Volkan Özenci
Adjunct Professor
E-mail: volkan.ozenci@ki.se
Visiting address: H5 Laboratoriemedicin, H5 Klin Mikrobiologi, F72, 14152 Huddinge
Postal address: H5 Laboratoriemedicin, H5 Klin Mikrobiologi Özenci, 141 52 Huddinge
Part of:
- Department of Laboratory Medicine
- Division of Clinical Microbiology at Labmed
- Research group Volkan Özenci
About me
- *Adjunct Professor of Clinical Bacteriology at the Department of Laboratory
Medicine as of 1 January 2022*
Primary position: Consultant at Karolinska University Hospital
Research
- Volkan Özenci is a senior consultant at the Karolinska University
Laboratory. His research focus is to improve clinical microbiological
diagnostics. He has developed several methods including a fast technique for
the analysis of bacteria in blood poisoning (sepsis) that cuts the time from
24 hours to two to four hours. Today, it is in clinical use at 40 per cent of
Europe’s major clinical laboratories.
His research group conducts clinical studies in collaboration with a wide
range of medical technology companies and has pending patent applications of
its own. The group performs research for development towards more
environmentally friendly clinical laboratories, given the fact that the
hospitals has extremely high plastic consumption.
Teaching
- Volkan Özenci is an experienced lecturer with several pedagogical awards and
leads several courses in clinical microbiology in the medical program at KI.
Articles
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 2026;167:108536Saluzzo F; Lindahl O; Chindelevitch L; T Bachmann T; Meinel DM; Papan C; Mitsakakis K; Di Gregori V; Swe-Han KS; Krause KM; Trainor BW; Mutters NT; Ozenci V; Cirillo DM; Morel CM
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY & INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 2026;45(2):395-402Dogan O; Ozmen-Capin BB; White J; Serra C; Ahmed S; Botero-Kleiven S; Ozenci V
- Article: ADVANCED HEALTHCARE MATERIALS. 2025;14(32):e03651Osaid M; Miguelez MHM; Bayrak B; Ozmen-Capin BB; Ozenci V; van der Wijngaart W
- Article: MBIO. 2025;16(11):e02689-e02625Shambat SM; Chen P; Barilla RM; Huemer M; Snall J; Welin A; Cohen TS; Takahashi V; Berry SB; Gomez-Mejia A; Schweizer TA; Cunoosamy DM; Cajander S; Lourda M; Ozenci V; Maggio EM; Schupbach RA; Stralin K; Zinkernagel AS; Norrby-Teglund A; Svensson M
- Article: MYCOPATHOLOGIA. 2025;190(6):114Lundgren V; Dogan O; Ekwall-Larson A; Stenstrom C; Chryssanthou E; Guglielmeti M; Narstrom Y; Dinnetz P; Botero-Kleiven S; Ozenci V
- Article: JOURNAL OF INFECTION. 2025;91(5):106629Sedik S; Egger M; Wolfgruber S; Salmanton-Garcia J; Bassetti M; Mikulska M; Ozenci V; Arikan-Akdagli S; Akova M; Gangneux J-P; Bandera A; Alastruey-Izquierdo A; Barac A; Rautemaa-Richardson R; de Jonge NA; Loughlin L; Blennow O; Lanternier F; Meijer EFJ; Khanna N; Garcia-Vidal C; Davila-Valls J; Klimko N; Khostelidi SN; White PL; Akalin H; Rogers B; Ruiz M; Garcia-Rodriguez J; Akyol D; Longval T; Danion F; Prattes J; Krause R; Biswas SK; Arendrup MC; Koehler P; Cornely OA; Hoenigl M
- Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2025;15(1):36103Lundvik H; Santini R; Altintop TU; Ozenci V; Andersson DI; Fatsis-Kavalopoulos N
- Article: MICROBIOLOGY SPECTRUM. 2025;13(9):e01820-e01825Khan ZA; Sobkowiak MJ; Ghorbani M; Poojabahen T; Al-Manei K; Halimi A; Ateeb Z; Ozenci V; Heuchel R; Lohr M; Sallberg Chen M
- Article: APMIS. 2025;133(8):e70063Unalan-Altintop T; Jansson K; Ozenci V
- Article: LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 2025;25(5):e280-e293Cornely OA; Sprute R; Bassetti M; Chen SC-A; Groll AH; Kurzai O; Lass-Floerl C; Ostrosky-Zeichner L; Rautemaa-Richardson R; Revathi G; Santolaya ME; White PL; Alastruey-Izquierdo A; Arendrup MC; Baddley J; Barac A; Ben-Ami R; Brink AJ; Grothe JH; Guinea J; Hagen F; Hochhegger B; Hoenigl M; Husain S; Jabeen K; Jensen HE; Kanj SS; Koehler P; Lehrnbecher T; Lewis RE; Meis JF; Nguyen MH; Pana ZD; Rath P-M; Reinhold I; Seidel D; Takazono T; Vinh DC; Zhang SX; Afeltra J; Al-Hatmi AMS; Arastehfar A; Arikan-Akdagli S; Bongomin F; Carlesse F; Chayakulkeeree M; Chai LYA; Chamani-Tabriz L; Chiller T; Chowdhary A; Clancy CJ; Colombo AL; Cortegiani A; Leon DEC; Drgona L; Dudakova A; Farooqi J; Gago S; Ilkit M; Jenks J; Klimko N; Krause R; Kumar A; Lagrou K; Lionakis MS; Lmimouni BE; Mansour MK; Meletiadis J; Mellinghoff SC; Mer M; Mikulska M; Montravers P; Neoh CF; Ozenci V; Pagano L; Pappas P; Patterson TF; Puerta-Alcalde P; Rahimli L; Rahn S; Roilides E; Rotstein C; Ruegamer T; Sabino R; Salmanton-Garcia J; Schwartz IS; Segal E; Sidharthan N; Singhal T; Sinko J; Soman R; Spec A; Steinmann J; Stemler J; Taj-Aldeen SJ; Talento AF; Thompson III GR; Toebben C; Villanueva-Lozano H; Wahyuningsih R; Weinbergerova B; Wiederhold N; Willinger B; Woo PCY; Zhu L-P
- Article: FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY. 2025;16:1553034Tajpara P; Sobkowiak MJ; Healy K; Naud S; Guendel B; Halimi A; Khan ZA; Gabarrini G; Guyader SL; Imreh G; Reisz JA; Del Chiaro M; D'Alessandro A; Heuchel R; Loehr JM; Ozenci V; Chen MS
- Article: CLINICAL & TRANSLATIONAL IMMUNOLOGY. 2025;14(3):e70028Emgard J; Filipovic I; Unge C; Medina LMP; Parke A; Bergsten H; Moll K; Dzidic M; Alpkvist H; Fang H; Ozenci V; Bjorkstroem NK; Svensson M; Sandberg JK; Stralin K; Norrby-Teglund A
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY & INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 2024;43(10):1977-1987Yu D; Ekwall-Larson A; Ozenci V
- Article: MYCOSES. 2024;67(5):e13729Ferngren G; Yu D; Unalan-Altintop T; Dinnetz P; Ozenci V
- Article: MICROBIOLOGY SPECTRUM. 2024;12(1):e0361323-e03623Iseri E; Nilsson S; van Belkum A; van der Wijngaart W; Ozenci V
- Article: JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL EVALUATION FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONS. 2023;20:32Hultgren C; Lindkvist A; Ozenci V; Curbo S
- Article: ORAL ONCOLOGY. 2023;146:106556Al-Manei K; Sobkowiak MJ; Nagadia RH; Heymann R; Chen MS; Ozenci V
- Article: JOURNAL OF INFECTION. 2023;87(5):428-437Arendrup MC; Arikan-Akdagli S; Jorgensen KM; Barac A; Steinmann J; Toscano C; Arsenijevic VA; Sartor A; Lass-Floerl C; Hamprecht A; Matos T; Rogers BRS; Quiles I; Buil J; Ozenci V; Krause R; Bassetti M; Loughlin L; Denis B; Grancini A; White PL; Lagrou K; Willinger B; Rautemaa-Richardson R; Hamal P; Ener B; Unalan-Altintop T; Evren E; Hilmioglu-Polat S; Oz Y; Ozyurt OK; Aydin F; Ruzicka F; Meijer EFJ; Gangneux JP; Lockhart DEA; Khanna N; Logan C; Scharmann U; Desoubeaux G; Roilides E; Talento AF; van Dijk K; Koehler P; Salmanton-Garcia J; Cornely OA; Hoenigl M
- Article: LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 2023;23(6):751-761Hoenigl M; Salmanton-Garcia J; Egger M; Gangneux J-P; Bicanic T; Arikan-Akdagli S; Alastruey-Izquierdo A; Klimko N; Barac A; Ozenci V; Meijer EFJ; Khanna N; Bassetti M; Rautemaa-Richardson R; Lagrou K; Adam K-M; Akalin EH; Akova M; Arsenijevic VA; Aujayeb A; Blennow O; Bretagne S; Danion F; Denis B; de Jonge NA; Desoubeaux G; Drgona L; Erben N; Gori A; Rodriguez JG; Garcia-Vidal C; Giacobbe DR; Goodman AL; Hamal P; Hammarstrom H; Toscano C; Lanternier F; Lass-Floerl C; Lockhart DEA; Longval T; Loughlin L; Matos T; Mikulska M; Narayanan M; Martin-Perez S; Prattes J; Rogers B; Rahimli L; Ruiz M; Roilides E; Samarkos M; Scharmann U; Sili U; Sipahi OR; Sivakova A; Steinmann J; Trauth J; Turhan O; Van Praet J; Vena A; White PL; Willinger B; Tortorano AM; Arendrup MC; Koehler P; Cornely OA
- Article: MICROBIOLOGY SPECTRUM. 2023;11(2):e0500122-e05022Ekwall-Larson A; Froding I; Mert B; Akerlund A; Ozenci V
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All other publications
- Corrigendum: MYCOPATHOLOGIA. 2026;191(1):19Lundgren V; Dogan O; Ekwall-Larson A; Stenstrom C; Chryssanthou E; Guglielmeti M; Narstrom Y; Dinnetz P; Botero-Kleiven S; Ozenci V
- Review: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY & INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 2025;44(5):1031-1040Rapid diagnosis of urinary tract infection with miniaturised point-of-care cultivation on a dipstickIseri E; Jakobsson G; Bertling S; Oezenci V; Ekelund O; van der Wijngaart W; van Belkum A
- Preprint: BIORXIV. 2023Shambat SM; Chen P; Barilla R; Huemer M; Snäll J; Welin A; Cohen T; Takahashi V; Berry S; Gómez-Mejia A; Schweizer T; Cunoosamy D; Cajander S; Lourda M; Özenci V; Maggio EM; Schüpbach R; Strålin K; Zinkernagel A; Norrby-Teglund A; Svensson M
- Conference publication: MYCOSES. 2023;66:9Salmanton-Garcia J; Hoenigl M; Santini R; Cornely OA; Ozenci V
- Conference publication: MYCOSES. 2023;66:8-9Salmanton-Garcia J; Honigl M; Gangneux JP; Segal E; Alastruey-Izquierdo A; Akdagli SA; Lagrou K; Ozenci V; Vena A; Cornely OA
- Review: LANCET MICROBE. 2023;4(1):e47-e56Salmanton-Garcia J; Hoenigl M; Gangneux J-P; Segal E; Alastruey-Izquierdo A; Akdagli SA; Lagrou K; Ozenci V; Vena A; Cornely OA
- Corrigendum: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY. 2022;60(9):e0118022-e01122Ekwall-Larson A; Yu D; Dinnetz P; Nordqvist H; Ozenci V
- Preprint: BIORXIV. 2022Dadvar A; Labiba S; Li F; Shafeeq S; Ahl M; Lüthje P; Dranenko N; Trcek J; Marzec-Grządziel A; Garushyants S; Nagel H; Ahmad I; Schmitt A; Lostao AD; Özenci V; Ullberg M; Gelfand M; Åkerlund B; Römling U
- Conference publication: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY AND REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY. 2022;270:E94Guterstam YC; Bister J; Strunz B; Dumitrescu B; Bhattarai KH; Ozenci V; Brannstrom M; Ivarsson M; Gidlof S; Bjorkstrom N
- Preprint: SSRN ELECTRONIC JOURNAL. 2022Hoenigl M; Salmanton-Garcia J; Egger M; Gangneux J-P; Bicanic T; Arikan-Akdagli S; Alastruey-Izquierdo A; Klimko N; Barac A; Özenci V; Meijer EFJ; Khanna N; Bassetti M; Rautemaa-Richardson R; Lagrou K; Adam K-M; Akalın EH; Akova M; Arsic-Arsenijevic V; Aujayeb A; Blennow O; Bretagne S; Danion F; Denis B; de Jonge NA; Desoubeaux G; Drgona L; Erben N; Gori A; Rodríguez JG; Garcia-Vidal C; Giacobbe DR; Goodman AL; Hamal P; Hammarström H; Toscano C; Lanternier F; Lass-Flörl C; Lockhart DEA; Longval T; Loughlin L; Matos T; Mikulska M; Narayanan M; Martín-Pérez S; Prattes J; Rogers B; Rahimli L; Ruiz M; Roilides E; Samarkos M; Scharmann U; Sili U; Sipahi OR; Siváková A; Steinmann J; Trauth J; Turhan Ö; Van Praet J; Vena A; White L; Willinger B; Tortorano AM; Arendrup MC; Koehler P; Cornely OA; Group ECIS
- Preprint: SSRN ELECTRONIC JOURNAL. 2022ÖZENCI V; Klingler J; Erdal NB; Forsberg E; Veliz SZ
- Preprint: MEDRXIV. 2021Baltekin Ö; Johnsson ATA; Wong AYW; Nilsson K; Mert B; Söderberg L; Wistrand-Yuen E; Özenci V
- Preprint: RESEARCH SQUARE. 2021Yu D; Unger D; Unge C; Parke Å; Sundén-Cullberg J; Strålin K; Özenci V
- Preprint: RESEARCH SQUARE. 2021Karataş M; Duman MY; Tünger A; Çilli F; Aydemir Ş; Ozenci V
- Editorial: JOURNAL OF GLOBAL HEALTH. 2020;10(2):020330Morel CM; Lindahl O; Ozenci V
- Review: EXPERT REVIEW OF MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS. 2019;19(5):389-395Ozenci V; Stralin K
- Letter: CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 2019;68(2):351Stralin K; Patel R; Ullberg M; Ozenci V
- Editorial: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2019;108(1):169-170Ozenci V; Schubert U
- Conference publication: MEDICAL MYCOLOGY. 2018;56:S61Klingspor; Ozenci V; Ullberg M; Rydberg J; Kondori N; Serrander L; Swanberg J; Nilsson K; Bengten CJ; Johansson M; Sjoberg B; Granlund M; Tornqvist E; Sjogren S; Sundqvist-Persson A-L; Kindlund K; Ygge M; Kartoutboukir D; Toepfer M; Halldin E; Nyberg A; Kahlmeter G
- Book chapter: ADVANCED TECHNIQUES IN DIAGNOSTIC MICROBIOLOGY. 2018;p. 481-490Özenci V; Strålin K
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Grants
- Swedish Research Council1 January 2021 - 31 December 2023
- M eket snabb antibiotikaresistensbestämningStrategiskt centrum inom utlysningen "SSF Agenda 2030 Research Centers (ARC) 2019"1 January 2021 - 31 December 2025
- Swedish Research Council1 December 2019 - 31 December 2021
Employments
- Adjunct Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, 2026-2030
Degrees and Education
- Docent, Karolinska Institutet, 2010
- Doctor Of Philosophy, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, 2000