Rutger Bennet

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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: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2024;113(4):764-770

The pneumococcal conjugate vaccine had a sustained effect on Swedish children 8 years after its introduction

Alfven T; Bennet R; Granath A; Dennison SH; Eriksson M
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: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2023;112(5):1049-1055

Human bocavirus 1 epidemiology in children in relation to virus load and codetection

Oldhoff E; Bennet R; Eriksson M; Allander T
Article: INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 2023;55(3):175-180

Reduction of rotavirus as a cause of nosocomial diarrhoea in northern Stockholm after introducing the rotavirus vaccine

Olsson-Akefeldt S; Ostlund MR; Hammas B; Eriksson M; Bennet R
Article: INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 2022;54(2):120-127

All-cause gastroenteritis hospitalisations of children decreased after the introduction of rotavirus vaccine in Stockholm

Olsson-Akefeldt S; Rotzen-Ostlund M; Hammas B; Eriksson M; Bennet R
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(8):2366-2374

Children hospitalised with four common viral diseases showed epidemiological differences but few socio-economic variations

Widgren K; Eriksson M; Bennet R; Giesecke J
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: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2021;110(3):963-969

Rates and risk factors of severe respiratory syncytial virus infection in 2008-2016 compared with 1986-1998

Hamrin J; Bennet R; Berner J; Rotzen-Ostlund M; 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: PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL. 2020;39(12):1069-1074

Trends of Pediatric Bloodstream Infections in Stockholm, Sweden: A 20-year Retrospective Study

Luthander J; Bennet R; Giske CG; Eriksson M; Nilsson A
Article: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2020;109(9):1854-1859

Foreign background and older age of children were associated with infection in Swedish tuberculosis contacts

Bennet R; Nejat S; Eriksson M
Article: PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL. 2019;38(10):e243-e247

Long-term Prognosis of Tuberculosis Infection and Disease in Swedish Children

Bennet R; Jonsson J; Nejat S; Olsson-Akefeldt S; Eriksson M
Article: PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL. 2019;38(9):929-933

Antimicrobial Use in a Swedish Pediatric Hospital Results From Eight Point-prevalence Surveys Over a 15-Year Period (2003-2017)

Luthander J; Bennet R; Nilsson A; Eriksson M
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
Article: PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL. 2019;38(4):e76-e78

EFFECTIVE TUBERCULOSIS CONTACT INVESTIGATION USING INTERFERON-GAMMA RELEASE ASSAYS

Bennet R; Nejat S; Eriksson M
Article: INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 2018;50(5):361-371

Impact on affected families and society of severe rotavirus infections in Swedish children assessed in a prospective cohort study

Anh NT; Husberg M; Bennet R; Brytting M; Carlsson P; Eriksson M; Storsaeter J; Osterlin B; Johansen K
Article: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2017;106(11):1825-1829

Changing diagnosis coding routines may confound the results of longitudinal childhood pneumonia studies

Eriksson M; Nilsson A; Bennet R
Article: INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 2017;49(7):501-506

Tuberculosis infection and disease in the 2015 cohort of unaccompanied minors seeking asylum in Northern Stockholm, Sweden

Bennet R; Eriksson M
Article: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2017;106(3):463-469

Review of the aetiology, diagnostics and outcomes of childhood encephalitis from 1970 to 2009

Wickstrom R; Fowler A; Bogdanovic G; Bennet R; Eriksson M
Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS. 2017;176(3):337-342

The impact of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on community-acquired pneumonia hospitalizations in children with comorbidity

Sterky E; Bennet R; Lindstrand A; Eriksson M; Nilsson A
Article: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2017;114:D7IW

[The child immunisation programme--effective but insufficient. Experiences from the Astrid Lindgren pediatric hospital, 2008–2013].

Laestadius Å; Nilsson A; Bennet R; Bogdanovic G; Eriksson M
Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MYCOBACTERIOLOGY. 2016;5 Suppl 1:S6

What can we learn from the past?-A pediatrician's view.

Eriksson M; Bennet R
Article: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2016;105(12):1480-1486

Paediatric tuberculosis cases increased in Stockholm from 1971 to 2015 following the rising number of children with immigrant backgrounds

Bennet R; Eriksson M
Article: VACCINE. 2016;34(28):3298-3302

Influenza epidemiology among hospitalized children in Stockholm, Sweden 1998-2014

Bennet R; Hamrin J; Wirgart BZ; Ostlund MR; Ortqvist A; Eriksson M
Article: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2016;105(6):671-675

Interferon-gamma release assays can effectively screen migrants for the tuberculosis infection, but urgent, active cases need clinical recognition

Nejat S; Bennet R
Article: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2015;104(9):933-939

The aetiology of paediatric bloodstream infections changes after pneumococcal vaccination and group B streptococcus prophylaxis

Luthander J; Bennet R; Giske CG; Nilsson A; Eriksson M
Article: VACCINE. 2015;33(22):2558-2561

Long term effectiveness of adjuvanted influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 vaccine in children

Ortqvist A; Bennet R; Hamrin J; Rinder MR; Lindblad H; Ohd JN; Eriksson M
Article: PEDIATRICS. 2014;134(6):E1528-E1536

Sinusitis and Pneumonia Hospitalization After Introduction of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine

Lindstrand A; Bennet R; Galanis I; Blennow M; Ask LS; Dennison SH; Rinder MR; Eriksson M; Henriques-Normark B; Ortqvist A; Alfven T
Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 2014;46(4):294-302

Burden of severe rotavirus disease leading to hospitalization assessed in a prospective cohort study in Sweden

Rinder M; Anh NT; Bennet R; Brytting M; Cassel T; Eriksson M; Frithiof D; Gothefors L; Storsaeter J; Trollfors B; Valdimarsson S; Wennerstrom M; Johansen K
Article: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2013;102(2):182-186

Age and risk factors influence the microbial aetiology of bloodstream infection in children

Luthander J; Bennet R; Giske CG; Nilsson A; Eriksson M
Article: VACCINE. 2012;30(39):5699-5702

Effectiveness of the monovalent AS03-adjuvanted influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 vaccine against hospitalization in children because of influenza

Ortqvist A; Bennet R; Rinder MR; Lindblad H; Eriksson M
Article: PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL. 2012;31(3):224-227

Pediatric Tuberculosis in Stockholm A Mirror to the World

Nejat S; Buxbaum C; Eriksson M; Pergert M; Bennet R
Article: PLOS ONE. 2012;7(12):e51491

Respiratory Viruses in Hospitalized Children with Influenza-Like Illness during the H1n1 2009 Pandemic in Sweden

Rhedin S; Hamrin J; Naucler P; Bennet R; Rotzen-Ostlund M; Farnert A; Eriksson M
Article: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2011;108(5):200-202

[The pandemic among children was not worse than "ordinary" seasonal influenza. The most marked difference was that the children were older, according to a study in Northern Stockholm].

Hamrin J; Bennet R; Färnert A; Ostlund MR; Ursing J; Eriksson M
Article: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2011;100(2):299-302

Nerve dysfunction following surgical treatment of cervical non-tuberculous mycobacterial lymphadenitis in children

Claesson G; Bennet R; Eriksson M; Petrini B
Article: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2010;107(48):3040-3043

[More severe bacterial infections could be prevented with vaccine. Rotavirus, influenza and varicella cause thousands of hospital admissions].

Bennet R; Bogdanovic G; Giske CG; Eriksson M
Article: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2009;106(45):2962-2963

[Not only RSV can cause bronchiolitis in small children. Human metapneumovirus maybe the the second most common cause].

Amér M; Bennet R; Eriksson M; Rotzén-Ostlund M
Article: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2009;106(9):580-582

[Chickenpox not always a harmless child disease. General vaccination in Sweden can prevent significant morbidity].

Grimheden P; Bennet R; Hjern A; Nilsson A; Eriksson M
Article: PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL. 2008;27(12):1078-1082

Primary Tuberculosis Infection in 35 Children at a Swedish Day Care Center

Gillman A; Berggren I; Bergstrom S-E; Wahlgren H; Bennet R
Article: INFECTION. 2008;36(5):463-466

Borrelia antibodies in children evaluated for Lyme neuroborreliosis

Bennet R; Lindgren V; Wirgart BZ
Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE. 2008;12(2):199-204

Extensive transmission of an isoniazid-resistant strain of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Sweden

Kan B; Berggren I; Ghebremichael S; Bennet R; Bruchfeld J; Chryssanthou E; Kallenius G; Petersson R; Petrini B; Romanus V; Sylvan S; Kalin M
Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 2008;40(11-12):958-964

Complications attributable to rotavirus-induced diarrhoea in a Swedish paediatric population: Report from an 11-year surveillance

Johansen K; Hedlund K-O; Zweygberg-Wirgart B; Bennet R
Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 2008;40(9):709-714

Complexity in estimating recent tuberculosis transmission among predominantly immigrant school children in Stockholm, Sweden 2006

Muller LL; Bennet R; Gaines H; Zedenius I; Berggren I
Article: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2007;104(24-25):1906-1910

[Invasive pneumococcal infection can cause meningitis in children. Uncertainty about the mass protective effect of the vaccine from USA].

Eriksson M; Bennet R; Fuhrmann D; Giske CG; Rylander M
Article: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2006;103(7):446-449

[Influenza in children demanding for health care. Effect of vaccination is still uncertain--there is probably a lower protection rate in children than in adults].

Bogdanovic G; Lindekrantz E; Bennet R; Eriksson M
Article: EUROSURVEILLANCE. 2005;10(10):E051027.5

Outbreak of tuberculosis in a Stockholm nursery affects 35 children.

Berggren-Palme I; Larsson L-O; Zedenius I; Gillman A; Bennet R
Article: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2004;101(18):1604-1608

[Positive tuberculin reaction in children: from a life insurance to a ticking bomb. Latent tuberculosis should be treated to reduce the risk of active disease].

Bennet R; Eriksson M
Article: PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL. 2004;23(1):27-31

Palivizumab prophylaxis and hospitalization for respiratory syncytial virus disease in the Stockholm infant population, 1999 through 2002

Henckel E; Luthander J; Berggren E; Kapadia H; Navér L; Norman M; Bennet R; Eriksson M
Article: PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL. 2002;21(12):1142-1145

Successful treatment of neuroborreliosis with ten day regimens

Thorstrand C; Belfrage E; Bennet R; Malmborg P; Eriksson M
Article: INFECTION. 2002;30(3):158-160

The fecal microflora of 1-3-month-old infants during treatment with eight oral antibiotics

Bennet R; Eriksson M; Nord CE
Article: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2002;91(5):593-598

Population-based rates of severe respiratory syncytial virus infection in children with and without risk factors, and outcome in a tertiary care setting

Eriksson M; Bennet R; Rotzén-Östlund M; von Sydow M; Wirgart BZ
Article: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2001;90(11):1340-1342

Non-tuberculous mycobacterial lymphadenitis in healthy children: another "lifestyle disease"?

Eriksson M; Bennet R; Danielsson N
Article: PEDIATRIC ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY. 2000;11(3):193-197

Wheezing following lower respiratory tract infections with respiratory syncytial virus and influenza A in infancy

Eriksson M; Bennet R; Nilsson A
Article: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 1999;96(1-2):49-51

[Inflammatory bowel disease in children and adolescents. When can the diagnosis be excluded without a referral to a pediatric gastroenterologist?].

Bennet R
Article: CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION. 1997;3(6):640-646

Regular pattern of respiratory syncytial virus and rotavirus infections and relation to weather in Stockholm, 1984--1993.

Reyes M; Eriksson M; Bennet R; Hedlund K-O; Ehrnst A
Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 1997;29(6):569-572

Clinical manifestations and epidemiology of childhood tuberculosis in Stockholm 1976-95

Eriksson M; Bennet R; Danielsson N
Article: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 1995;84(6):667-671

NOSOCOMIAL GASTROENTERITIS IN 2 INFANT WARDS OVER 26 MONTHS

BENNET R; HEDLUND KO; EHRNST A; ERIKSSON M
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Letter: PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL. 2019;38(8):e191-e192

Re: "Analysis and Reporting of Tests for Tuberculosis Infection in Childhood Contacts of Infectious Source Cases"

Bennet R; Nejat S; Eriksson M
Letter: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2007;96(1):146-147

Cervical mycobacterial lymphadenitis in Swedish children during the post-BCG vaccination era

Petrini B; Bennet R
Published conference paper: ACTA PAEDIATRICA, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PAEDIATRICS, SUPPLEMENT. 1999;88(426):20-23

Incidence and estimates of the disease burden of rotavirus in Sweden

Johansen K; Bennet R; Bondesson K; Eriksson M; Hedlund KO; Klingenberg KD; Uhnoo I; Svensson L

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