Henrik T. Westh

Henrik T. Westh

Clinical Professor

Member of:

  • Clinical Microbiology


  1. 2024
  2. Published

    Gonorrhoea on the rise in Denmark since 2022: distinct clones drive increase in heterosexual individuals

    Pedersen, T. R., Wessman, M., Lindegaard, M., Hallstrøm, S., Westergaard, C., Brock, I., Dzajic, E., Holmgaard, D. B., Jensen, C. S., Justesen, U. S., Kornum, J. B., Søndergaard, T. S., Thomsen, M. K., Westh, Henrik T., Østergaard, C., Hoffmann, S. & Stegger, M., 2024, In: Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin. 29, 7, 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Long-term carriage and evolution of VREfmLong-term carriage and evolution of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium: A genomic study on consecutive isolates

    Knudsen, M. J. S., Samaniego Castruita, J. A., Mollerup, S., Holzknecht, Barbara Juliane, Hoppe, M., Westh, Henrik T., Pinholt, M. & Rubin, I. M. C., 2024, In: JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance. 6, 1, 4 p., dlad153.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Predicting the primary infection source of Escherichia coli bacteremia using virulence-associated genes

    Ilsby, C. S., Hertz, Frederik Boëtius, Westh, Henrik T., Monk, J., Worning, P., Johansen, Helle Krogh, Hansen, Katrine Hartung & Pinholt, M., 2024, In: European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. 43, 4, p. 641-648 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    The impact of acute SARS-CoV-2 on testicular function including insulin-like factor 3 (INSL3) in men with mild COVID-19: A longitudinal study

    Lauritsen, M. P., Kristensen, T. L., Hansen, C. B., Schneider, U. V., Talbot, A. L., Skytte, A. B., Petersen, Jørgen Holm, Johannsen, T. H., Zedeler, A., Albrethsen, J., Juul, Anders, Priskorn, Lærke, Jørgensen, N., Westh, Henrik T., Freiesleben, Nina la Cour & Nielsen, Henriette Svarre, 2024, In: Andrology. 12, 2, 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Within-host genomic evolution of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in long-term carriers

    Larsen, T. G., Samaniego Castruita, J. A., Worning, P., Westh, Henrik T. & Bartels, Mette Damkjær, 2024, In: Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 108, 1, p. 1-9 9 p., 95.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  7. 2023
  8. Published

    Antibiotic-free vaginal microbiota transplant with donor engraftment, dysbiosis resolution and live birth after recurrent pregnancy loss: a proof of concept case study

    Wrønding, T., Vomstein, K., Bosma, E. F., Mortensen, B., Westh, Henrik T., Heintz, J. E., Mollerup, S., Petersen, Andreas Munk, Ensign, L. M., DeLong, K., van Hylckama Vlieg, J. E. T., Thomsen, A. B. & Nielsen, Henriette Svarre, 2023, In: EClinicalMedicine. 61, 102070.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Diarrhoea-causing microorganisms are rare in adult patients undergoing diagnostic laparoscopy for suspected appendicitis: a prospective observational cohort study

    Fonnes, S., Rasmussen, T., Holzknecht, Barbara Juliane, Olesen, C. S., Olsen, J. H. H., Schmidt, L., Alder, R., Sørensen, S. G., Gülen, S., Klarskov, Louise Laurberg, Krogfelt, K. A., Westh, Henrik T. & Rosenberg, Jacob, 2023, In: APMIS. 131, 6, p. 284-293 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    SARS-CoV-2 spike mRNA vaccine sequences circulate in blood up to 28 days after COVID-19 vaccination

    Castruita, J. A. S., Schneider, Uffe Vest, Mollerup, S., Leineweber, T. D., Weis, Nina, Bukh, Jens, Pedersen, M. S. & Westh, Henrik T., 2023, In: APMIS. 131, 3, p. 128-132 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    Whole genome sequencing reveals two genetically distinct MRSA outbreaks among people who inject drugs and homeless people in Copenhagen

    Bartels, Mette Damkjær, Holm, M. K. A., Worning, P., Stavad, B., Schneider, Uffe Vest, Meiniche, H., Thiesen, H. & Westh, Henrik T., 2023, In: APMIS. 131, 6, p. 294-302 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  12. 2022
  13. Published

    A randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blinded trial of MRSA throat carriage treatment, with either standard decolonization alone or in combination with oral clindamycin.

    Holm, M. K. A., Meiniche, H. K., Pedersen, M., Eriksen, H. B., Westh, Henrik T., Holzknecht, Barbara Juliane & Bartels, Mette Damkjær, 16 Jun 2022, In: Trials. 23, 8 p., 502 .

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  14. Published

    The use of core genome multilocus sequence typing to determine the duration of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium outbreaks

    Søndergaard Knudsen, M., Maria Cecilia Rubin, I., Gisselø, K., Mollerup, S., Petersen, Andreas Munk, Pinholt, M., Westh, Henrik T. & Bartels, Mette Damkjær, Mar 2022, In: A P M I S. Acta Pathologica, Microbiologica et Immunologica Scandinavica (Online). 130, 6, p. 323-329

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearchpeer-review

  15. Published

    One Day in Denmark: Nationwide point-prevalence survey of human bacterial isolates and comparison of classical and whole-genome sequence-based species identification methods

    Rebelo, A. R., Ibfelt, T., Bortolaia, V., Leekitcharoenphon, P., Hansen, D. S., Nielsen, H. L., Ellermann-Eriksen, S., Kemp, M., Roder, B. L., Frimodt-Moller, N., Sondergaard, T. S., Coia, J. E., Ostergaard, C., Pedersen, M., Westh, Henrik T. & Aarestrup, F. M., 11 Feb 2022, In: PLoS ONE. 17, 2, 17 p., 0261999.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  16. Published

    A roadmap for the generation of benchmarking resources for antimicrobial resistance detection using next generation sequencing: [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations]

    Petrillo, M., Fabbri, M., Kagkli, D. M., Querci, M., Van den Eede, G., Alm, E., Aytan-Aktug, D., Capella-Gutierrez, S., Carrillo, C., Cestaro, A., Chan, K-G., Coque, T., Endrullat, C., Gut, I., Hammer, P., Kay, G. L., Madec, J-Y., Mather, A. E., McHardy, A. C., Naas, T. & 11 others, Paracchini, V., Peter, S., Pightling, A., Raffael, B., Rossen, J., Ruppé, E., Schlaberg, R., Vanneste, K., Weber, L. M., Westh, Henrik T. & Angers-Loustau, A., 2022, In: F1000Research. 10, 37 p., 80.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  17. Published

    Attributable mortality of vancomycin resistance in ampicillin-resistant Enterococcus faecium bacteremia in Denmark and the Netherlands: A matched cohort study

    Rottier, W. C., Pinholt, M., Van Der Bij, A. K., Arpi, M., Blank, S. N., Nabuurs-Franssen, M. H., Ruijs, G. J. H. M., Tersmette, M., Ossewaarde, J. M., Groenwold, R. H., Westh, Henrik T. & Bonten, M. J. M., 2022, In: Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 43, 6, p. 719 - 727

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  18. Published

    Emergence of circulating influenza A H3N2 viruses with genetic drift in the matrix gene: be alert of false-negative test results

    Jørgensen, R. L., Lerche, C. J., Pedersen, M. S., Kirkby, N. S., Botnen, A. B., Trebbien, R., Nilsson-Møller, S., Pinholt, M., Nielsen, A. C. Y., Westh, Henrik T., Lisby, J. G. & Schneider, Uffe Vest, 2022, In: APMIS. 130, 10, p. 612-617 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  19. Published

    Estimated Roles of the Carrier and the Bacterial Strain When Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Decolonization Fails: a Case-Control Study

    Holm, M. K. A., Jørgensen, K. M., Bagge, K., Worning, P., Pedersen, M., Westh, Henrik T., Monk, J. M. & Bartels, Mette Damkjær, 2022, In: Microbiology Spectrum. 10, 5, 12 p., e01296-22.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  20. Published

    Genomic analysis of 600 vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium reveals a high prevalence of ST80 and spread of similar vanA regions via IS1216E and plasmid transfer in diverse genetic lineages in Ireland

    Egan, S. A., Kavanagh, N. L., Shore, A. C., Mollerup, S., Samaniego Castruita, J. A., O’connell, B., Mcmanus, B. A., Brennan, G. I., Pinholt, M., Westh, Henrik T. & Coleman, D. C., 2022, In: Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 77, 2, p. 320-330

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  21. Published

    Next-generation sequencing in routine clinical microbiology and infectious diseases: an ESGMD-ESGEM ESCMID postgraduate course

    Aamot, H. V., Claas, E. C. J., Couto, N., Westh, Henrik T., Greub, G. & Rossen, J. W. A., 2022, In: New Microbes and New Infections. 49-50, 101046.

    Research output: Contribution to journalComment/debateResearchpeer-review

  22. Published

    No Effect of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG on Eradication of Colonization by Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium or Microbiome Diversity in Hospitalized Adult Patients

    Rubin, I. M. C., Mollerup, S., Broholm, C., Knudsen, S. B., Baker, A., Helms, Morten, Holm, M. K. A., Kallemose, T., Westh, Henrik T., Dahl Knudsen, J., Pinholt, M. & Petersen, Andreas Munk, 2022, In: Microbiology Spectrum. 10, 3, e0234821.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  23. Published

    One Day in Denmark: Comparison of Phenotypic and Genotypic Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing in Bacterial Isolates From Clinical Settings

    Rebelo, A. R., Bortolaia, V., Leekitcharoenphon, P., Hansen, D. S., Nielsen, H. L., Ellermann-Eriksen, S., Kemp, M., Røder, B. L., Frimodt-Møller, N., Søndergaard, T. S., Coia, J. E., Østergaard, C., Westh, Henrik T. & Aarestrup, F. M., 2022, In: Frontiers in Microbiology. 13, 12 p., 804627.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  24. Published

    Rapid in vivo development of resistance to daptomycin in vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium due to genomic alterations

    Mollerup, S., Elmeskov, C., Pinholt, M., Sejersen, T. S., Pedersen, M. S., Worning, P., Frees, Dorte & Westh, Henrik T., 2022, In: FEMS Microbiology Letters. 369, 1, 6 p., 063.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  25. Published

    Substantial Decrease in Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium Outbreak Duration and Number of Patients During the Danish COVID-19 Lockdown: A Prospective Observational Study

    Gisselø, K. L., Rubin, I. M. C., Knudsen, M. S., From-Hansen, M., Stangerup, M., Kavalaris, C. P., Pinholt, M., Mollerup, S., Westh, Henrik T., Bartels, Mette Damkjær & Petersen, Andreas Munk, 2022, In: Microbial Drug Resistance. 28, 1, p. 73-80

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  26. Published

    Synbiotic Intervention with Lactobacilli, Bifidobacteria, and Inulin in Healthy Volunteers Increases the Abundance of Bifidobacteria but Does Not Alter Microbial Diversity

    Rubin, I. M. C., Mollerup, S., Broholm, C., Baker, A., Holm, M. K. A., Pedersen, M. S., Pinholt, M., Westh, Henrik T. & Petersen, Andreas Munk, 2022, In: Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 88, 19, 11 p., e01087.22.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  27. Published

    Topical niclosamide (ATx201) reduces Staphylococcus aureus colonization and increases Shannon diversity of the skin microbiome in atopic dermatitis patients in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase 2 trial

    Weiss, A., Delavenne, E., Matias, C., Lagler, H., Simon, D., Li, P., Hansen, J. U., Dos Santos, T. P., Jana, B., Priemel, P., Bangert, C., Bauer, M., Eberl, S., Nussbaumer-Pröll, A., Anne Österreicher, Z., Matzneller, P., Quint, T., Weber, M., Nielsen, H. M., Rades, T. & 17 others, Johansen, Helle Krogh, Westh, Henrik T., Kim, W., Mylonakis, E., Friis, C., Guardabassi, Luca, Pace, J., Lundberg, C. V., M'Zali, F., Butty, P., Sørensen, N., Nielsen, H. B., Toft-Kehler, R., Guttman-Yassky, E., Stingl, G., Zeitlinger, M. & Sommer, M., 2022, In: Clinical and Translational Medicine. 12, 5, e790.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  28. 2021
  29. Published

    Forekomst af SARS-CoV-2 i sæd og påvirkning af de mandlige reproduktive organer ved COVID-19

    Hansen, C. B., Leineweber, T. D., Jørgensen, N., Schneider, U. V., Westh, Henrik T., Freiesleben, Nina la Cour, Nielsen, Henriette Svarre & Lauritsen, M. P., 20 Dec 2021, In: Ugeskrift for Laeger. 183, 51, 9 p., V07210573.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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