ESCMID Study Group for Legionella Infections - ESGLI
News & Activities
News from the ESGLI Business Meeting @ ECCMID 2013
The second ESGLI Business Meeting was held during the ECCMID in Berlin on 29 April 2013.
- 29 April, 13.00-14.00 (Hall 9)
ESGLI Business Meeting
All interested persons are cordially invited to join the meeting and plan future ESGLI activities.
For more details, please check the ECCMID programme.
(Re-)Apply for ESGLI Membership now!
To (re-)apply as ESGLI member, please click on the link “Become an ESGLI member” (see right column of this page). You will be guided what to do, e.g. become ESCMID member etc.
If you are a member of ESCMID and ESGLI, please log in and just write in the first box “Please describe the reason…” that you already are ESGLI member and you may upload your original application (instead of your CV) once again.
If you are a member of ESGLI but not yet ESCMID member, you first have to become ESCMID member before you can proceed with ESGLI member application.
If you are member of ESCMID but not yet ESGLI member, please download and complete the ESGLI application form (see right column of this page) and follow the instructions in this document (the application form should be uploaded instead of your CV).
Planned Activities
- Meetings: It is the plan to organise annual scientific meetings; these meetings will take place in the same period and at the same venue as the yearly European Legionnaires Disease Surveillance Network (ELDSNet) meetings. The latter are organised by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). In 2013, there will however not be a scientific ESGLI meeting as the 8th International Legionella meeting will be held in Melbourne, Australia (see announcement in the right column). An ESGLI business meeting will be held during the 23rd ECCMID in Berlin in 2013.
- A collaborative study on the evaluation of a 3-plex qPCR for specific detection of Legionella pneumophila and L. pneumophila serogroupe 1 in clinical and environmental samples has been initiated.
- A project for establishing better databases for identification of legionellae by MALDI-TOF MS will be undertaken.
- A group of collaborators will revise and update the ESGLI/EWGLI Technical Guidelines for Control and Prevention of Travel Associated Legionnaires´ Disease.
- A study on the quality of newer urinary antigen assays for detection of Legionella pneumophila antigen will be undertaken and published.
- For more see the minutes for the General Assembly in Dresden, 6-7 September 2012 (below).
News from the ESGLI General Assembly 2012
- ESGLI Meeting Dresden 2012
The first ESGLI General Assembly was held during the ESGLI meeting in Dresden, Germany, from 5 to 7 September 2012.
During the General Assembly on Thursday, 6 September, members voted for the ESGLI Executive Committee (EC). It was also possible to vote by mail (letter). The members had to elect six members for the EC. A Chairperson, a Secretary and a Treasurer were elected among the members of the EC by the EC.
It was possible to vote among 10 candidates.
At the time for the voting, 127 persons had registered as members. Twenty-four voted by mail and 54 voted at the meeting, altogether 78 votes were received.
The following members were elected for the EC, in alphabetic order of country
- Søren Uldum, Secretary & contact person to ELDSNet, Denmark
- Christian Lück, Treasurer & contact person to the industry, Germany
- Carmen Pelaz, Contact person for epidemiological projects, Spain
- Valeria Gaia, Contact person for clinical microbiology and typing projects, Switzerland
- Jeroen den Boer, Chairperson, The Netherlands
- Susanne Surman-Lee, Contact person for environmental projects, United Kingdom
To become a regular member of ESGLI, the application form for the ESGLI membership (see box in right column) should be completed and sent to Søren Uldum.
With kind regards
Søren Uldum, ESGLI secretary
News from the ESGLI Business Meeting @ ECCMID 2012
The first ESGLI Business Meeting was held during the ECCMID in London on 3 April 2012.
We were more than 30 participants and discussed future plans of the study group.
The European Guidelines for Control and Prevention of Travel Associated Legionnaires' Disease
Download here the guidelines documents:
European Legionnaires´ Disease Surveillance Network (ELDSNet) Operating Procedures, ECDC Technical Document (former part I and II):
ESGLI/EWGLI Technical Guidelines for the Investigation, Control and Prevention of Travel Associated Legionnaires' Disease (former part III), with useful information for hoteliers, national and local health officers, environmental laboratories etc
New ESCMID Study Group
ESGLI is a newly formed ESCMID Study Group, which has started its activities in the field of Legionella infections. The constitutional meeting will be held at ECCMID 2012 in London, UK, Tuesday, 3 April, 11.00-14.00, Meeting Room 13/14.
The kick-off meeting to discuss future activities is scheduled for September 2012 in Dresden, DE.
Historically, ESGLI is a continuation of the highly active EWGLI group (European Working Group for Legionella Infections) with continuous support from ESCMID.
