• Measles is back!
• ECCMID 2012 abstract submission successfully closed
• Follow up on the ESCMID conference Future and Innovation
• ESCMID Conference on Infections in Immunocompromised Hosts
• ESCMID at the 15th International Congress on Infectious Diseases ICID
• Fighting resistant tuberculosis with old compounds: the carbapenem paradigm
• ESGCIP new website information
• Antibiotic Action
• New EU calls & other updates
• ESCMID announcement of dissolution

• ESCMID wins the APUA award 2011
• ECCMID 2012 website and scientific programme are online
• Is classical microbiology dead? Find the answer at ESCMID
• ESCMID focuses on infections in immunocompromised hosts
• What's new in ESCMID CM/ID ESCMID educational activities
• Are we losing the fight against malaria one more time?
• Online application for 2012 awards open!
• Contagion - the movie for disease geeks

• 22nd ECCMID - Event of the year 2012 - Be the first
• Give your career and education a boost!
• Is classical microbiology dead? Find the answer at ESCMID
• EBJIS and ESCMID first joint symposium
• Online application for 2012 awards now open!
• New EU calls & other updates

• Call for nominations for EC election 2011
• Survey on vaccination against influenza for ERS & ESCMID healthcare workers
• Online application for 2012 awards now open!
• ESCMID Conference on Diagnosing Infectious Diseases: Future and Innovation, 24 - 26 October 2011, Venice, Italy
• +++News flash+++: 24th ECCMID from 10-13 May 2014 to be held in Barcelona
• Editorial - Acinetobacter baumannii resistant to everything: what should we do? J. Vila & J. Pachon
• New EU calls & other updates

• The Alliance for the Prudent Use of Antibiotics presents the 2011 APUA Leadership Award to ESCMID
• ECCMID/ICC 2011 in Milan - pictures & presentations online
• New! ESGB online course
• Scientific Affairs stratified into Sections and Themes
• CMI's impact factor increases to 4.784
• See these new Editor's Choice articles!

• ESCMID Vaccine Conference, Prague - webcasts online
• Early registration for this year's Summer School until 15 May
• A few slots still open for course on aspergillosis
• ECCMID/ICC 2011 in Milan - just over a week away!
• Finding jobs at the ECCMID/ICC 2011
• Highlights from the Society's journal - CMI
• ESCMID PK/PD of Anti-Infectives Study Group
• Assembly of Members 2011 - join us!
• European Council Meeting at the ECCMID/ICC 2011
• New EU calls & other updates

• Back to school - register for this year's Summer School
• Are you interested in fungal infections?
• You can still register for Conference - Impact of Vaccines on Public Health
• One week left to profit from lower pre-congress registration fees
• ECCMID/ICC 2011 in Milan - don't miss it!
• ECCMID/ICC Programme goes online in April
• Editorial: An Animal Farm Called ESBL - Antimicrobial resistance as a zoonosis
• Editorial: When did the doctors become fomites?
• ESCMID Parity Survey - equal opportunities for all?
• ESCMID actively supports the WHO SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands global annual campaign
• Assembly of Members 2011 - join us!
• European Council Meeting at the ECCMID/ICC 2011
• New EU calls & other updates

• Conference - Impact of Vaccines on Public Health opened by WHO and ECDC directors
• Back to school - ESCMID Summer School registration open
• Registration open for ESCMID Conference on Infections in Immunocompromised Hosts
• Pre-registration figures for the ECCMID/ICC 2011 in Milan at the highest level ever
• Register for ECCMID by 31 March and save
• Finding jobs at the ECCMID/ICC 2011
• New EU calls & updates

• ESCMID awardees have been selected for 2011
• ESCMID Conference on the Impact of Vaccines on Public Health and 4th
• International Day for Fighting Infection
• New season, same influenza?
• Impact of flu vaccine opt-out is being seen as A(H1N1) returns to Europe
• Over 3700 abstracts submitted to the ECCMID/ICC 2011 in Milan
• Programme of TAE Trainees Day at ECCMID 2011 now online
• News from the ESCMID Fungal Infection Study Group (EFISG)
• Sometimes they come back - The return of influenza
• Editorial: The Haitian cholera epidemic: Is searching for its origin only a matter of scientific curiosity?
• Recorded material available from webcast: Does your research raise security concerns?
• Registration open for ESCMID-SHEA training course on hospital epidemiology
• Changes at the ESCMID Executive Office
• New EU calls & other updates

• Scientific programme online: ESCMID Conference on the Impact of Vaccines on Public Health
• Register for the ECCMID/ICC 2011 in Milan by 13 January and save
• Two new ESCMID Study Groups - Lyme borreliosis (ESGBOR) and infections in compromised hosts (ESGICH)
• ESGARAB changes name to reflect broader focus
• ESGB Study Group is organising Eurobiofilms congress
• CMI editorial report - important changes still underway
• 27 Observership reports online for 2010
• UEMS and ESCMID to establish a training syllabus in ID
• New EU calls & other updates

• Less than one month left to submit your abstract for ECCMID/ICC 2011 in Milan
• News from the PK/PD of Anti-infectives Study Group (EPASG)
• News from the Study Group for Clinical Parasitology (ESGCP)
• TAE Discussion Forum now launched
• Observership funding still available for 2010
• Three new open positions in CM and ID
• EUCAST disk test and FAQ
• Registration open for ESCMID-SHEA Training Course on Hospital Epidemiology
• ESCMID is co-sponsoring a session on antibiotic resistance at the IMED 2011 in Vienna, Austria
• ECDC is seeking external experts
• Open EU calls for proposals

• Only a few weeks left to apply for 2011 awards & grants
• Places still available in Paris for course on biofilms in nosocomial fungal infections!
• Online presentations from three ESCMID courses this autumn
• 21 December is abstract deadline for ECCMID/ICC 2011 in Milan

• Registration open: ESCMID Conference on the Impact of Vaccines on Public Health
• The Lancet / ESCMID Conference on Healthcare-Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance
• Events 2010-11 now online
• ESCMID Parity Commission's first meeting
• Now accepting abstracts - Registration open for ECCMID/ICC 2011 in Milan
• European Trainees Day
• Application deadline for awards & grants 2011: 10 November 2010
• EU Partner Search - three institutes seeking collaborators
• New EU calls & other updates

• Press release: Report of new “superbugs” ill-preparedness across Europe
• Educational Programme 2011 now online
• Summer School 2010 webcasts now online
• Register for course on biofilms in nosocomial fungal infections
• New ESCMID Award for colleagues still in training: TAE Excellence Training Awards 2011
• Webcast on Wednesday, 22 September: Does Your Research Raise Security Concerns?
• EU Partner Search Platform - see new entry!
• Job opportunity at ECDC
• New EU calls & other updates

• Application deadline for awards & grants 2011: 10 November 2010
• Funding still available for Observerships in 2010
• In memory of Helmut Mittermayer
• Assembly of Members 2010: minutes online
• European Council 2010: minutes online
• New ESCMID Parity Commission
• Educational Programme 2011 now online
• Another successful Summer School
• ECCMID 2010 - opinion poll results
• New EU calls & other updates

• Updates from our Study Groups
• CMI: Impact Factor is now 4.014
• PGEC Meningitis, Izmir - Places still available
• PGEC Influenza, Istanbul - Attendance Grants still available
• ECCMID/ICC 2011 in Milan
• Two new Affiliated Societies in Cyprus
• European Food Safety Authority call for panel members
• Job opportunity at ECDC
• New EU calls & other updates

• ECCMID 2010 - presentations & pictures online
• Presentations online for 3rd Infection Day
• Summer School - some places still available
• CMI Volume 15 Issue S2  -  December 2009  (1-342)
• CMI: May 2010: Streptococcus pneumonia, June 2010: enterococcal infections
• New EU calls & other updates

• ESCMID President expresses wish to resign from his position
• 3rd International Day for Fighting Infection
• Summer School early registration closes 6 May
• ECCMID 2010 - 7635 delegates attended
• Two new ESCMID Study Groups
• New ESCMID functions
• Two recently-posted open positions on our website
• Grants available for pandemic influenza forum in China
• Just launched - the EU Partner Search Platform
• New EU calls & other updates

• ECCMID 2010 - less than two weeks away
• Join us at the upcoming Assembly of Members in Vienna
• Just launched - the EU Partner Search Platform
• Two new ESCMID Study Groups
• Training and Career at the ECCMID 2010
• Back to school - ESCMID Summer School registration open
• Presentations online from conference on invasive fungal infections
• Final programme available online for 3rd International Day for Fighting Infection

• ESCMID vote February 2010
• Full programme online for ECCMID 2010
• Register before 4 March for ECCMID 2010 and save
• Assembly of Members at the ECCMID 2010
• 26 publications in first year of TROCAR - Translational Research on Combating Antimicrobial Resistance
• Final programme available online for Third International Day for Fighting Infection
• New EU calls and tenders

• Observership programme up and running - 8 reports online
• Just published - EUCAST disk diffusion antimicrobial susceptibility test
• Late Breaker abstract deadline for ECCMID 2010
• Back to school - ESCMID Summer School registration open
• Federation of medical societies kick-off in Stockholm
• H1N1 vaccination struggles against resistance and supply
• New EU calls and tenders

• Uptake of the H1N1 vaccine among health care professionals across Europe
• Two Clostridium difficile infection guidelines now available
• 3188 abstracts submitted for the ECCMID 2010
• Presentations online from five ESCMID courses this autumn
• Apply before 8 January for ESCMID conference on invasive fungal infections
• Apply by 15 January for attendance grants for course on invasive fungal infections
• New ECDC call for tender

• As influenza cases rise in Europe, experts urge uptake of H1N1 vaccine
• Transantlantic task force on antibiotic resistance
• Register for ECCMID Vienna by 16 December 2009 and save
• New strains, tougher gains
• New presentations online from ESCMID conference
• Registration open for 3rd International Day for Fighting Infection
• EU calls and other funding

• Application deadline for ESCMID awards, grants & fellowships: 1 November 2009
• ECCMID 2010 abstract deadline - 19 November 2009
• Register for ECCMID Vienna by 16 December 2009 and save
• ESC Guidelines on the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of infective endocarditis now available
• World Pneumonia Day on 2 November 2009
• Early registration deadline of 18 November 2009 for ESCMID Conference: Invasive Fungal Infections
• 3rd International Day for Fighting Infection on 23 April 2010
• Two recently-posted open positions on our website
• Four member-only attendance grants for ESCMID/SHEA Hospital Epidemiology Course in Port Douglas, Australia
• Report on ASM-ESCMID Workshop available
• Report from 5th ESCMID-FEMS Conference on New Frontiers on Microbiology and Infection
• EU calls and other funding

• Register now for the "ESCMID Conference on Antibiotic Treatment Failure in the Absence of Bacterial Resistance"
• ESCMID Education Programme 2010 now online
• ESCMID Collaboration at the 3rd DICID in Beijing, China
• New presentations online from parasitology, biofilm and neuroinfection workshops
• Application deadline for ESCMID awards, grants & fellowships: 1 November 2009
• ECCMID 2010 abstract deadline - 19 November 2009
• Present your poster at the ESCMID Conference on Enterococci: from Animals to Man
• Scientific programme now available for ESCMID Conference: Invasive Fungal Infections
• Specific call in the infection field in FP7
• EU calls and other funding

• ESCMID Summer School 2009
• European travellers continue to put their health at risk
• Upcoming conference on influenza in the Asia-Pacific
• The European Commission asks for a Council recommendation on increasing seasonal influenza vaccination coverage
• ESCMID General Assembly of Members 2009
• European Council 2009 meeting
• ECCMID 2009 Opinion Poll - 599 participated
• Apply now for the ESCMID Conference on Antibiotic Treatment Failure in the Absence of Bacterial Resistance
• New EUCAST website gives harmonized susceptibility testing breakpoints
• ESCMID approved its fortieth Collaborative Centre
• EU calls and other funding

• ESCMID participates in Latino-American workshops on antimicrobial resistance
• International IACMAC/ESCMID Conference on Antimicrobial Therapy - over 1000 participants
• Acinetobacter course in Istanbul, apply by 1 July
• Fungal infections course in Thessaloniki, application period extended to 15 July
• For comments by the membership: ESCMID guidelines for diagnosing CDI
• Apply for an Observership!
• Webcasts available for 2nd International Day of Fighting Infections
• Preparations for next ECCMID underway
• Visit the ESCMID Training & Career Centre
• Information on three new EU calls now available

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• New Executive Committee 2009-2011
• Scientific highlights from ECCMID 2009
• 6650 delegates attended the 19th ECCMID in Helsinki
• ECCMID late breaker session on Swine Flu
• ESCMID awardees honoured at ECCMID
• You can apply now for Observerships!
• Members' feedback on ESCMID Clostridium difficile guidelines
• EU calls and other funding

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• ESCMID statement on Swine Flu
• Online meeting planner for the 19th ECCMID
• Assembly of Members at the ECCMID 2009
• 2nd International Day of Fighting Infection
• New presentations online from ESCMID events in March
• Training and Career at the ECCMID 2009
• FP7: 4th Health Call
• Health Programme 2008-2014: call 2009
• MRSA Consensus Documents 2009
• EASAC Tuberculosis Report 2009

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• Register now for the Summer School 2009
• Stopping tuberculosis: World TB Day on 24 March 2009
• 2nd International Day of Fighting Infection
• Register for ECCMID by 3 April and save
• European Council Meeting at the ECCMID 2009
• EU calls and other funding

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• 2nd International Day of Fighting Infection
• ESCMID is a partner in TROCAR, a European FP7 project
• 22 Collaborative Centres approved
• Visit the Scientific Programme of the 19th ECCMID, 16-19 May 2009
• EU calls and other funding

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• 2835 abstracts submitted to ECCMID
• 2nd International Day of Fighting Infection
• Beta-lactamases course in Ankara, apply by 1 February
• Parasitology course in Paris, apply by 1 February
• Registration open for Summer School 2009
• New CMI cover design and announcements
• Improved platform for job seekers and employers

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• Results of the election for the Executive Committee 2008

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• Reminder: election for the Executive Committee 2008
• Webcast: interview with Giuseppe Cornaglia
• Call for Collaborative Centres
• ESCMID survey on professional affairs published
• Abstract submission deadline: 19th ECCMID, 16-19 May 2009
• Last chance to save: 19th ECCMID, 16-19 May 2009
• President's tip
• European Funding Opportunities and Reports

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• Launch of new ESCMID Website
• Election for the Executive Committee 2008
• PA Workshop: Presentations online
• European Funding Opportunities and Reports
• Forthcoming ESCMID Events

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• ESCMID Collaborative Centres
• ESCMID Educational Programme 2009 is now online
• 19th ECCMID: Abstract Deadline is 7 January 2009
• Impressions from the Professional Affairs Workshop in Rome
• ESCMID Summer School 2008
• Do you have a ground-breaking research idea?
• New Managing Director of ESCMID Executive Office in Basel

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• 19th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
• ESCMID survey on professional affairs
• ESCMID - ASM Expert Conference
• Do you know a senior scientist with an extraordinary track record in the infection disciplines?
• European funding opportunities, studies and reports

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• Election to the Executive Committee
• Minutes of Assembly of Members
• Minutes of European Council Meeting 2008
• New ESCMID Managing Director
• ESCMID / FEMS Conference on New Frontiers in Microbiology and Infection
• ESCMID Workshop on Professional Affairs in CM and ID
• Presentations from the ESCMID Conference about Multidrug-resistant Gram-positive Bacteria

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• Moving Forward in Co-operation
• ESCMID Awards, Grants and Fellowship Programme 2009
• 18th ECCMID 2008 Opinion Poll: Results now online
• GRACE Postgraduate Course at 18th ECCMID 2008 now freely available as webcast
• ESCMID Training & Career Platform
• European Funding Opportunities, Studies and Reports

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• ESCMID Conference on Viral Haemorrhagic Fevers, Istanbul
• ESCMID/FEMS Conference on New Frontiers in Microbiology and Infection
• The First European Day of Fighting Infection
• Major Topics at 18th ECCMID in Barcelona
• EU Information Session at 18th ECCMID
• Educational Workshops at 18th ECCMID
• EUCAST has recently published "Expert Rules in Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing"
• European Funding Opportunities, Studies and Reports

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• 18th ECCMID is just 5 days away!
• ECCMID Barcelona: ESCMID will sign a Memorandum of Cooperation with the ISC for a Joint ECCMID/ICC in 2011
• ESCMID Executive Committee has revised the Society's Bylaws
• New Editorial Team of Clinical Microbiology and Infection
• ESCMID Workshop on Profesional Affairs
• ESCMID/ASM Workshop on Antimicrobial Resistance
• GRACE Educational Activities
• Did you know
• European Funding Opportunities, Studies and Reports

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• ESCMID celebrates its 25th anniversary
• Please do not miss the next ESCMID Assembly of Members
• EU Information Session at the ECCMID 2008
• ESCMID Conference in Istanbul on Viral Haemorrhagic Fevers
• European Funding Opportunities, Studies and Reports

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• Scientific Programme of the 18th ECCMID is online!
• Invitation to the ESCMID Assembly of Members
• European Council Meeting at the ECCMID
• New postal address of the ESCMID Executive Office in Basel
• European Funding Opportunities, Studies and Reports

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• Programme of the first European Day of Fighting Infection is online!
• Join us at the 18th ECCMID
• ESCMID Summer School 2008: Registration is open!
• ESCMID Conference in Istanbul on Viral Haemorrhagic Fevers: Registration is now open!
• European Funding Opportunities and Reports

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• Plan Your ESCMID Agenda 2008
• Last Chance to Save: 18th ECCMID
• ESCMID Conference in Venice about Multidrug-resistant Bacteria
• Presentations from ESCMID Conference on Pseudomonas aeruginosa online
• ESCMID Awards, Grants and Fellowships 2008
• SCMID Online Consultation on Research Topics is still open
• New Data from the European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System (EARSS)
• European Funding Opportunities and Reports

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• New ESCMID Professional Affairs Advisory Committee
• ESCMID Executive Committee Invites You to Contribute
• ESCMID Funding: Application Deadline is 1 November 2007
• 18th ECCMID: Abstract Deadline is 5 December 2007
• ESCMID Conference on Pseudomonas in Barcelona
• European Funding Opportunities

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• Call for ESCMID Awards, Grants and Fellowships 2008
• Minutes of Assembly of Members 2007
• ESCMID Call for Images
• 18th ECCMID Barcelona 19-22 April 2008
• European Funding Opportunities and Reports

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• Report on 'Tackling Antibacterial Resistance in Europe'
• Report on 'Innovative Drug Development Approaches'
• Report on European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP)
• European funding opportunities

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• Online access to Clinical Microbiology and Infection via ESCMID website
• Significant increase in citation of Clinical Microbiology and Infection
• 18th ECCMID in Barcelona 19 - 22 April 2008
• European funding opportunities

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•  The ESCMID Online Lecture Library is now live.

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• More ESCMID funding available in 2008
• The new ESCMID Training and Career Centre is flourishing
• Major topics at 17th ECCMID/25th ICC: Antibiotic Resistance, Disease Control and Emerging Infections in Europe
• Infectious Diseases Unit of DG Research provides FP7 presentations slides of the EU Information Session
• Attendance grant application deadline extendedRegistration is still possible for the following courses

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From the ESCMID Executive Committee
ESCMID Training and Career Centre

Education
6th ESCMID Summer School, 1-6 July 2007, Suceava, Romania

Science
ESCMID now supports 16 Study GroupsEU information session at the 17th ECCMID/25th ICC

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From the ESCMID Executive Committee
Election results
European Council Meeting

Education
6th ESCMID Summer School, 1-6 July 2007, Suceava, Romania

Science
Announcement of new ESCMID Study Groups
17th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 25th International Congress of Chemotherapy 2007 (17th ECCMID/25th ICC)
European Funding Opportunities

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From the ESCMID Executive Committee
Seeking a New CMI Editor
Development of Medical Practice Guidelines

Education
40th ESCMID Postgraduate Education Course
42nd ESCMID Postgraduate Education Course
GRACE Educational Activities

Science
17th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases / 25th International Congress of Chemotherapy (17th ECCMID/25th ICC)
European Funding Opportunities and Reports

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From the ESCMID Executive Committee
Last Call for ESCMID Awards and Fellowships 2007.
Deadline for abstract submission 17th ECCMID / 25th ICC 2007

European Funding Opportunities
Framework Programme 7: First drafts of Work Programme 2007 have been released by DG Research of the European Commission.

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From the ESCMID Executive Committee
European Council 2006 – Minutes.
ESCMID Awards and Fellowships 2007.
CMI: New Impact and Other Factors.

Education
ESCMID and ERS Join Forces in GRACE Network of Excellence.
ESCMID/FEMS Conference on Mycobacterial Infections

Science
17th ECCMID / 25th ICC 2007
Is Europe Prepared for the New Emerging Clostridium difficile PCR Ribotype 027
European Funding Opportunities

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• ESCMID School
• Awards and Fellowships 2007

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• Opinion Pol
• ESCMID School
• Postgraduate Courses
• ESCMID Conference on Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamases
• Avian flu at 16th ECCMID 2006 in Nice

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From the ESCMID Executive Committee
Message from the President
European Council 2005 – Minutes
CMI update
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Education and Scientific Affairs
Revised UEMS core curriculum for specialisation in Clinical Microbiology
WHO's Global Patient Safety Challenge
ESCMID Conference on Extended-spectrum beta-Lactamases
ESCMID Conference on Surgical Infections
16th ECCMID Nice 2006
Helicobacter pylori and the Nobel Prize

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From the ESCMID Executive Committee
Message from the President
Assembly of Members 2005 - minutes
ESF report on research in Infectious Diseases
Announcement - bioMérieux / ESCMID award 2006
Join ESCMID now

Health Policy
Mission and tasks of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)

Scientific Affairs
Writing hospital antimicrobial guidelines
Europe Watching New and Emerging Resistance (EWNER) - project presentation
16th ECCMID Nice 2006

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