Karl Erik Müller

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Medisinsk avdeling

Drammen sykehus

Klinisk institutt 2

Universitetet i Bergen

Karl Erik Müller er ph.d., lege i spesialisering i infeksjonssykdommer, postdok og nestleder av forskningsgruppen Vestre Viken Airway Infections Research Group.

Articles by Karl Erik Müller

Multimorbid woman in her sixties with abdominal pain and dark stools

Ingeborg Langåsdalen,
Karl Erik Müller,
Steen Villumsen,
Tore Lier,
Frank Olav Dahler Pettersen

02.02.2026: A woman was admitted to hospital on repeated occasions with various medical issues. The underlying cause turned out to be a potentially life-threatening complication of a disease that is likely to be underdiagnosed in Norway. A woman in her sixties was admitted to hospital as an emergency with...

Leishmaniasis in Norway

Karl Erik Müller,
Bjørn Blomberg,
Marit Gjerde Tellevik,
Mogens Jensenius,
Cathrine Fladeby,
Tore Lier,
Geir Sand,
Raisa Hannula,
Nina Langeland,
Kristine Mørch

22.02.2021: Leishmaniasis is caused by the protozoan Leishmania, which belongs to the class Kinetoplastida, the order Tryanosomatida and the family Trypanosomatidae. Leishmania is transmitted by sandfly bites, and depending on the species, dogs, rodents and humans are common reservoirs (1). The manifestation...

Heroes in white?

Espen Gamlund,
Karl Erik Müller,
Amalie C. Solberg,
Carl Tollef Solberg

26.10.2020: Do doctors have a moral obligation to provide medical care if they lack adequate personal protective equipment during a pandemic? Neither the Declaration of Geneva, the Norwegian Medical Association's ethical guidelines nor the Norwegian laws give us a precise answer. We will argue that the answer...

Artificial intelligence and the future art of medicine

Amalie C. Solberg,
Karl Erik Müller,
Carl Tollef Solberg

20.01.2020: In the art of medicine of the future, it will be important to know when to use artificial intelligence and when we should let natural intelligence work undisturbed. Some argue that artificial intelligence means safer diagnoses, more tailored treatments and better quality of treatment (1). We share...

A man in his 80s with arthritis and persistent fever

Bjørn Blomberg,
Karl Erik Müller,
Lars Helgeland,
Cathrine Fladeby,
Kristine Mørch

23.09.2019: A man in his 80s fell ill with fever, night sweats and weight loss while staying at his summer house in Spain. Two weeks after returning home, he was hospitalised with what was perceived as pneumonia. He had an enlarged spleen and pancytopenia. Despite treatment with broad-spectrum antibiotics and...

Supervision of students in the Medical Student Research Programme

Ingeborg Eskerud,
Karl Erik Müller,
Marianne Heldal Stien,
Anne Berit Guttormsen,
Anna Therese Bjerkreim

07.02.2019: Medical student research programmes were introduced at Norwegian medical schools in 2002 in order to recruit a greater number of medical students to research. Students in the research programme are intended to conduct independent research under supervision, and to undergo mandatory research training...

Are participants in the Medical Student Research Programme continuing to engage in research?

Anna Therese Bjerkreim,
Ingeborg Eskerud,
Anne Berit Guttormsen,
Karl Erik Müller

07.02.2019: Medical student research programmes were established at all four Norwegian medical faculties in 2002 in order to increase recruitment of medical students and young doctors to research (1). Prior to this time, the Research Council of Norway had funded numerous student projects in medicine, several of...

Developing a vaccine for leishmaniasis: how biology shapes policy

Karl Erik Müller,
Carl Tollef Solberg,
Juliana Ide Aoki,
Lucile Maria Floeter-Winter,
Audun Helge Nerland

25.12.2017: One aim of the Sustainable Development Goals is to end the epidemics of neglected tropical diseases by 2030. A multifaceted approach is needed to tackle leishmaniasis, keeping in mind the parasite, as well as its vector, host and reservoir. Attention should be focused on sustainable and achievable...