Anne Torunn Mengshoel

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Avdeling for bakteriologi

Folkehelseinstituttet

Anne Torunn Mengshoel er spesialist i medisinsk mikrobiologi og overlege.

Articles by Anne Torunn Mengshoel

Rare non-tuberculous mycobacterial infection following hyaluronic acid injection

Amina Dokara,
Anne Torunn Mengshoel,
Hedda von der Lippe,
Jan Mikael A. Gerl,
Kirsten Bjerkreim Strand

03.03.2026: Complications after injection treatments require clinical vigilance and a multidisciplinary approach to prevent delays in treatment. A woman in her fifties was referred to the Department of Otorhinolaryngology after four weeks of erythema, pain and swelling over the nasal bridge. She had sustained a...

Non-tuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary infections

Hallgeir Tveiten,
Arne Broch Brantsæter,
Anne Torunn Mengshoel

26.11.2018: Mycobacteria are aerobic, non-spore-forming rod bacteria, are non-motile and acid-fast, i.e. they cannot be decolourised by acid-alcohol in special staining. Their growth rate is generally low, but varies. This forms the basis for their subdivision into fast- and slow-growing species, defined as...