Jørgen Kurtzhals

Jørgen Kurtzhals

Associate dean for education

  • Dean´s office

    Blegdamsvej 3, 2200 København N., 01 Bygning 1, Building: 01-2-15

    Phone: +4535326187Mobile: +4526290039

Member of:

  • DRUGS team


  1. Published

    Knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding antimicrobial use and resistance among healthcare seekers in two tertiary hospitals in Ghana: a quasi-experimental study

    Otieku, E., Fenny, A. P., Labi, A., Owusu-Ofori, A. K., Kurtzhals, Jørgen & Enemark, U., 2023, In: BMJ Open. 13, 2, e065233.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  2. 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

  3. Published

    Levels of antibody to conserved parts of Plasmodium falciparum merozoite surface protein 1 in Ghanaian children are not associated with protection from clinical malaria

    Dodoo, D., Theander, Thor Grundtvig, Kurtzhals, Jørgen, Koram, K., Riley, E., Akanmori, B. D., Nkrumah, F. K. & Hviid, Lars, 1999, In: Infection and Immunity. 67, 5, p. 2131-7 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Low plasma concentrations of interleukin 10 in severe malarial anaemia compared with cerebral and uncomplicated malaria

    Kurtzhals, Jørgen, Adabayeri, V., Goka, B. Q., Akanmori, B. D., Oliver-Commey, J. O., Nkrumah, F. K., Behr, C. & Hviid, Lars, 1998, In: Lancet. 351, 9118, p. 1768-72 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Maintaining the immunological balance in parasitic infections: a role for TGF-ß?

    Omer, F. M., Kurtzhals, Jørgen & Riley, E. M., 2000, In: Trends in Parasitology. 16, 1, p. 18-23 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Malaria causes long-term effects on markers of iron status in children: a critical assessment of existing clinical and epidemiological tools

    Castberg, F. C., Sarbah, E. W., Koram, K. A., Opoku, N., Ofori, M. F., Styrishave, Bjarne, Hviid, Lars & Kurtzhals, Jørgen, 11 Dec 2018, In: Malaria Journal. 17, 1, 464.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Malaria-induced acquisition of antibodies to Plasmodium falciparum variant surface antigens

    Ofori, M. F., Dodoo, D., Staalsoe, T., Kurtzhals, Jørgen, Koram, K., Theander, Thor Grundtvig, Akanmori, B. D. & Hviid, Lars, 2002, In: Infection and Immunity. 70, 6, p. 2982-8 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Management of recurrent pacemaker-related bacteraemia with small colony variant Staphylococcus aureus in a haemodialysis patient

    Nielsen, X. C., Nielsen, F. T., Kurtzhals, Jørgen, Moser, Claus Ernst, Christensen, J. J. E., Johansen, U. R. & Westh, H., 2009, In: BMJ Case Reports.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Mannose-binding lectin is a disease modifier in clinical malaria and may function as opsonin for Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes

    Garred, Peter, Nielsen, Morten Agertoug, Kurtzhals, Jørgen, Malhotra, R., Madsen, H. O., Goka, B. Q., Akanmori, B. D., Sim, R. B. & Hviid, Lars, 2003, In: Infection and Immunity. 71, 9, p. 5245-53 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Measurement of antigen-dependent interleukin-4 production by human peripheral blood mononuclear cells Introduction of an amplification step using ionomycin and phorbol myristate acetate

    Kurtzhals, Jørgen, Hansen, Morten Bagge, Hey, A. S. & Poulsen, Lars K., 8 Dec 1992, In: Journal of Immunological Methods. 156, 2, p. 239-245 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    Metronidazole-sensitive organisms in children with severe acute malnutrition: an evaluation of the indication for empiric metronidazole treatment

    Zangenberg, M., Abdissa, A., Johansen, Ø. H., Tesfaw, G., Girma, T. & Kurtzhals, Jørgen, 2020, In: Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 26, 2, p. 255.e7-255.e11

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  12. Published

    Midler mod protozoer

    Kurtzhals, Jørgen & Justesen, U., 2019, Basal og klinisk farmakologi. 6 ed. FADL's Forlag

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterEducation

  13. Published

    Molecular detection of the carriage rate of four intestinal protozoa with real-time polymerase chain reaction: Possible overdiagnosis of Entamoeba histolytica in Nigeria

    Efunshile, M. A., Ngwu, B. A. F., Kurtzhals, Jørgen, Sahar, S., König, B. & Stensvold, C. R., 2015, In: American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 93, 2, p. 257-62 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  14. Published

    Nasal localization of a Pseudoterranova decipiens larva in a Danish patient with suspected allergic rhinitis

    Nordholm, A., Kurtzhals, Jørgen, Karami, Asma Mohammad, Kania, Per & Buchmann, Kurt, 2020, In: Journal of Helminthology. 94, e187.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  15. Published

    Naturally acquired antibodies to the glutamate-rich protein are associated with protection against Plasmodium falciparum malaria

    Dodoo, D., Theisen, M., Kurtzhals, Jørgen, Akanmori, B. D., Koram, K. A., Jepsen, S., Nkrumah, F. K., Theander, Thor Grundtvig & Hviid, Lars, 2000, In: Journal of Infectious Diseases. 181, 3, p. 1202-5 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  16. Published

    Neonatal bloodstream infections in a pediatric hospital in Vietnam: A cohort study

    Kruse, Alexandra Yasmin Collin, Thieu Chuong, D. H., Phuong, C. N., Duc, T., Stensballe, Lone Graff, Prag, J., Kurtzhals, Jørgen, Greisen, Gorm & Pedersen, F. K., Dec 2013, In: Journal of Tropical Pediatrics. 59, 6, p. 483-8 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  17. Published

    Neurotoxicity of artemisinin derivatives

    Adjei, G. O., Goka, B. Q. & Kurtzhals, Jørgen, 2006, In: Clinical Infectious Diseases. 43, 12, p. 1618

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  18. Published

    New filtration system for efficient recovery of waterborne Cryptosporidium oocysts and Giardia cysts

    Al-Sabi, M. N. S., Gad, J. A., Riber, U., Kurtzhals, Jørgen & Enemark, H. L., Sep 2015, In: Journal of Applied Microbiology. 119, 3, p. 894-903 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  19. Published

    Oral chloroquine in the treatment of cerebral malaria in Ghanaian children

    Neequaye, J., Prempeh, O. B., Ofori-Adjei, E., Goka, B. Q., Quarshie, B., Kurtzhals, Jørgen & Ofori-Adjei, D., 2000, In: Ghana Medical Journal. 34, p. 64-66 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  20. Published

    Orm i toilettet

    Hviid, Lars, Møller-Bisgaard, S. & Kurtzhals, Jørgen, 15 Feb 2016, In: Ugeskrift for Laeger. 178, 7, 1 p., V67428.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleCommunication

  21. Published

    Outbreak of Pneumocystis Pneumonia in Renal and Liver Transplant Patients Caused by Genotypically Distinct Strains of Pneumocystis jirovecii

    Rostved, A. A., Sassi, M., Kurtzhals, Jørgen, Sørensen, Søren Schwartz, Rasmussen, A., Ross, C., Gogineni, E., Huber, C., Kutty, G., Kovacs, J. A. & Helweg-Larsen, J., 15 Nov 2013, In: Transplantation. 96, 9, p. 834-42 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  22. Published

    Overset dødelig infektion med Coccidioides immitis

    Andersen, M. F. F., Kurtzhals, Jørgen, Broholm, H. & Juvik, B. F., 9 Mar 2020, In: Ugeskrift for Laeger. 182, 20, V11190661.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  23. Published

    Oxacillinase-181 carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in neonatal intensive care unit, Ghana, 2017-2019

    Labi, A., Nielsen, K. L., Marvig, R. L., Bjerrum, S., Enweronu-Laryea, C., Bennedbæk, M., Newman, M. J., Ayibor, P. K., Andersen, Leif Percival & Kurtzhals, Jørgen, 2020, In: Emerging Infectious Diseases . 26, 9, p. 2235-2238 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  24. Published

    Oxygen gradient ektacytometry does not predict pain in children with sickle cell anaemia

    Nardo-Marino, A., Petersen, J., Brewin, J. N., Birgens, H., Williams, T. N., Kurtzhals, Jørgen, Rees, D. C. & Glenthøj, Andreas Birkedal, 2022, In: British Journal of Haematology. 197, p. 609-617

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  25. Published

    PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECII PNEUMONIA IN LIVER TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS IN AN ERA OF ROUTINE PROPHYLAXIS

    Andreasen, P. B., Rezahosseini, O., Moller, D. L., Wareham, N. E., Knudsen, J., Kurtzhals, Jørgen, Rasmussen, A. & Nielsen, Susanne Dam, 2021, In: Transplant International. 34, S1, p. 308 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalConference abstract in journalResearchpeer-review

  26. Published

    Parasitologi

    Theander, Thor Grundtvig & Kurtzhals, Jørgen, 2008, Klinisk Mikrobiologi og Infektionsmedicin. Høiby, N. & Skinhøj, P. (eds.). København: FADL's Forlag, Vol. 11. p. 481-537 56 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearch

  27. Published

    Parents' perceptions, attitudes and acceptability of treatment of childhood malaria with artemisinin combination therapies in ghana

    Adjei, G. O., Darkwah, A. K., Goka, B. Q., Bart-Plange, C., Alifrangis, Michael, Kurtzhals, Jørgen & Rodrigues, O. P., 2009, In: Ghana Medical Journal. 43, 3, p. 99-106 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  28. Published

    Performance of a histidine rich protein-2 based (First Response) and a p-lactate dehydrogenase-based (Optimal) rapid diagnostic test for diagnosis of malaria in patients with pediatric sickle cell disease

    Adjei, G. O., Sulley, A. M., Goka, B. Q., Enweronu-Laryea, C., Renner, L., Alifrangis, Michael & Kurtzhals, Jørgen, 2022, In: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. 75, 3, p. 435-441 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  29. Published

    Perturbation and proinflammatory type activation of Vd1+ gamma delta T cells in African children with Plasmodium falciparum malaria

    Hviid, Lars, Kurtzhals, Jørgen, Adabayeri, V., Loizon, S., Kemp, K., Goka, B. Q., Lim, A., Mercereau-Puijalon, O., Akanmori, B. D. & Behr, C., 2001, In: Infection and Immunity. 69, 5, p. 3190-6 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  30. Published

    Plasma concentrations of soluble urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor are increased in patients with malaria and are associated with a poor clinical or a fatal outcome

    Ostrowski, S. R., Ullum, H., Goka, B. Q., Høyer-Hansen, G., Obeng-Adjei, G., Pedersen, Bente Klarlund, Akanmori, B. D. & Kurtzhals, Jørgen, 2005, In: Journal of Infectious Diseases. 191, 8, p. 1331-1341 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  31. Published

    Plasma folatelLevels in acutely ill and steady state pediatric sickle cell disease patients in Ghana

    Adjei, G. O., Sulley, A. M., Goka, B. Q., Enweronu-Laryea, C., Amponsah, S. K., Alifrangis, Michael & Kurtzhals, Jørgen, 2020, In: Journal of Blood Medicine. 11, p. 421-427 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  32. Published

    Plasmodium falciparum avoids change in erythrocytic surface expression of phagocytosis markers during inhibition of nitric oxide synthase activity

    Hempel, C., Kohnke, H., Maretty, L., Jensen, Peter Østrup, Staalsø, Trine & Kurtzhals, Jørgen, Nov 2014, In: Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology. 198, 1, p. 29-36 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  33. Published

    Polymorphisms in the Haem Oxygenase-1 promoter are not associated with severity of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Ghanaian children

    Hansson, Helle Smedegaard, Sørensen, L. M., Balle, C., Goka, B. Q., Luzon, E., Nkrumah, F. N., Schousboe, M. L., Rodrigues, O. P., Bygbjerg, Ib Christian, Kurtzhals, Jørgen, Alifrangis, Michael & Hempel, C., 2015, In: Malaria Journal. 14, 9 p., 153.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  34. Published

    Population pharmacokinetic characteristics of amikacin in suspected cases of neonatal sepsis in a low-resource African setting: A prospective nonrandomized single-site study

    Amponsah, S. K., Adjei, G. O., Enweronu-Laryea, C. C., Bugyei, K. A., Hadji-Popovski, K., Kurtzhals, Jørgen & Kristensen, K., 2017, In: Current Therapeutic Research. 84, p. e1-e6

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  35. Published

    Population pharmacokinetic estimates suggest elevated clearance and distribution volume of desethylamodiaquine in pediatric patients with sickle Cell disease treated with artesunate-amodiaquine

    Adjei, G. O., Amponsah, S. K., Goka, B. Q., Enweronu-Laryea, C., Renner, L., Sulley, A. M., Alifrangis, Michael & Kurtzhals, Jørgen, 2019, In: Current Therapeutic Research. 90, p. 9-15 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  36. Published

    Population pharmacokinetics of the antimalarial Amodiaquine. A pooled analysis to optimize dosing

    WWARN Amodiaquine PK Study Group , W. A. P. S. G., 2018, In: Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 62, 10, 18 p., e02193-17.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  37. Published

    Pretreatment blood concentrations of chloroquine in patients with malaria infection: relation to response to treatment

    Quashie, N. B., Akanmori, B. D., Goka, B. Q., Ofori-Adjei, D. & Kurtzhals, Jørgen, 2005, In: Journal of Tropical Pediatrics. 51, 3, p. 149-53 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  38. Published

    Production of interferon-¿ and interleukin-4 by human T cells recognizing Leishmania lipophosphoglycan-associated protein

    Kemp, M., Kurtzhals, Jørgen, Christensen, C. B., Kharazmi, A., Jardim, A., Bendtzen, K., Gachihi, G. S., Olafson, R. W. & Theander, Thor Grundtvig, 1993, In: Immunology Letters. 38, 2, p. 137-44 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  39. Published

    Progressive disseminated histoplasmosis in the HIV population in Europe in the HAART era. Case report and literature review

    Martin-Iguacel, R., Kurtzhals, Jørgen, Jouvion, G., Nielsen, S. D. & Llibre, J. M., Aug 2014, In: Infection: A Journal of Infectious Diseases. 42, 4, p. 611-20 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  40. Published

    Prolonged and persistent diarrhoea is not restricted to children with acute malnutrition: An observational study in Ethiopia

    Zangenberg, M., Johansen, Ø. H., Abdissa, A., Eshetu, B., Kurtzhals, Jørgen, Friis, Henrik, Sommerfelt, H., Langeland, N. & Hanevik, K., 2019, In: Tropical Medicine & International Health. 24, 9, p. 1088-1097 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  41. Published

    Rapid reemergence of T cells into peripheral circulation following treatment of severe and uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria

    Hviid, Lars, Kurtzhals, Jørgen, Goka, B. Q., Oliver-Commey, J. O., Nkrumah, F. K. & Theander, Thor Grundtvig, 1997, In: Infection and Immunity. 65, 10, p. 4090-3 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  42. Published

    Reproductive tract infections in women seeking abortion in Vietnam

    Nguyen, M. H., Kurtzhals, Jørgen, Do, T. T. T. & Rasch, V., 2009, In: BMC Women's Health. 9, p. 1

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  43. Published

    Retinopathy in severe malaria in Ghanaian children - overlap between fundus changes in cerebral and non-cerebral malaria

    Essuman, V. A., Ntim-Amponsah, C. T., Astrup, B. S., Adjei, G. O., Kurtzhals, Jørgen, Ndanu, T. A. & Goka, B., 2010, In: Malaria Journal. 9, 1, p. 232

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  44. Published

    Reversible audiometric threshold changes in children with uncomplicated malaria

    Adjei, G. O., Goka, B. Q., Kitcher, E., Rodrigues, O. P., Badoe, E. & Kurtzhals, Jørgen, 2013, In: Journal of Tropical Medicine. 2013, p. 360540

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  45. Published

    Reversible suppression of bone marrow response to erythropoietin in Plasmodium falciparum malaria

    Kurtzhals, Jørgen, Rodrigues, O., Addae, M., Commey, J. O., Nkrumah, F. K. & Hviid, Lars, 1997, In: British Journal of Haematology. 97, 1, p. 169-74 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  46. Published

    Risk factors for surgical site infections in abdominal surgeries in Ghana: Emphasis on the impact of operating rooms door openings

    Bediako-Bowan, A. A. A., Mølbak, Kåre, Kurtzhals, Jørgen, Owusu, E., Debrah, S. & Newman, M. J., 2020, In: Epidemiology and Infection. 148, 5 p., e147.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  47. Published

    Schistosomiasis presenting as recurring sigmoid volvulus in a Danish man with an inconspicuous travel history: a case report

    Krog, A. D., Axelsson, J. M., Bondgaard, A. R. & Kurtzhals, Jørgen, 2018, In: Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 5, 4, 3 p., ofy057.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  48. Published

    Second stage human African Trypanosomiasis with Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense treated with fexinidazole

    Helleberg, B. B., Gudmundsson, Katrine Snorradottir S, Kurtzhals, Jørgen & Helleberg, Marie, 2023, In: The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 23, 11, 1 p., e505.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  49. Published

    Selection of glutamate-rich protein long synthetic peptides for vaccine development: antigenicity and relationship with clinical protection and immunogenicity

    Theisen, M., Dodoo, D., Toure-Balde, A., Soe, S., Corradin, G., Koram, K. K., Kurtzhals, Jørgen, Hviid, Lars, Theander, Thor Grundtvig, Akanmori, B., Ndiaye, M. & Druilhe, P., 2001, In: Infection and Immunity. 69, 9, p. 5223-9 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  50. Published

    Severe malaria in west African children

    Kurtzhals, Jørgen, Helleberg, M., Goka, B. Q. & Akanmori, B. D., 2003, In: Lancet. 361, 9366, p. 1393

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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