Guidelines written or endorsed by ESCMID
Current ESCMID Guidelines Director:
Professor Roger Finch, Nottingham, UK
Previous ESCMID Guidelines Director:
Prof H. Erdal Akalin, Istanbul, TR (2010-2012)
These Guidelines are provided for personal use only, and not for distribution or commercial re-use.
Written by the HIV in Europe initiative that is directed by an independent group of experts which has come together to work for optimal testing and earlier care for HIV in Europe. ESCMID endorses this guidance.
The objectives of the guidance are to:
- Encourage and support the inclusion of indicator condition-guided HIV testing in national HIV testing strategies, taking into account the local HIV prevalence, ongoing testing programmes and the local healthcare setting;
- Recommend approaches and practical tools for education and training of healthcare professionals on overcoming barriers to recommending an HIV test.
ESCMID guideline for the diagnosis and management of Candida diseases 2012
Clin Microbiol Infect 2012; 18 (Suppl. 7)
Developing European guidelines in clinical microbiology and infectious diseases
A. J. Ullmann et al.
Diagnostic procedures
M. Cuenca-Estrella et al.
Non-neutropenic adult patients
O. A. Cornely et al.
Prevention and management of invasive infections in neonates and children caused by Candida spp.
W. W. Hope et al.
Adults with haematological malignancies and after haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HCT)
A. J. Ullmann et al.
Patients with HIV infection or AIDS
O. Lortholary et al.
ESCMID Sore Throat Guideline Group
C. Pelucchi, L. Grigoryan, C. Galeone, S. Esposito, P. Huovinen, P. Little and T. Verheij. Clin Microbiol Infect 2012; 18 (Suppl. 1): 1–27
M. Woodhead, F. Blasi, S. Ewig, J. Garau, G. Huchon, M. Ieven, A. Ortqvist, T. Schaberg, A. Torres, G. van der Heijden, R. Read and T. J. M. Verheij. Clinical Microbiology and Infection 2011; 17(Suppl. 6): 1-24 & E1–E59
Kalpana Gupta, Thomas M. Hooton, Kurt G. Naber, Bjorn Wullt, Richard Colgan, Loren G. Miller, Gregory J. Moran, Lindsay E. Nicolle, Raul Raz, Anthony J. Schaeffer, and David E. Soper. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2011; 52: 103-120
Thomas M. Hooton, Suzanne F. Bradley, Diana D. Cardenas, Richard Colgan, Suzanne E. Geerlings, James C. Rice, Sanjay Saint, Anthony J. Schaeffer, Paul A. Tambayh, Peter Tenke, and Lindsay E. Nicolle, Clinical Infectious Diseases 2010; 50: 625-663
M. P. Bauer, E. J. Kuijper and J. T. van Dissel, Clin Microbiol Infect 2009; 15: 1067–1079
M. J. T. Crobach, O. M. Dekkers, M. H. Wilcox and E. J. Kuijper, Clin Microbiol Infect 2009; 15: 1053–1066
Torres A, Ewig S, Lode H, Carlet J, for the European HAP Working Group. Intensive Care Medicine 2009; 35: 1336-9.
Under the auspices of the European Respiratory Society (ERS), ESCMID and the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM) to complement the last IDSA/ATS guidelines published 3 years ago. Also supported by the Helics working group.
download link to IDSA/ATS guidelines
Guidelines on Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment of Infective Endocarditis
Gilbert Habib (Chairperson); Bruno Hoen; Pilar Tornos; Franck Thuny; Bernard Prendergast; Isidre Vilacosta; Philippe Moreillon; Manuel de Jesus Antunes; Ulf Thilen; John Lekakis; Maria Lengyel; Ludwig Muller; Christoph K. Naber; Petros Nihoyannopoulos; Anton Moritz; Jose Luis Zamorano, EHJ 2009;30:2369-2413
Surviving sepsis campaign: international guidelines for management of severe sepsis and septic shock: 2008
Dellinger RP, Mitchell ML, Carlet JM et al., Crit Care Med 2008 36: 296-327
Guidelines for the validation and application of typing methods for use in bacterial epidemiology
A. van Belkum et. al on behalf of the ESCMID Study Group on Epidemiological Markers (ESGEM), Clin Micro Biol Infect 2007: 13 (Suppl. 3): 1-46
Guidelines for the management of adult lower respiratory tract infections
M. Woodhead et al., Eur Respir J 2005 26: 1138-1180
Guidelines for the management of adult lower respiratory tract infections. Appendices
M. Woodhead et al.
Short statement of the first European consensus conference on the treatement of chronic hepatitis B and C in HIV Co-infected patients
A. Alberti et al., J Hepatol 2005 42: 615-624
European recommendations for antimicrobial resistance surveillance
G. Cornaglia et al., ESCMID Study Group for Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance (ESGARS), Clin Microbiol Infect 2004 10: 349-383
Guidelines for the diagnosis of tick-borne bacterial diseases in Europe
P. Brouqui et al., ESCMID Study Group on Coxiella, Anaplasma, Rickettsia and Bartonella (ESCAR) and the European Network for Surveillance of Tick-Borne Diseases, Clin Microbiol Infect 2004 10: 1108-1132
A European survey of diagnostic methods and testing protocols for Clostridium dificile
Barbut et al., ESCMID Study Group on Clostridium difficile (ESGCD), Clin Microbiol Infect 2003 9: 989-996
