Olof Hertting

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Associate Professor and Teamleader for Paediatric infections at Karolinska Institutet and Consultant in paediatric infectious diseases at Karolinska University Hospital. My research is focusing on molecular immune responses in severe bacterial infections in children as well as epidemiological studies on children with a range of infectious diseases.

Research

Bone and Joint Infections in Children
Meningococcal infections in children and teenagers (the MEMPHIS study)
Migration and health: targeting highly prevalent infections from Sub-Saharan Africa
Invasive Group A streptococcal infections in children

Articles

Article: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2025
Poor Association Between Clinical Characteristics and Seropositivity in Children With Suspected Long COVID-A Single-Centre Study
Olsson-akefeldt S; Luthander J; Anmyr L; Villard L; Arnason S; Kemani MK; Wallgren E; Rostlund S; Tingborn M; Pettersson M; George E; Ryd-Rinder M; Hertting O
Article: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2024;113(7):1679-1684
Pre-admission virus detection during the COVID-19 pandemic in children with and without symptoms of infection
Bennet R; Rinder MR; George E; Hertting O; Luthander J; Akefeldt SO; Hammas B; Allander T; Eriksson M
Article: PEDIATRIC RESEARCH. 2024;96(2):319-324
International Care programs for Pediatric Post-COVID Condition (Long COVID) and the way forward
Brackel CLH; Noij LCE; Vijverberg SJH; Legghe CL; van der Zee AH; van Goudoever JB; Buonsenso D; Munblit D; Sigfrid L; Mcfarland S; Anmyr L; Ashkenazi-Hoffnung L; Bellinat APN; Dias NLS; Edwards A; Fashina T; Juraski RG; Goncalves ALN; Hansted E; Herczeg V; Hertting O; Jankauskaite LN; Kaswandani N; Kevalas R; Krivacsy P; Lorenz M; Malone LA; Mcvoy M; Miller DW; Morrow AK; Nugawela MD; Oliveira CR; Oliveira PRS; Osmanov IM; Overmars IM; Paintsil E; Pereira SMP; Prawira Y; Putri ND; Ramos RCF; Rasche M; Ryd-Rinder M; De Rose C; Samitova E; Jovanovic TS; Say D; Scott JT; Shachar-Lavie I; Shafran R; Shmueli E; Snipaitiene A; Stephenson T; Tenai N; Tosif S; Turkalj M; Valentini P; Vasconcelos LRS; Villard L; Vilser D; Hashimoto S; Terheggen-Lagro SWJ
Article: ARCHIVES OF DISEASE IN CHILDHOOD. 2024;109(2):152-157
Seizures in hospitalised paediatric patients with SARS-CoV-2 and comparison of severity with seizures in hospitalised paediatric patients with other respiratory viruses during the COVID-19 pandemic: a population-based cohort study
Anastasopoulou S; Svensson E; Wickstroem R; Hertting O; Rinder MR; Bennet R; Eriksson M
Article: EUROSURVEILLANCE. 2024;29(3):2300193
Early-onset group B streptococcal infections in five Nordic countries with different prevention policies, 1995 to 2019
Bjorklund V; Saxen H; Hertting O; Carlsen ELM; Hoffmann S; Hakansson S; Thors VS; Haraldsson A; Brigtsen AK; Dollner H; Huhtamaki H; Pokka T; Ruuska TS
Article: RHINOLOGY. 2023;61(5):412-420
Complications to acute bacterial rhinosinusitis in children- a prospective study; bacterial cultures, virus detection, allergy sensitization and immunoglobulins
Dennison SH; Granath A; Holmstrom M; Stjarne P; Hertting O
Article: LANCET REGIONAL HEALTH-EUROPE. 2023;27:100581
Malaria parasite prevalence in Sub-Saharan African migrants screened in Sweden: a cross-sectional study
Wangdahl A; Bogale RT; Eliasson I; Broumou I; Faroogh F; Lind F; Vashchuk G; Hildell A; Franson S; Hallberg E; Grip I; Nordling I; Gervin A; Kaitoly S; Tekleab B; Wyss K; Requena-Mendez A; Hertting O; Farnert A
Article: EUROSURVEILLANCE. 2022;27(7):2100079
SARS-CoV-2 testing in patients with low COVID-19 suspicion at admission to a tertiary care hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, March to September 2020
Requena-Mendez A; Mougkou A; Hedberg P; van der Werff SD; Tanushi H; Hertting O; Farnert A; Nyberg F; Naucler P
Article: THORAX. 2022;77(2):154-163
Clinical phenotypes and outcomes of SARS-CoV-2, influenza, RSV and seven other respiratory viruses: a retrospective study using complete hospital data
Hedberg P; Karlsson Valik J; van der Werff S; Tanushi H; Requena Mendez A; Granath F; Bell M; Martensson J; Dyrdak R; Hertting O; Farnert A; Ternhag A; Naucler P
Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY. 2021;150:110866
A Swedish population-based study of complications due to acute rhinosinusitis in children 5-18 years old
Dennison SH; Hertting O; Bennet R; Eriksson M; Holmstrom M; Ask LS; Lindstrand A; Dimitriou P; Stjarne P; Granath A
Article: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2021;110(10):2802-2804
Reduction in paediatric emergency visits during the COVID-19 pandemic in a region with open preschools and schools
Rhedin SA; Rinder MR; Hildenwall H; Herlenius E; Hertting O; Luthander J; Melen E; Nijman R; Olsson-Akefeldt S; Alfven T
Article: EPIDEMIOLOGY AND INFECTION. 2021;149:e126
Atypical presentation of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup W disease is associated with the introduction of the 2013 strain
Sall O; Stenmark B; Jacobsson S; Eriksson L; Thulin Hedberg S; Hertting O; Fredlund H; Sundqvist M; Molling P
Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS. 2021;180(3):893-898
Acute infection as cause of hospitalization of asylum-seeking children and adolescents in Stockholm, Sweden 2015-2016
Hertting O; Luthander J; Giske CG; Bennet R; Eriksson M
Article: JOURNAL OF PAEDIATRICS AND CHILD HEALTH. 2020;56(12):1912-1917
A 10-year retrospective survey of acute childhood osteomyelitis in Stockholm, Sweden
von Heideken J; Bennet R; Eriksson M; Hertting O
Article: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2020;117:19256
[Leishmaniasis a neglected but serious tropical disease].
Glans H; Hertting O
Article: CELL AND TISSUE RESEARCH. 2020;380(3):669-673
Vitamin D strengthens the bladder epithelial barrier by inducing tight junction proteins during E. coli urinary tract infection
Mohanty S; Kamolvit W; Hertting O; Brauner A
Article: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2019;108(12):2175-2185
An overview of how on-call consultant paediatricians can recognise and manage severe primary immunodeficiencies
Wekell P; Hertting O; Holmgren D; Fasth A
Article: ARCHIVES OF DISEASE IN CHILDHOOD-EDUCATION AND PRACTICE EDITION. 2019;104(5):235-243
Fifteen-minute consultation: Recognising primary immune deficiencies in children
Wekell P; Hertting O; Holmgren D; Fasth A
Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY. 2019;121:50-54
Serious complications due to acute rhinosinusitis in children up to five years old in Stockholm, Sweden - Still a challenge in the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine era
Dennison SH; Ask LS; Eriksson M; Granath A; Hertting O; Bennet R; Lindstrand A; Masaba P; Dimitriou P; Stjarne P
Journal article: 2018
TWO CASES OF STERNAL KINGELLA KINGAE OSTEOMYELITIS
Hertting O
Article: PEDIATRIC BLOOD & CANCER. 2017;64(7):e26397
Antibiotic use during infectious episodes in the first 6 months of anticancer treatmentA Swedish cohort study of children aged 7-16 years
af Sandeberg M; Johansson E; Wettergren L; Bjork O; Hertting O; Nilsson A
Journal article: 2017
SEVERE PVL-POSITIVE BONE AND JOINT INFECTIONS IN CHILDREN – CASE SERIES AND CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS
Hertting O
Article: PLOS ONE. 2017;12(7):e0180810
Vitamin D-deficient mice have more invasive urinary tract infection
Hertting O; Luthje P; Sullivan D; Aspenstrom P; Brauner A
Article: JOURNAL OF INFECTION. 2014;68:S151-S154
Childhood TB: When to think of it and what to do when you do
Hertting O; Shingadia D
Article: PLOS ONE. 2010;5(12):e15580
Vitamin D Induction of the Human Antimicrobial Peptide Cathelicidin in the Urinary Bladder
Hertting O; Holm A; Luthje P; Brauner H; Dyrdak R; Jonasson AF; Wiklund P; Chromek M; Brauner A
Article: TOXICON. 2008;51(8):1544-1547
Cytotoxic necrotizing factor 1 (CNF1) induces an inflammatory response in the urinary tract in vitro but not in vivo
Hertting O; Chromek M; Slamova Z; Kadas L; Soderkvist M; Vainumae I; Tallvik T; Jacobson SH; Brauner A
Article: PEDIATRIC RESEARCH. 2003;53(4):698-705
Matrix metalloproteinase-9 and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases-1 in acute pyelonephritis and renal scarring
Chromek M; Tullus K; Hertting O; Jaremko G; Khalil A; Li YH; Brauner A
Article: CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL IMMUNOLOGY. 2003;131(2):225-233
Enhanced chemokine response in experimental acute Escherichia coli pyelonephritis in IL-1β-deficient mice
Hertting O; Khalil A; Jaremko G; Chromek M; Li YH; Bakhiet M; Bartfai T; Tullus K; Brauner A
Article: PERITONEAL DIALYSIS INTERNATIONAL. 2003;23(1):5-13
CAPD peritonitis induces the production of a novel peptide, daintain/allograft inflammatory factor-1
Brauner A; Hertting O; Alkstrand E; Sandberg E; Chromek M; Chen ZW; Östenson CG
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All other publications

Preprint: MEDRXIV. 2022
Malaria parasite prevalence in asymptomatic migrants residing in Sweden
Wångdahl A; Bogale RT; Eliasson I; Broumou I; Faroogh F; Lind F; Vashchuk G; Hildell A; Franson S; Hallberg E; Grip I; Nordling I; Gervin A; Kaitoly S; Tekleab B; Wyss K; Mendez AR; Hertting O; Färnert A
Editorial comment: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2021;110(9):2578-2580
Persistent symptoms in Swedish children after hospitalisation due to COVID-19
Sterky E; Olsson-Akefeldt S; Hertting O; Herlenius E; Alfven T; Ryd Rinder M; Rhedin S; Hildenwall H
Editorial comment: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2021;110(3):744-745
More research is needed on the long-term effects of COVID-19 on children and adolescents
Hertting O
Letter: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2020;109(10):2152-2154
Paediatric COVID-19 admissions in a region with open schools during the two first months of the pandemic
Hildenwall H; Luthander J; Rhedin S; Hertting O; Olsson-Akefeldt S; Erik M; Alfven T; Herlenius E; Ryd Rinder M
Letter: JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY IMMUNOLOGY AND INFECTION. 2018;51(1):153-154
An infant with Klebsiella oxytoca septic arthritis
Hertting O; Gremark O; Kallman O; Guler L; Bergstrom J

Grants

Malaria treatment outcomes in travelers- addressing emerging drug resistance
Swedish Research Council
1 January 2025 - 31 December 2026
Migration and health: targeting highly prevalent infections from Sub-Saharan Africa
Swedish Research Council
1 December 2023 - 30 November 2027

Employments

Affiliated to Research, Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet, 2025-2027

Degrees and Education

Docent, Pediatrics, Karolinska Institutet, 2024
Degree Of Doctor Of Philosophy, Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, 2011
University Medical Degree, Karolinska Institutet, 2000

Leadership and responsibility assignments

Research team leader, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Kvinnor och barns hälsa, Karolinska Institutet, 2025-

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