-selective enrichment broth

    Ekenberg, C., Boye, K., Schønning, Kristian, Westh, Henrik T. & Lisby, G., 2014, In: The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy. 69, 10, p. 2864 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalLetterResearchpeer-review

  39. Published

    Fuldgenomsekventering af mikroorganismer: Et nyt værktøj i klinisk mikrobiologi

    Bartels, Mette Damkjær, Nielsen, X. C., Christensen, J. J. E. & Westh, Henrik T., 2014, In: Ugeskrift for Laeger.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  40. Published

    Insights into Alpha-Hemolysin (Hla) Evolution and Expression among Staphylococcus aureus Clones with Hospital and Community Origin

    Tavares, A., Nielsen, J. B., Boye, K., Rohde, S., Paulo, A. C., Westh, Henrik T., Schønning, K., de Lencastre, H. & Miragaia, M., 2014, In: PloS one. 9, 7, p. 1-13 13 p., e98634.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  41. Published

    Evolution of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus towards increasing resistance

    Strommenger, B., Bartels, Mette Damkjær, Kurt, K., Layer, F., Rohde, S. M., Boye, K., Westh, Henrik T., Witte, W., De Lencastre, H. & Nübel, U., Mar 2014, In: Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 69, 3, p. 616-622 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  42. Published

    Increased risk of venous thromboembolism within the first year after Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia: a nationwide observational matched cohort study

    Mejer, N., Westh, Henrik T., Schønheyder, H. C., Jensen, A. G., Larsen, A. R., Skov, R., Benfield, Thomas & Danish Staphylococcal Bacteraemia Study Group, D. S. B. S. G., Apr 2014, In: Journal of Internal Medicine. 275, 4, p. 387-397 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  43. Published

    Nasal carriage of methicillin resistant staphylococci

    Faria, N. A., Conceição, T., Miragaia, M., Bartels, Mette Damkjær, De Lencastre, H. & Westh, Henrik T., 1 Apr 2014, In: Microbial Drug Resistance. 20, 2, p. 108-117 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  44. Published

    Comparing whole-genome sequencing with sanger sequencing for spa typing of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus

    Bartels, Mette Damkjær, Petersen, A., Worning, P., Nielsen, J. B., Larner-Svensson, H., Johansen, Helle Krogh, Andersen, Leif Percival, Jarløv, J. O., Boye, K., Larsen, A. R. & Westh, Henrik T., 1 Dec 2014, In: Journal of clinical microbiology. 52, 12, p. 4305-4308 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  45. 2015
  46. Published

    Monitoring meticillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus and its spread in Copenhagen, Denmark, 2013, through routine whole genome sequencing

    Bartels, Mette Damkjær, Larner-Svensson, H., Meiniche, H., Kristoffersen, K., Schønning, Kristian, Nielsen, J. B., Rohde, S. M., Christensen, L. B., Skibsted, A. W., Jarlov, J. O., Johansen, Helle Krogh, Andersen, L. P., Petersen, I. S., Crook, D. W., Bowden, R., Boye, K., Worning, P. & Westh, Henrik T., 30 Apr 2015, In: Eurosurveillance. 20, 17, 9 p., 21112.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  47. Published

    Increased risk of arterial thromboembolic events after Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia: A matched cohort study

    Mejer, N., Gotland, N., Uhre, M. L., Westh, Henrik T., Schønheyder, H. C., Petersen, A., Jensen, A. G., Larsen, A. R., Skov, R., Benfield, Thomas & Danish Staphylococcal Bacteremia Study Group, D. S. B. S. G., Aug 2015, In: Journal of Infection. 71, 2, p. 167-78 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  48. 2016
  49. Published

    Bacterial viruses enable their host to acquire antibiotic resistance genes from neighbouring cells

    Haaber, J. K., Leisner, Jørgen, Cohn, M. T., Catalan Moreno, A., Nielsen, J. B., Westh, Henrik T., Penadés, J. R. & Ingmer, Hanne, 2016, In: Nature Communications. 7, 8 p., 13333.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  50. Published

    Dansk stafylokokovervågning og -forskning 1955-2015

    Westh, Henrik T., Skov, R., Kolmos, H. J. & Rosdahl, V., 2016, In: Bibliotek for Laeger. 208, 4, p. 425-34

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  51. Published

    Sexually transmitted infections and use of contraceptives in women living with HIV in Denmark: the SHADE cohort

    Thorsteinsson, K., Ladelund, S., Storgaard, M., Rønsholt, F. F., Johansen, I. S., Pedersen, G., Nielsen, L. N., Bonde, J., Westh, Henrik T., Obel, Niels, Katzenstein, T. L. & Lebech, Anne-Mette, 2016, In: B M C Infectious Diseases. 16, 10 p., 81.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  52. Published

    The soil microbiota harbors a diversity of carbapenem-hydrolyzing β-lactamases of potential clinical relevance

    Gudeta, D. D., Bortolaia, V., Amos, G., Wellington, E. M. H., Brandt, Kristian Koefoed, Poirel, L., Nielsen, J. B., Westh, Henrik T. & Guardabassi, Luca, 2016, In: Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 60, 1, p. 151-160 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  53. Published

    Fatal Septicemia Linked to Transmission of MRSA Clonal Complex 398 in Hospital and Nursing Home, Denmark

    Nielsen, R. T., Kemp, M., Holm, A., Skov, M. N., Detlefsen, M., Hasman, H., Aarestrup, F. M., Kaas, R. S., Nielsen, J. B., Westh, Henrik T. & Kolmos, H. J., May 2016, In: Emerging Infectious Diseases . 22, 5, p. 900-2 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  54. Published

    Risk of reproductive complications following chlamydia testing: a population-based retrospective cohort study in Denmark

    Davies, B., Turner, K. M. E., Frølund, M., Ward, H., May, M. T., Rasmussen, S., Benfield, Thomas, Westh, Henrik T. & Danish Chlamydia Study Group, D. C. S. G., Sep 2016, In: Lancet Infectious Diseases. 16, 9, p. 1057-64 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  55. Published

    Evidence for Human Adaptation and Foodborne Transmission of Livestock-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

    Larsen, J., Stegger, M., Andersen, P. S., Petersen, A., Larsen, A. R., Westh, H., Agersø, M. Y. F., Fetsch, A., Kraushaar, B., Käsbohrer, A., Feβler, A. T., Schwarz, S., Cuny, C., Witte, W., Butaye, P., Denis, O., Haenni, M., Madec, J-Y., Jouy, E., Laurent, F. & 15 others, Battisti, A., Franco, A., Alba, P., Mammina, C., Pantosti, A., Monaco, M., Wagenaar, J. A., de Boer, E., van Duijkeren, E., Heck, M., Domínguez, L., Torres, C., Zarazaga, M., Price, L. B. & Skov, R. L., Nov 2016, In: Clinical Infectious Diseases. 63, 10, p. 1349-1352 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  56. Published

    Novel pathways for ameliorating the fitness cost of gentamicin resistant small colony variants

    Vestergaard, M., Paulander, W. E. A., Leng, B., Nielsen, J. B., Westh, Henrik T. & Ingmer, Hanne, 22 Nov 2016, In: Frontiers in Microbiology. 7, 12 p., 1866.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  57. 2017
  58. Published

    Staphylococcal aureus Enterotoxin C and Enterotoxin-Like L Associated with Post-partum Mastitis

    Franck, K. T., Gumpert, H., Olesen, B., Larsen, A. R., Petersen, A., Bangsborg, J., Albertsen, P., Westh, Henrik T. & Bartels, Mette Damkjær, 2017, In: Frontiers in Microbiology. 8, 5 p., 173.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  59. Published

    Comparison of the population excess fraction of Chlamydia trachomatis infection on pelvic inflammatory disease at 12-months in the presence and absence of chlamydia testing and treatment: Systematic review and retrospective cohort analysis

    Davies, B., Turner, K. M. E., Leung, S., Yu, B. N., Frølund, M., Benfield, Thomas, Blanchard, J., Westh, Henrik T. & Ward, H., 2017, In: PloS one. 12, 2, 12 p., e0171551.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearchpeer-review

  60. Published

    Determination of Elizabethkingia Diversity by MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry and Whole-Genome Sequencing

    Eriksen, H. B., Gumpert, H., Faurholt, C. H. & Westh, Henrik T., 2017, In: Emerging Infectious Diseases . 23, 2, p. 320-323

    Research output: Contribution to journalLetterResearchpeer-review

  61. Published

    Emergence of vanA Enterococcus faecium in Denmark, 2005-15

    Hammerum, A. M., Baig, S., Kamel, Y., Roer, L., Pinholt, M., Gumpert, H., Holzknecht, B., Røder, B., Justesen, U. S., Samulioniené, J., Kjærsgaard, M., Østergaard, C., Holm, A., Dzajic, E., Søndergaard, T. S., Gaini, S., Edquist, P., Alm, E., Lilje, B., Westh, H. & 2 others, Stegger, M. & Hasman, H., 2017, In: Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 72, 8, p. 2184-2190

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  62. Published

    Evaluating next-generation sequencing for direct clinical diagnostics in diarrhoeal disease

    Joensen, K. G., Engsbro, A. L. Ø., Lukjancenko, O., Kaas, R. S., Lund, O., Westh, Henrik T. & Aarestrup, F. M., 2017, In: European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases. 36, 7, p. 1325-1338

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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