Oana Ciofu

Oana Ciofu

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    1. Published

      Genetic adaptation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa during chronic lung infection of patients with cystic fibrosis: strong and weak mutators with heterogeneous genetic backgrounds emerge in mucA and/or lasR mutants

      Ciofu, Oana, Mandsberg, L. F., Bjarnsholt, Thomas, Wassermann, T. & Høiby, Niels, 2010, In: Microbiology. 156, p. 1108-1119 12 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    2. Published

      Genome sequence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain DK1-NH57388A, a stable mucoid cystic fibrosis isolate

      Norman, A., Ciofu, Oana, Amador, C. I., Høiby, Niels & Jelsbak, L., 2016, In: Genome Announcements. 4, 1, e00008-16.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearch

    3. Published

      Heterogeneity of biofilms formed by nonmucoid Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from patients with cystic fibrosis.

      Lee, B., Haagensen, J. A. J., Ciofu, Oana, Andersen, Jens Bo, Høiby, Niels & Molin, S., 2005, In: Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 43, 10, p. 5247-55 8 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    4. Published

      High β-lactamase levels change the pharmacodynamics of β-lactam antibiotics in Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms

      Hengzhuang, W., Ciofu, Oana, Yang, L., Wu, H., Song, Z., Oliver, A. & Høiby, Niels, Jan 2013, In: Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 57, 1, p. 196-204 9 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    5. Published

      Hyperbaric oxygen sensitizes anoxic Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm to ciprofloxacin

      Kolpen, Mette, Lerche, C. J., Kragh, K. N., Sams, T., Koren, K., Jensen, A. S., Line, L., Bjarnsholt, Thomas, Ciofu, Oana, Moser, Claus Ernst, Kühl, Michael, Høiby, Niels & Jensen, Peter Østrup, Nov 2017, In: Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 61, 11, 9 p., e01024-17.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    6. Published

      Hyperbaric oxygen treatment increases killing of aggregating Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from cystic fibrosis patients

      Møller, S. A., Jensen, Peter Østrup, Høiby, Niels, Ciofu, Oana, Kragh, K. N., Bjarnsholt, Thomas & Kolpen, Mette, 2019, In: Journal of Cystic Fibrosis. 18, 5, p. 657–664

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    7. Published

      IgG avidity to Pseudomonas aeruginosa over the course of chronic lung biofilm infection in cystic fibrosis

      Mauch, R. M., Nørregaard, L. L., Ciofu, Oana, Levy, C. E. & Høiby, Niels, 2018, In: Journal of Cystic Fibrosis. 17, 3, p. 356-359

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    8. Published

      Immune Response to Biofilm Growing Pulmonary Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infection

      Thomsen, K., Høiby, Niels, Jensen, Peter Østrup, Ciofu, Oana & Moser, Claus Ernst, 2022, In: Biomedicines. 10, 9, 2064.

      Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearchpeer-review

    9. Published

      Immunisation in the current management of cystic fibrosis patients.

      Malfroot, A., Adam, G., Ciofu, Oana, Döring, G., Knoop, C., Lang, A. B., Van Damme, P., Dab, I., Bush, A. & European Cystic Fibrosis Society (ECFS) Vaccination Group, E. C. F. S. (. V. G., 2005, In: Journal of Cystic Fibrosis. 4, 2, p. 77-87 10 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    10. Published

      Improving antibiotic treatment of bacterial biofilm by hyperbaric oxygen therapy: Not just hot air

      Jensen, Peter Østrup, Møller, S. A., Lerche, C. J., Moser, Claus Ernst, Bjarnsholt, Thomas, Ciofu, Oana, Faurholt-Jepsen, Daniel, Høiby, Niels & Kolpen, Mette, 2019, In: Biofilm. 1, 4 p., 100008.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    11. Published

      In vivo evolution of antimicrobial resistance in a biofilm model of Pseudomonas aeruginosa lung infection

      Higazy, Doaa Mohamed Mohamed E, Pham, A. D., van Hasselt, C., Høiby, Niels, Jelsbak, L., Moser, Claus Ernst & Ciofu, Oana, 2024, In: The ISME Journal. 18, 1

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    12. Published

      In vivo pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics of colistin and imipenem in Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm infection

      Hengzhuang, W., Wu, H., Ciofu, Oana, Song, Z. & Høiby, Niels, May 2012, In: Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 56, 5, p. 2683-2690 8 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    13. Published

      Increased bactericidal activity of colistin on Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms in anaerobic conditions

      Kolpen, Mette, Appeldorff, C. F., Brandt, S., Mousavi, N., Kragh, K. N., Aydogan, S., Uppal, H. A., Bjarnsholt, Thomas, Ciofu, Oana, Høiby, Niels & Jensen, Peter Østrup, Feb 2016, In: Pathogens and Disease. 74, 1, 7 p., ftv086.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    14. Published

      Initial Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection in patients with cystic fibrosis: characteristics of eradicated and persistent isolates

      Tramper-Stranders, G. A., van der Ent, C. K., Molin, S., Yang, L., Hansen, S. K., Rau, M. H., Ciofu, Oana, Johansen, Helle Krogh & Wolfs, T. F. W., Jun 2012, In: Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. 18, 6, p. 567-74 8 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    15. Published

      Investigation of the algT operon sequence in mucoid and non-mucoid Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from 115 Scandinavian patients with cystic fibrosis and in 88 in vitro non-mucoid revertants.

      Ciofu, Oana, Lee, B., Johannesson, M., Hermansen, N. O., Meyer, P., Høiby, Niels & Scandinavian Cystic Fibrosis Study Consortium, S. C. F. S. C., 2008, In: Microbiology. 154, Pt 1, p. 103-13 10 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    16. Published

      Kompendium i mikrobiologi og infektionsmedicin

      Høiby, N., Skinhøj, P., Andersen, Å. B., Andersen, Leif Percival, Arendrup, M. C., Christiansen, C. B., Ciofu, Oana, Gerstoft, Jan, Johansen, Helle Krogh, Kemp, M., Kurtzhals, Jørgen, Nielsen, L. P., Lyngsøe Svejgaard, E., Theander, Thor Grundtvig & Thomsen, Allan Randrup, 2015, 1. ed. FADL's Forlag.

      Research output: Book/ReportBookEducation

    17. Published

      Lack of the Major Multifunctional Catalase KatA in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Accelerates Evolution of Antibiotic Resistance in Ciprofloxacin-Treated Biofilms

      Ahmed, M. N., Porse, A., Abdelsamad, A., Sommer, M., Høiby, Niels & Ciofu, Oana, 2019, In: Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 63, 10, 12 p., e00766-19.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    18. Published

      Maximum Likelihood based comparison of the specific growth rates for P. aeruginosa and four mutator strains.

      Philipsen, K. R., Christiansen, L. E., Mandsberg, L. F., Ciofu, Oana & Madsen, H., 2008, In: Journal of Microbiological Methods. 75, 3, p. 551-7 6 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    19. Published

      Meropenem in cystic fibrosis patients infected with resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa or Burkholderia cepacia and with hypersensitivity to beta-lactam antibiotics.

      Ciofu, Oana, Jensen, T., Pressler, T., Johansen, Helle Krogh, Bender Koch, Christian & Høiby, Niels, 1996, In: Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 2, 2, p. 91-98 7 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    20. Published

      Molecular epidemiology and dynamics of Pseudomonas aeruginosa populations in lungs of cystic fibrosis patients.

      Jelsbak, L., Johansen, Helle Krogh, Frost, A., Thøgersen, R., Thomsen, Line Elnif, Ciofu, Oana, Yang, L., Haagensen, J. A. J., Høiby, Niels & Molin, S., 2007, In: Infection and Immunity. 75, 5, p. 2214-24 10 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    21. Published

      Molecular epidemiology of chronic Pseudomonas aeruginosa airway infections in cystic fibrosis

      Cramer, N., Wiehlmann, L., Ciofu, Oana, Tamm, S., Høiby, Niels & Tümmler, B., Nov 2012, In: PLOS ONE. 7, 11, e50731.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    22. Published

      Molecular mechanisms of fluoroquinolone resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from cystic fibrosis patients.

      Jalal, S., Ciofu, Oana, Høiby, Niels, Gotoh, N. & Wretlind, B., 2000, In: Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 44, 3, p. 710-2 2 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    23. Published

      Mucoid Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates maintain the biofilm formation capacity and the gene expression profiles during the chronic lung infection of CF patients

      Lee, B., Schjerling, C. K., Kirkby, N., Hoffmann, N., Borup, R., Molin, S., Høiby, Niels & Ciofu, Oana, 2011, In: Acta Pathologica Microbiologica et Immunologica Scandinavica. 119, 4-5, p. 263-74 12 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    24. Published

      Mucoid conversion of Pseudomonas aeruginosa by hydrogen peroxide: a mechanism for virulence activation in the cystic fibrosis lung.

      Mathee, K., Ciofu, Oana, Sternberg, C., Lindum, P. W., Campbell, J. I., Jensen, P., Johnsen, A. H., Givskov, Michael, Ohman, D. E., Molin, S., Høiby, Niels & Kharazmi, A., 1999, In: Microbiology. 145 ( Pt 6), p. 1349-57 8 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    25. Published

      Novel experimental Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection model mimicking long-term host-pathogen interactions in cystic fibrosis.

      Moser, Claus Ernst, van Gennip, M., Bjarnsholt, Thomas, Jensen, P. Ø., Lee, B., Hougen, H. P., Calum, Henrik Pierre, Ciofu, Oana, Givskov, Michael & Høiby, Niels, 2009, In: A P M I S. Acta Pathologica, Microbiologica et Immunologica Scandinavica. 117, p. 95-107 13 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    26. Published

      Novel experimental Pseudomonas aeruginosa lung infection model mimicking long-term host-pathogen interactions in cystic fibrosis

      Moser, C., Gennip, M. V., Bjarnsholt, Thomas, Jensen, Peter Østrup, Lee, B., Hougen, H. P., Calum, H., Ciofu, Oana, Givskov, Michael, Molin, S. & Høiby, Niels, 1 Feb 2009, In: Acta Pathologica Microbiologica et Immunologica Scandinavica. 117, 2, p. 95-107 13 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    27. Published

      Novel mouse model of chronic Pseudomonas aeruginosa lung infection mimicking cystic fibrosis

      Hoffmann, N., Rasmussen, T. B., Jensen, Peter Østrup, Stub, C., Hentzer, M., Molin, S., Ciofu, Oana, Givskov, Michael, Johansen, Helle Krogh & Høiby, Niels, 2005, In: Infection and Immunity. 73, 4, p. 2504-14 11 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    28. Published

      Occurrence of hypermutable Pseudomonas aeruginosa in cystic fibrosis patients is associated with the oxidative stress caused by chronic lung inflammation.

      Ciofu, Oana, Riis, B., Pressler, T., Poulsen, Henrik Enghusen & Høiby, Niels, 2005, In: Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 49, 6, p. 2276-82 6 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    29. Published

      OligoG CF-5/20 disruption of mucoid Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm in a murine lung infection model

      Wang, H., Song, Z., Ciofu, Oana, Onsøyen, E., Rye, P. D. & Høiby, Niels, 2016, In: Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 60, 5, p. 2620-2626 7 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    30. Published

      P. aeruginosa in the paranasal sinuses and transplanted lungs have similar adaptive mutations as isolates from chronically infected CF lungs

      Ciofu, Oana, Johansen, Helle Krogh, Aanæs, Kasper, Wassermann, T., Alhede, M., von Buchwald, Christian & Høiby, Niels, 8 Mar 2013, In: Journal of cystic fibrosis : official journal of the European Cystic Fibrosis Society. 12, 6, p. 729-736 8 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    31. Published

      Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of antibiotics in biofilm infections of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in vitro and in vivo

      Hengzhuang, W., Høiby, Niels & Ciofu, Oana, 2014, In: Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.). 1147, p. 239-54 16 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    32. Published

      Pharmacokinetics/Pharmacodynamics of Colistin and Imipenem on Mucoid and Nonmucoid Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilms

      Hengzhuang, W., Wu, H., Ciofu, Oana, Song, Z. & Høiby, Niels, 1 Sep 2011, In: Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 55, 9, p. 4469-74 6 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    33. Published

      Pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics of colistin and imipenem on mucoid and nonmucoid Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms

      Hengzhuang, W., Wu, H., Ciofu, Oana, Song, Z., Høiby, Niels & Wang, H., Sep 2011, In: Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 55, 9, p. 4469-74 6 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    34. Published

      Phenotypes selected during chronic lung infection in cystic fibrosis patients: implications for the treatment of Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm infections

      Ciofu, Oana, Mandsberg, L. F., Wang, H. & Høiby, Niels, Jul 2012, In: F E M S Immunology and Medical Microbiology. 65, 2, p. 215-225 11 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    35. Published

      Phenotypic shift in Pseudomonas aeruginosa populations from cystic fibrosis lungs after 2-week antipseudomonal treatment

      Fernandez-Barat, L., Ciofu, Oana, Kragh, K. N., Pressler, T., Johansen, U., Motos, A., Torres, A. & Høiby, Niels, Mar 2017, In: Journal of Cystic Fibrosis. 16, 2, p. 222-229

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    36. Published

      Physiological levels of nitrate support anoxic growth by denitrification of Pseudomonas aeruginosa at growth rates reported in cystic fibrosis lungs and sputum

      Line, L., Alhede, M., Kolpen, Mette, Kühl, Michael, Ciofu, Oana, Bjarnsholt, Thomas, Moser, Claus Ernst, Toyofuku, M., Nomura, N., Høiby, Niels & Jensen, Peter Østrup, 2014, In: Frontiers in Microbiology. 5, 11 p., 554.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    37. Published

      Polymicrobial infections can select against Pseudomonas aeruginosa mutators because of quorum-sensing trade-offs

      Luján, A. M., Paterson, S., Hesse, E., Sommer, L. M., Marvig, R. L., Sharma, M. D., Alseth, E. O., Ciofu, Oana, Smania, A. M., Molin, S., Johansen, Helle Krogh & Buckling, A., 2022, In: Nature Ecology and Evolution. 6, p. 979–988

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    38. Published

      Polymorphonuclear leucocytes consume oxygen in sputum from chronic Pseudomonas aeruginosa pneumonia in cystic fibrosis

      Kolpen, Mette, Hansen, C. R., Bjarnsholt, Thomas, Moser, C., Hultqvist, Louise Dahl, van Gennip, M., Ciofu, Oana, Mandsberg, L., Kharazmi, A., Döring, G., Givskov, Michael, Høiby, Niels & Jensen, Peter Østrup, 1 Jan 2010, In: Thorax. 65, 1, p. 57-62 6 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    39. Published

      Poor antioxidant status exacerbates oxidative stress and inflammatory response to Pseudomonas aeruginosa lung infection in Guinea Pigs

      Jensen, Peter Østrup, Lykkesfeldt, Jens, Bjarnsholt, Thomas, Hougen, H. P., Høiby, Niels & Ciofu, Oana, 2012, In: Basic & Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology. 110, 4, p. 353-358 6 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    40. Published

      Proteome-wide antigen discovery of novel protective vaccine candidates against Staphylococcus aureus infection

      Rasmussen, K. J., Mattsson, A. H., Pilely, K., Asferg, C. A., Ciofu, Oana, Vitved, L., Koch, C. & Kemp, M., 31 Aug 2016, In: Vaccine. 34, 38, p. 4602-4609 8 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    41. Published

      Pseudomonas aeruginosa alginate is refractory to Th1 immune response and impedes host immune clearance in a mouse model of acute lung infection.

      Song, Z., Wu, H., Ciofu, Oana, Kong, K., Høiby, Niels, Rygaard, J., Kharazmi, A. & Mathee, K., 2003, In: Journal of Medical Microbiology. 52, Pt 9, p. 731-40 9 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    42. Published

      Pseudomonas aeruginosa and the in vitro and in vivo biofilm mode of growth.

      Høiby, Niels, Johansen, Helle Krogh, Moser, C., Song, Z., Ciofu, Oana & Kharazmi, A., 2001, In: Microbes and Infection. 3, 1, p. 23-35 12 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    43. Published

      Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms exposed to imipenem exhibit changes in global gene expression and beta-lactamase and alginate production.

      Bagge, N., Schuster, M., Hentzer, M., Ciofu, Oana, Givskov, Michael, Greenberg, E. P. & Høiby, Niels, 2004, In: Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 48, 4, p. 1175-87 12 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    44. Published

      Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms in cystic fibrosis

      Høiby, Niels, Ciofu, Oana & Bjarnsholt, Thomas, 1 Nov 2010, In: Future Microbiology. 5, p. 1663-74 12 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearchpeer-review

    45. Published

      Pseudomonas aeruginosa chromosomal beta-lactamase in patients with cystic fibrosis and chronic lung infection. Mechanism of antibiotic resistance and target of the humoral immune response.

      Ciofu, Oana, 2003, In: APMIS : Acta pathologica, microbiologica et immunologica Scandinavica. Supplementum. 116, p. 1-47 46 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    46. Published

      Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from patients with cystic fibrosis have different beta-lactamase expression phenotypes but are homogeneous in the ampC-ampR genetic region.

      Campbell, J. I., Ciofu, Oana & Høiby, Niels, 1997, In: Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 41, 6, p. 1380-4 4 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    47. Published

      Quantitative analysis of the IgG and IgG subclass immune responses to chromosomal Pseudomonas aeruginosa beta-lactamase in serum from patients with cystic fibrosis by western blotting and laser scanning densitometry.

      Petersen, T. D., Ciofu, Oana, Pressler, T., Giwercman, B., Pedersen, S. S. & Høiby, Niels, 1996, In: Thorax. 51, 7, p. 733-8 5 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    48. Published

      Quorum sensing and virulence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa during lung infection of cystic fibrosis patients

      Bjarnsholt, Thomas, Jensen, Peter Østrup, Jakobsen, Tim Holm, Phipps, R., Nielsen, A. K., Rybtke, Morten Levin, Tolker-Nielsen, Tim, Givskov, Michael, Høiby, Niels, Ciofu, Oana & Scandinavian Cystic Fibrosis Study Consortium, S. C. F. S. C., 1 Jan 2010, In: PLoS ONE. 5, 4, p. e10115

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    49. Published

      RE-SENSITIZATION OF ANOXIC PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA BIOFILMS WITH RE-OXYGENATION USING HYPERBARIC OXYGEN TREATMENT

      Kolpen, Mette, Mousavi, N., Sams, T., Kragh, K. N., Bjarnsholt, Thomas, Ciofu, Oana, Høiby, Niels & Jensen, P. O., Oct 2015, In: Pediatric Pulmonology. 50, S41, p. 312-312 1 p., 322.

      Research output: Contribution to journalConference abstract in journalResearchpeer-review

    50. Published

      Rapid development in vitro and in vivo of resistance to ceftazidime in biofilm-growing Pseudomonas aeruginosa due to chromosomal beta-lactamase

      Bagge, N., Ciofu, Oana, Skovgaard, Lene Theil & Høiby, Niels, Sep 2000, In: Acta Pathologica Microbiologica et Immunologica Scandinavica. 108, 9, p. 589-600 12 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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