ESCMID Study Group for Molecular Diagnostics - ESGMD
News & Activities
- Saturday, 27 April 2013
11.00 - 13.00 (Hall C)
ESGMD Educational Workshop 16: Molecular diagnosis for the top four infection-related acute hospital presentations: syndromic or sequential approach? - Sunday, 28 April 2013
18.15 - 19.15 (Salon 20)
ESGMD Business Meeting: All interested persons are cordially invited to join the meeting and plan future ESGMD activities.
For more details, please check the ECCMID programme.
- 31 March, 11.00-13.00
Educational Workshop EW19 "New developments in molecular diagnostics for intestinal parasites"
Jointly arranged with ESGMD and ESGCP - 2 April, 13.00-14.00 (Meeting Room 7)
ESGMD Business Meeting
All interested persons are cordially invited to join the meeting and plan future ESGMD activities.
For more details, please check the ECCMID programme.
- 7 May, 11.00-13.00
Educational Workshop EW11 "Molecular Resistance Detection" - 9 May, 18.15-19.15 (Press Conference Room)
ESGMD Business Meeting
All interested persons are cordially invited to join the meeting and plan future ESGMD activities.
For more details, please check the ECCMID/ICC programme.
Ongoing Guideline Projects
- Checklist for optimization and validation of real-time PCR assays. Raymaekers M, Smets R, Maes B, Cartuyvels R
J Clin Lab Anal. 2009;23(3):145-51 - Official partner for the German MDx Guidelines: Nukleinsäure-Amplifikationstechniken (NAT), Mikrobiologisch-infektiologische Qualitaetsstandards (MiQ, 1/2011, 3. Auflage)
- Partner in the revision of updated MDx Guidelines in the Netherlands
- Belgian MDx Guidelines: Reflections and proposals to assure quality in molecular diagnostics. Raymaekers M, Bakkus M, Boone E, de Rijke B, El Housni H, Descheemaeker P, De Schouwer P, Franke S, Hillen F, Nollet F, Soetens O,, Vankeerberghen A,, on behalf of MolecularDiagnostics.be
Acta Clin Belg. 2011: 66 (1): 34-41 - Participation in the International Working Group on the Standardisation of Genomic Amplification Techniques (SoGAT)
2009
- Preparation of medical guidelines for standardization and basic requirements of molecular diagnostics of infectious diseases
2008
- Participation with a poster in the European Network Corner during the 18th ECCMID Barcelona 2008 together with QCMD to inform on regular and pilot distributions of QCMD proficiency panels for assessing the quality of molecular methods for the diagnosis of infectious diseases.
- Pilot programme on proficiency testing in collaboration with QCMD on the molecular detection of Bordetella pertussis. Scheduled for 2008.
- Programme on proficiency testing in collaboration with QCMD on the molecular detection of Mycoplasma pneumoniae and Chlamydophila pneumoniae. Scheduled for 2008.
