Lars Victor von Stedingk, Assoc.prof.

Lars Victor von Stedingk, Ph.D., Assoc.prof. (docent)

Tel +46--8-517 739 85 fax +46--8-30 80 99
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Div of Clinical Microbiology, L2:02
Karolinska hospital, S-171 76 STOCKHOLM, Sweden.

Research projects:

Ehrlichia projects by Lars Victor von Stedingk and his group

Detection and identification of the causative agents of babesiosis and granulocytic ehrlichiosis by the combination of PCR and nucleotide sequencing of the small subunit ribosomal RNA gene.


PCR for the detection of Legionella and pulse field gel electrophoresis and random PCR as a tool in studying the epidemiologi of Legionella


Identification and classification of cultivable and noncultivable human pathogenic bacteria by 16S r RNA gene analysis. Diagnosis of Whipple's disease.

Methodology:

PCR, random PCR, nucleotide sequencing, pulsed field gel elctrophoresis.



Research team members:

Hanna Stina Hanson
Marta Granström
Mikael Gürtelschmid
Sverker Bernander
Göran Kronvall

Selected references:

  1. von Stedingk LV, Olsson I, Hanson HS, Åsbrink E, Hovmark A. Polymerase chain reaction for detection of Borrelia burgdorferi DNA in skin lesions of early and late Lyme borreliosis. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 1995; 14:1-5.

  2. Bernander S, Hanson HS, Johansson B, von Stedingk, LV. A nested polymerase chain reaction for detection of Legionella pneumophila in clinical specimens. Clin. Microbiol. Infect. 1997; 3:95-101.

  3. von Stedingk LV, Gürtelschmid M, Hanson HS, Gustafson R, Dotevall L, Olsson-Engvall E, Granström M. The human granulocytic ehrlichiosis (HGE) agent in Swedish ticks. Clin. Microbiol. Infect. 1997; 3:573-574.