• Predictors of duration and treatment failure of severe pneumonia in hospitalized young nepalese children 

      Basnet, Sudha; Sharma, Arun; Mathisen, Maria; Shrestha, Prakash Sunder; Ghimire, Ram Kumar; Shrestha, Dhiraj Man; Valentiner-Branth, Palle; Sommerfelt, Halvor; Strand, Tor (Journal article, 2015)
      Background Pneumonia in young children is still the most frequent cause of death in developing countries. We aimed to identify predictors for recovery and treatment failure in children hospitalized with severe pneumonia. ...
    • Viral and atypical bacterial detection in young nepalese children hospitalized with severe pneumonia 

      Mathisen, Maria; Basnet, Sudha; Christensen, Andreas; Sharma, Arun; Tylden, Garth; Krokstad, Sidsel; Valentiner-Branth, Palle; Strand, Tor Arne (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Respiratory viruses cause a substantial proportion of respiratory tract infections in children but are underrecognized as a cause of severe pneumonia hospitalization in low-income settings. We employed 22 real-time PCR ...