• ESCMID generic competencies in antimicrobial prescribing
  and stewardship: towards a European consensus.
  Dyar OJ, Beović B, Pulcini C, Tacconelli E, Hulscher M, Cookson B;
  Clin Microbiol Infect 2019;25:13-19. doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2018.09.022

• Consensus document for the diagnosis of prosthetic joint
  infections: a joint paper by the EANM, EBJIS, and ESR
  (with ESCMID endorsement).
  Signore A, Sconfienza LM, Borens O, et al. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 2019.
  doi: 10.1007/s00259-019-4263-9

• Correction to: Consensus document for the diagnosis of
  prosthetic joint infections: a joint paper by the EANM,
  EBJIS, and ESR (with ESCMID endorsement).
  Signore A, Sconfienza LM, Borens O, et al. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 2019.
  doi: 10.1007/s00259-019-04281-z.

• International Consensus Guidelines for the Optimal Use of
  the Polymyxins: Endorsed by the American College of Clinical
  Pharmacy (ACCP), European Society of Clinical Microbiology
  and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID), Infectious Diseases Society
  of America (IDSA), International Society for Anti-infective
  Pharmacology (ISAP), Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM),
  and Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists (SIDP).
  Tsuji BT, Pogue JM, Zavascki AP, et al. Pharmacotherapy 2019;39:10-39.
  doi: 10.1002/phar.2209.

• ESCMID-EUCIC clinical guidelines on decolonization of multidrug-
  resistant Gram-negative bacteria carriers.
  Tacconelli E, Mazzaferri F, de Smet AM, et al. Clin Microbiol Infect 2019
  In press. doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2019.01.005.

ESGB

• Developmental roadmap for antimicrobial susceptibility testing systems.
  van Belkum A, Bachmann TT, Lüdke G, et al. Nat Rev Microbiol 2019;17:51-62.
  doi: 10.1038/s41579-018-0098-9
• Perspective of Spanish medical students regarding undergraduate education
  in infectious diseases, bacterial resistance and antibiotic use.
  Sánchez-Fabra D, Dyar OJ, Del Pozo JL, et al. Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin 2019;37:25-30. doi: 10.1016/j.eimc.2017.12.003.

ESGIAI

• Multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant Gram-negative prosthetic joint
  infections: Role of surgery and impact of colistin administration.
  Papadopoulos A, Ribera A, Mavrogenis AF, et al. Int J Antimicrob Agents 2019;53:294-301. doi: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2018.10.018
• Clinical outcome and risk factors for failure in late acute prosthetic joint
  infections treated with debridement and implant retention.
  Wouthuyzen-Bakker M, Sebillotte M, Lomas J, et al. J Infect 2019;78:40-47. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2018.07.014.

ESGAP

• Preparedness to prescribe antibiotics responsibly: a comparison between
  final year medical students in France and Sweden.
  Dyar OJ, Lund M, Lindsjö C, Stålsby Lundborg C, Pulcini C. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2019.
  doi: 10.1007/s10096-019-03494-2.

ESGBIES

• Extended infusion of β-lactams for bloodstream infection in patients with
  liver cirrhosis: an observational multicenter study.
  Bartoletti M, Giannella M, Lewis RE. Clin Infect Dis 2019.
  doi: 10.1093/cid/ciz032.

ESGFOR

• Post-mortem microbiology sampling following death in hospital: an ESGFOR
  task force consensus statement.
  Burton JL, Saegeman V, Arribi A. J Clin Pathol 2019 in press. doi: 10.1136/jclinpath-2018-205365.

ESGBOR

• Review of European and American guidelines for the diagnosis of Lyme
  borreliosis.
  Eldin C, Raffetin A, Bouiller K, et al. Med Mal Infect 2019;49:121-132.
  doi: 10.1016/j.medmal.2018.11.011.

ESGS

• Implications of identifying the recently defined members of the S. aureus
  complex, S. argenteus and S. schweitzeri: A position paper of members of
  the ESCMID Study Group for staphylococci and Staphylococcal Diseases
  (ESGS).
  Becker K, Schaumburg F, Kearns A et al. Clin Microbiol Infect 2019 in press.
  doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2019.02.028.

ESGNI

• Infection control bundles in intensive care: an international cross-sectional
  survey in low- and middle-income countries.
  Alp E, Cookson B, Erdem H, Rello J. J Hosp Infect 2019;101:248-256. doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2018.07.022.

ESGIE

• Accuracy of comprehensive PCR analysis of nasopharyngeal and
  oropharyngeal swabs for CT-scan-confirmed pneumonia in elderly
  patients: a prospective cohort study.
  Prendki V, Huttner B, Marti C, et al. Clin Microbiol Infect 2019; In press. doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2018.12.037.

ESGMD

• How do advanced diagnostics support public health policy development?
  Moran-Gilad J. Euro Surveill 2019;24. doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2019.24.4.1900068.

ESGITM

• National approaches to the vaccination of recently arrived migrants in
  Europe: A comparative policy analysis across 32 European countries.
  Ravensbergen SJ, Nellums LB, Hargreaves S, Stienstra Y, Friedland JS. Travel Med Infect Dis 2019;27:33-38. doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2018.10.011.

ESGVH

• Hepatitis C: Is eradication possible?
  Lombardi A, Mondelli MU, Liver Int 2019;39:416-426. doi: 10.1111/liv.14011.
• Liver decompensation in HIV/Hepatitis B coinfection in the combination
  antiretroviral therapy era does not seem increased compared to hepatitis B
  mono-infection.
  Lieveld FI, Smit C, Richter C, et al. Liver Int 2019;39:470-483. doi: 10.1111/liv.14000.

ESGMD & ESGAP

• Diagnostic stewardship: are we using the right term?
  Dyar OJ, Moran-Gilad J, Greub G, Pulcini C. Clin Microbiol Infect 2019;25:272-273. doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2018.12.011.