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Elulookirjeldus (CV)
1.Eesnimi Irja
2.Perekonnanimi Lutsar
3.Töökoht Tartu Ülikool, Mikrobioloogia Instituut
4.Ametikoht Professor, Instituudi juhataja
5.Sünniaeg 20.07.1954 (päev.kuu.aasta)
6.Haridus Põhiharidus - Räpina Keskkool, 1972
MD - Tartu Ülikool, 1978
PhD - Tartu Ülikool, 1995
Post-dok laste nakkushaigustes - Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, Texas, USA, 1995-1998
7.Teenistuskäik 1978-79 Tallinna 1. Lastehaigla, intern
1979-82 pediaater,Võru Rajooni Keskhaigla
1982-92 peaarsti asetäitja ravi alal, nakkuskorpuse juhataja, Tartu Linna Kliiniline Lastehaigla
1992-95 nakkusosakonna juhataja, laste nakkushaiguste konsultant, Tartu Ülikooli Lastekliinik
1995-98 Fellow in paediatric infectious diseases, Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, USA
1998-99 Assistent, nakkusbloki juhataja, Tartu Ülikooli Lastekliinik
1999-03 kliinilise projekti juht, Pfizer Ltd., Global Research and Development, UK
2003-04 pediaatrilise programmi juht. Pfizer Ltd, Sandwich, Inglismaa
2004- professor, TÜ mikrobioloogia instituudi juhataja
8.Teaduskraad MD, PhD
9.Teaduskraadi välja
andnud asutus, aasta
Tartu, Ülikool 1995
10.Tunnustused Eesti Vabariigi Teaduspreemia (uurimisgrupi liige), 1994
European Society for Pediatric Infectious Diseases preemia uurimistööks, 1995
11.Teadusorganisatsiooniline
ja –administratiivne
tegevus
Balti Lasteneuroloogide Assotsiatsiooni Esimene Konverents, Tartu 1991
peasekretär
Balti Lasteneuroloogide Assotsiatsiooni Teine Konverents, Riia 1993
korralduskomitee liige
Rahvusvaheline sümpoosium “Impact of the environment to children’s health” Tartu 1993, peasekretär
Eesti Lastearstide Kongress, Tallinn 1989, Tallinn 1994
korralduskomitee liige

Eesti Lastearstide Seltsi juhatuse liige aastatel 1990-1995
Eesti Infektsionistide Seltsi juhatuse liige aastatel 1992-1994, president 1998-1999
Balti Lasteneuroloogide Seltsi juhatuse liige aastatel 1990-1993
ESPID (European Society for Pediatric Infectious Diseases) teaduskomisjoni liige 2002-2005
12.Juhendamisel kaitstud
väitekirjad
13.Teadustöö põhisuunad Neonataalse perioodi infektsioonid, patogeenees ning ravi
Kesknärvisüsteemi infektsioonid lastel - patogenees, ravi ja kaugtulemused
Antibiootikumide farmakokineetilised ja farmakodünaamilised omadused lastel
HIV - rekombinantsete viiruste tähtsus haigusprotsessis
14.Jooksvad grandid ESPID Small grant award 5000 EUR alates 01.09.2005
15.Teaduspublikatsioonid

Lutsar I. HI-viirusinfektsioon kui globaalne probleem. Eesti Arst 2005; 84: 238-243

Mouas H, Lutsar I, Dupont B, Fain O, Herbrecht R, Lescure FX, Lortholary O. Voriconazole for Invasive Bone Aspergillosis: A Worldwide Experience of 20 Cases. Clin Infect Dis 2005; 40: 1141-7

Schwartz S, Ruhnke M, Ribaud P, Corey L, Driscoll T, Cornely OA, Schuler U, Dodell B, Lutsar I, Troke P, Thiel E. Improved outcome in central nervous system aspergillosis with voriconazole treatment. Blood 2005; 106: 2641-45

Usonis V, Meriste S, Bakasenas V, Lutsar I, Collard F, Stoffel M, Tornieporth N. Immunogenicity and safety of a combined hepatitis A and B vaccine administered concomitantly with either a measles-mumps-rubella or a diphtheria-tetanus-acellular pertussis-inactivated poliomyelitis vaccine mixed with a Haemophilus influenzae type b conjugate vaccine in infants aged 12-18 months Vaccine. 2005; 23: 2602-6

Steinbach WJ, Benjamin DK, Kontoyiannis DP, Perfect JR, Lutsar I, Marr KA, Lionakis MS, Torres HA, Jafri H, Walsh TJ. Infections due to Aspergillus terreus: multicenter retrospective analysis of 83 cases. Clin Infect Dis 2004; 39: 192-98

Thiel E, Schwartz S, Ruhnke M, et al. Advances in the treatment of patients with central nervous system aspergillosis Bone Marrow Transplantation 2004; 33: S41-S41 Suppl.

Walsh TJ, Karlsson MO, Driscoll T, Arguedas AG, Adamson P, Saez-Llorens X, Vora AJ, Arrieta AC, Blumer J, Lutsar I, Milligan P, Wood N. Pharmacokinetics and safety of intrevenous voriconazole in children after single and multiple dose administration. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2004; 48: 2166-72

E. Tamm, S. Kõljalg, I. Lutsar, M. Maimets, P. Naaber. Pneumokokkinfektsioon lapseeas. Eesti Arst, 2003, 7, 464-469

Lutsar I., Friedland I.R., Wubbel L., Ahmed A., Truijllo M., McCoig C.C., Jafri H.H., McCracken G.H.Jr. Factors influencing the anti-inflammatory effect of dexamethasone therapy in experimental pneumococcal meningitis. J Antimicrob Chemother 2003; 52: 651-655

Lutsar I, Hodges MR, Tomaszewski K, Troke PF, Wood ND. Safety of voriconazole and dose individualisation. Clin Infect Dis 2003; 36: 1087-88

Lutsar I, Roffey S, Troke P. Voriconazole concentrations in the cerebrospinal fluid and brain tissue of guinea pigs and immunocompromised patients. Clin Infect Dis 2003; 37: 728-32

Perfect JR, Marr KA, Walsh TJ, Greenberg RN, Dupont B, De La Torre-Cisneros J, Just-Nübling G, Schlamm H, Lutsar I, Espinel-Ingroff A, and Johnson E. Voriconazole treatment for less common, emerging or refractory fungal infections. Clin Infect Dis 2003; 36: 1122-1131

Walsh, TJ; Lutsar I, Driscoll, T et al. Voriconazole in the treatment of aspergillosis, scedosporiosis and other invasive fungal infections in children. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2002; 21: 240-248

Lutsar, I; Friedland IR. Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of cephalosporins in cerebrospinal fluid. Clin Pharmacokinet 2000; 39: 335-343

Ng W, Olsen K, Lutsar I, Wubbel L, Ghaffar F, Jafri H, McCracken GH, Friedland I. Buffy coat PCR for diagnosis of experimental pneumococcal pneumonia. APMIS, 2000; 108: 729-33

Perfect JR, Lutsar I, Gonzalez-Ruiz A. Voriconazole (VORI) for the treatment of resistant and rare fungal pathogens. Clin Infect Dis 2000; 31: 303

Torre-Cisneros J, Gonzalez-Ruiz A, Hodges MR, et al. Voriconazole (VORI) for the treatment of S-apiospermum and S-prolificans infection. Clin Infect Dis 2000; 21: 305

Ahmed A., Jafri H., Lutsar I., McCoig C.C., Trujillo M., Wubbel L., Shelton S., McCracken G.H. Pharmacodynamics of vancomycin for the treatment of experimental penicillin- and cephalosporin-resistant pneumococcal meningitis. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 1999; 43:876-881

Lutsar I., Friedland I.R., Jafri H.S., Wubbel L., Ng W., Ghaffar F., McCracken G.H. Jr. Efficacy of gatifloxacin in experimental Escherichia coli meningitis. Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 1999; 43: 1805-07

McCoig C.C., Friedland I.R., Lutsar I., Jafri H.S., Wubbel L., Olsen K., Shelton S., McCracken G.H.Jr. Pharmacodynamics and bactericidal activity of trovafloxacin in cerebrospinal fluid in experimental cephalosporin-resistant pneumococcal meningitis. J Antimicrob Chemother 1999; 43: 683-688

Meriste S., Tamm E., Willems P., Lutsar I. Safety and immunogenicity of combined DTPa-IPV for primary and booster vaccination. Scand J Inf Dis 1999; 31:587-591

Ng W., Lutsar I., Wubbel L., Jafri H., Ghaffar F., McCracken G.H.Jr., Friedland I.R. Pharmacodynamics of trovafloxacin in the cephalosporin-resistant pneumococcal pneumonia in immunocompetent mice. J Antimicrob Chemother, 1999; 43:811-816

Friedland I.R., Lutsar I. New Antibiotics. Current Opinion in Pediatrics 1998; 10: 41-45.

Lutsar I., Friedland I.R., Wubbel L., McCoig C.C., Jafri H.S., Ng W., Ghaffar F., McCracken G.H.Jr. Pharmacodynamics of gatifloxacin in cerebrospinal fluid in experimental cephalosporin-resistant pneumococcal meningitis. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 1998; 42: 2650-2655

Lutsar I., McCracken G.H.Jr., Friedland I.R. Antibiotic pharmacodynamics in cerebrospinal fluid. Clin Infect Dis, 1998; 27: 1117-29

Lutsar I., Ahmed A., Friedland I.R., Trujillo M., Wubbel L., Olsen K., McCracken G.H. Pharmacodynamics and bactericidal activity of ceftriaxone therapy in experimental cephalosporin-resistant pneumococcal meningitis. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 1997; 41: 2414-2417

Lutsar I., Friedland I.R., McCracken G.H.Jr. Pathogenesis of bacterial meningitis. Annales Nestle 1997; 55: 92-102

Ahmed A, Trujillo M, Wubbel L, et al. Pharmacodynamics of vancomycin in experimental cephalosporin-resistant pneumococcal meningitis. Clin Infect Dis 1996; 23: 161-161

Siigur U., Tamm E., Torm S., Lutsar I., Salminen S. Effect of bacterial infection and administration of a probiotic on fecal short-chain fatty acids. Microbial Ecology in Health and Disease 1996; 9: 271-277

Lutsar I., Gontmacher A., Närska M., Rüütel V., Topman M., Ilves P., Siirde T., Beilmann A. Five days of antibacterial therapy for bacterial meningitis in children. Infection 1995; 23: 113-118

Lutsar I., Siirde T., Soopold T. Long term follow-up of Estonian children after bacterial meningitis. Pediatr Infect Dis J 1995;14:624-625

Lutsar I., Haldre S., Topman M., Talvik T. Enzymatic changes in cerebrospinal fluid in patients with infections of the central nervous system. Acta Pediatr 1994; 83: 1146-1150

Lutsar I, Narska M, Gontmacher A, et al. Cerebrospianl fluid IL-6 levels in children with and without infections of the central nervous system. Pediatric Research 1994; 36: a59-a59

viimati muudetud: 05.08.2005

Curriculum Vitae (CV)
1.First Name Irja
2.Surname Lutsar
3.Institution University of Tartu, Department of Microbiology
4.Position Professor, Head of Department
5.Date of birth 20.07.1954 (day.month.year)
6.Education MD - University of Tartu, 1978
PhD - University of Tartu, 1995
Reasearch Fellow in Paediatric Infectious Diseases - Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, Texas, USA, 1995-1998
7.Research and
professional experience
1978-79 Internship in pediatrics, First Children’s Hospital, Tallinn, Estonia
1979-82 Pediatrician, Võru Hospital, Estonia
1982-92 Deputy Head of the Pediatric Hospital,Tartu University Children’s Hospital, Estonia
1992-95 Head of Pediatric Infectious Diseases Department, Consultant in pediatric Infectious diseases, Tartu University Children’s Hospital, Estonia
1995-98 Fellow in paediatric infectious diseases, Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, USA
1998-99 Associated Professor in Pediatrics, Tartu University, Faculty of Medicine, Pediatric Department
1999-03 Clinical Project Manager, Pfizer Ltd., Global Research and Development, UK
2003-04 Director, Pfizer Ltd., Global Research and Development, UK
2004- Professor, Head of the Department of Medical Microbiology University of Tartu, Estonia
8.Academic degree MD, PhD
9.Dates and sites of
earning the degrees
University of Tartu, 1995
10.Honours/awards Estonian Government award in medical science, 1994
European Society for Pediatric Infectious Diseases fellowship award, 1995
11.Research-administrative
experience
1st International Meeting of Baltic Association of Child Neurology, Tartu 1991, secretary general
2nd International Meeting of Baltic Association of Child Neurology, Riga 1993, member of organizing committee
International symposium Impact of the environment to children’s health, Tartu 1993, secretary general
Congress of Estonian Pediatric Association, Tallinn 1989, Tallinn 1994, member of organizing committee

Estonian Pediatric Association, Board member 1990-1995
Estonian Infectious Diseases Society, Board member 1992-1994 & 1998-1999
Baltic Association of Child Neurology, Board member 1990-1993
European Society for Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Member of scientific committee 2002-2005
12.Supervised dissertations
13.Current research program Infections in neonates, their pathogenesis and management
Infections of the central nervous system in children, their pathogenesis, treatment and long term outcome
Pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic properties of antiinfective agents in children
HIV infection, the importance of recombinant viruses in the disease process
14.Current grant funding ESPID Small grant award 5000 EUR since 01.09.2005
15.List of most important publications

Lutsar I. HI-viirusinfektsioon kui globaalne probleem. Eesti Arst 2005; 84: 238-243

Mouas H, Lutsar I, Dupont B, Fain O, Herbrecht R, Lescure FX, Lortholary O. Voriconazole for Invasive Bone Aspergillosis: A Worldwide Experience of 20 Cases. Clin Infect Dis 2005; 40: 1141-7

Schwartz S, Ruhnke M, Ribaud P, Corey L, Driscoll T, Cornely OA, Schuler U, Dodell B, Lutsar I, Troke P, Thiel E. Improved outcome in central nervous system aspergillosis with voriconazole treatment. Blood 2005; 106: 2641-45

Usonis V, Meriste S, Bakasenas V, Lutsar I, Collard F, Stoffel M, Tornieporth N. Immunogenicity and safety of a combined hepatitis A and B vaccine administered concomitantly with either a measles-mumps-rubella or a diphtheria-tetanus-acellular pertussis-inactivated poliomyelitis vaccine mixed with a Haemophilus influenzae type b conjugate vaccine in infants aged 12-18 months Vaccine. 2005; 23: 2602-6

Steinbach WJ, Benjamin DK, Kontoyiannis DP, Perfect JR, Lutsar I, Marr KA, Lionakis MS, Torres HA, Jafri H, Walsh TJ. Infections due to Aspergillus terreus: multicenter retrospective analysis of 83 cases. Clin Infect Dis 2004; 39: 192-98

Thiel E, Schwartz S, Ruhnke M, et al. Advances in the treatment of patients with central nervous system aspergillosis Bone Marrow Transplantation 2004; 33: S41-S41 Suppl.

Walsh TJ, Karlsson MO, Driscoll T, Arguedas AG, Adamson P, Saez-Llorens X, Vora AJ, Arrieta AC, Blumer J, Lutsar I, Milligan P, Wood N. Pharmacokinetics and safety of intrevenous voriconazole in children after single and multiple dose administration. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2004; 48: 2166-72

E. Tamm, S. Kõljalg, I. Lutsar, M. Maimets, P. Naaber. Pneumokokkinfektsioon lapseeas. Eesti Arst, 2003, 7, 464-469

Lutsar I., Friedland I.R., Wubbel L., Ahmed A., Truijllo M., McCoig C.C., Jafri H.H., McCracken G.H.Jr. Factors influencing the anti-inflammatory effect of dexamethasone therapy in experimental pneumococcal meningitis. J Antimicrob Chemother 2003; 52: 651-655

Lutsar I, Hodges MR, Tomaszewski K, Troke PF, Wood ND. Safety of voriconazole and dose individualisation. Clin Infect Dis 2003; 36: 1087-88

Lutsar I, Roffey S, Troke P. Voriconazole concentrations in the cerebrospinal fluid and brain tissue of guinea pigs and immunocompromised patients. Clin Infect Dis 2003; 37: 728-32

Perfect JR, Marr KA, Walsh TJ, Greenberg RN, Dupont B, De La Torre-Cisneros J, Just-Nübling G, Schlamm H, Lutsar I, Espinel-Ingroff A, and Johnson E. Voriconazole treatment for less common, emerging or refractory fungal infections. Clin Infect Dis 2003; 36: 1122-1131

Walsh, TJ; Lutsar I, Driscoll, T et al. Voriconazole in the treatment of aspergillosis, scedosporiosis and other invasive fungal infections in children. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2002; 21: 240-248

Lutsar, I; Friedland IR. Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of cephalosporins in cerebrospinal fluid. Clin Pharmacokinet 2000; 39: 335-343

Ng W, Olsen K, Lutsar I, Wubbel L, Ghaffar F, Jafri H, McCracken GH, Friedland I. Buffy coat PCR for diagnosis of experimental pneumococcal pneumonia. APMIS, 2000; 108: 729-33

Perfect JR, Lutsar I, Gonzalez-Ruiz A. Voriconazole (VORI) for the treatment of resistant and rare fungal pathogens. Clin Infect Dis 2000; 31: 303

Torre-Cisneros J, Gonzalez-Ruiz A, Hodges MR, et al. Voriconazole (VORI) for the treatment of S-apiospermum and S-prolificans infection. Clin Infect Dis 2000; 21: 305

Ahmed A., Jafri H., Lutsar I., McCoig C.C., Trujillo M., Wubbel L., Shelton S., McCracken G.H. Pharmacodynamics of vancomycin for the treatment of experimental penicillin- and cephalosporin-resistant pneumococcal meningitis. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 1999; 43:876-881

Lutsar I., Friedland I.R., Jafri H.S., Wubbel L., Ng W., Ghaffar F., McCracken G.H. Jr. Efficacy of gatifloxacin in experimental Escherichia coli meningitis. Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 1999; 43: 1805-07

McCoig C.C., Friedland I.R., Lutsar I., Jafri H.S., Wubbel L., Olsen K., Shelton S., McCracken G.H.Jr. Pharmacodynamics and bactericidal activity of trovafloxacin in cerebrospinal fluid in experimental cephalosporin-resistant pneumococcal meningitis. J Antimicrob Chemother 1999; 43: 683-688

Meriste S., Tamm E., Willems P., Lutsar I. Safety and immunogenicity of combined DTPa-IPV for primary and booster vaccination. Scand J Inf Dis 1999; 31:587-591

Ng W., Lutsar I., Wubbel L., Jafri H., Ghaffar F., McCracken G.H.Jr., Friedland I.R. Pharmacodynamics of trovafloxacin in the cephalosporin-resistant pneumococcal pneumonia in immunocompetent mice. J Antimicrob Chemother, 1999; 43:811-816

Friedland I.R., Lutsar I. New Antibiotics. Current Opinion in Pediatrics 1998; 10: 41-45.

Lutsar I., Friedland I.R., Wubbel L., McCoig C.C., Jafri H.S., Ng W., Ghaffar F., McCracken G.H.Jr. Pharmacodynamics of gatifloxacin in cerebrospinal fluid in experimental cephalosporin-resistant pneumococcal meningitis. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 1998; 42: 2650-2655

Lutsar I., McCracken G.H.Jr., Friedland I.R. Antibiotic pharmacodynamics in cerebrospinal fluid. Clin Infect Dis, 1998; 27: 1117-29

Lutsar I., Ahmed A., Friedland I.R., Trujillo M., Wubbel L., Olsen K., McCracken G.H. Pharmacodynamics and bactericidal activity of ceftriaxone therapy in experimental cephalosporin-resistant pneumococcal meningitis. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 1997; 41: 2414-2417

Lutsar I., Friedland I.R., McCracken G.H.Jr. Pathogenesis of bacterial meningitis. Annales Nestle 1997; 55: 92-102

Ahmed A, Trujillo M, Wubbel L, et al. Pharmacodynamics of vancomycin in experimental cephalosporin-resistant pneumococcal meningitis. Clin Infect Dis 1996; 23: 161-161

Siigur U., Tamm E., Torm S., Lutsar I., Salminen S. Effect of bacterial infection and administration of a probiotic on fecal short-chain fatty acids. Microbial Ecology in Health and Disease 1996; 9: 271-277

Lutsar I., Gontmacher A., Närska M., Rüütel V., Topman M., Ilves P., Siirde T., Beilmann A. Five days of antibacterial therapy for bacterial meningitis in children. Infection 1995; 23: 113-118

Lutsar I., Siirde T., Soopold T. Long term follow-up of Estonian children after bacterial meningitis. Pediatr Infect Dis J 1995;14:624-625

Lutsar I., Haldre S., Topman M., Talvik T. Enzymatic changes in cerebrospinal fluid in patients with infections of the central nervous system. Acta Pediatr 1994; 83: 1146-1150

Lutsar I, Narska M, Gontmacher A, et al. Cerebrospianl fluid IL-6 levels in children with and without infections of the central nervous system. Pediatric Research 1994; 36: a59-a59

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