ESCMID publications
Medical guidelines
- 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
pii: S1198-743X(19)30025-4. doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2019.01.005. - Escmid-ecmm guideline: diagnosis and management of invasive aspergillosis in neonates and children.
Warris A, Lehrnbecher T, Roilides E, Castagnola E, Bruggemann RJM, Groll AH. Clin Microbiol Infect 2019. pii: S1198-743X30282-4. doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2019.05.019 - Comparison of three current Clostridioides difficile infection guidelines: IDSA/SHEA, ESCMID, and ACG guidelines.
Thabit AK, Alsolami MH, Baghlaf NA et al. Infection 2019. doi: 10.1007/s15010-019-01348-9.
EUCAST
- The quality of antimicrobial discs from nine manufacturers-EUCAST
evaluations in 2014 and 2017.
Åhman J, Matuschek E, Kahlmeter G. Clin Microbiol Infect 2019;25:346-352.
doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2018.05.021. - The proposed Drug Resistance Index (DRI) is not a good measure of antibiotic effectiveness in relation to drug resistance.
Vandenbroucke-Grauls CMJE, Kahlmeter G, Kluytmans J et al. BMJ Glob Health 2019;4:e001838. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2019-001838.
EITaF
- Monkeypox - Enhancing public health preparedness for an emerging lethal human
zoonotic epidemic threat in the wake of the smallpox post-eradication era.
Petersen E, Abubakar I, Ihekweazu C, et al. Int J Infect Dis 2019;78:78-84.
doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2018.11.008.
EUCIC
- Analysis of the challenges in implementing guidelines to prevent the spread of multidrug-resistant gram-negatives in Europe.
Tacconelli E et al. BMJ Open 2019;9:e027683. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-027683.
TAE
- Current mentorship practices in the training of the next generation of clinical
microbiology and infectious disease specialists: an international cross-sectional survey.
Ong DSY, Zapf TC, Cevik M, et al. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2019. doi: 10.1007/s10096-019-03509-y. - The Convergent Effect of International Collaboration between Young Leaders of Two Global Societies: Strengthening Microbiology Education and Training Practices Worldwide.
Meštrović T, Cevik M, Pinto TCA, Barać A, Servín-Garcidueñas LE, Ong DSY.J Microbiol Biol Educ 2019;20. pii: 20.1.27. doi: 10.1128/jmbe.v20i1.1669.
Position Papers
- ESCMID white paper: a guide on ESCMID guidance documents.
Scudeller L, Rodríguez-Baño J, Zinkernagel A, et al. Clin Microbiol Infect 2019;25:155-162. doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2018.08.005. - Implications of identifying the recently defined members of the Staphylococcus 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. pii: S1198-743X(19)30096-5. doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2019.02.028.
Publications from study groups
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.
ESGAI
- Antimicrobial susceptibility profiles of anaerobic bacteria, isolated from human clinical specimens, within different European and surrounding countries. A joint ESGAI study.
Veloo ACM, Tokman HB, Jean-Pierre H et al,. Anaerobe 2019:102111. doi: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2019.102111.
ESGIB
- Herpes simplex virus encephalitis update.
Stahl JP, Mailles A. Curr Opin Infect Dis 2019;32:239-243. doi: 10.1097/QCO.0000000000000554. - Understanding central nervous system efficacy of antimicrobials.
Tattevin P, Solomon T, Brouwer MC. Intensive Care Med 2019;45:93-96. doi: 10.1007/s00134-018-5270-1.
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 - Corrigendum to "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;S0924-8579(19)30058-5. doi: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2019.03.005. - 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. - Timing of implant-removal in late acute periprosthetic joint infection: A multicenter observational study.
Wouthuyzen-Bakker M, Sebillotte M, Lomas J, et al, J Infect 2019;79:199-205. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2019.07.003. - Antibiotic Use in Total Knee Arthroplasty Periprosthetic Joint Infection.
Wouthuyzen-Bakker M, Lora-Tamayo J, Soriano A; ESCMID Study Group for Implant-associated Infections. Clin Infect Dis 2019 pii: ciz631. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciz631 - Debridement, antibiotics and implant retention is a viable treatment option for early periprosthetic joint infection presenting more than four weeks after index arthroplasty.
Löwik CAM, Parvizi J, Jutte PC et al. Clin Infect Dis 2019. pii: ciz867. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciz867.
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. - Practices, organisation, and regulatory aspects in advising on antibiotic prescription:
the international ESCMID AntibioLegalMap survey.
Tebano G, Dyar OJ, Beovic B, et al. Infection 2019;1-12. doi: 10.1007/s15010-019-01298-2. - Comparison of antibiotic treatment guidelines for urinary tract infections in 15 European countries - results of an online survey.
Malmros K, Huttner BD, McNulty C, Rodríguez-Baño J, Pulcini C, Tängdén T; ESGAP UTI working group. Int J Antimicrob Agents 2019 pii: S0924-857930168-2. doi: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2019.06.015. - Comparison of antimicrobial stewardship programs in acute care hospitals in four European countries: a cross-sectional survey.
Kallen MC, Binda F, Ten Oever J et al. Int J Antimicrob Agents 2019 pii: S0924-857930146-3. doi: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2019.06.005. - Essential and Forgotten antibiotics: an inventory in low- and middle-income countries.
Tebano G, Li G, Beovic B et al. Int J Antimicrob Agents 2019 pii: S0924-857930170-0. doi: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2019.06.017.
EFISG
- Perspectives on Scedosporium species and Lomentospora prolificans in lung transplantation: results of an international practice survey from ESCMID Fungal Infection Study Group and Study Group for Infections in Compromised Hosts, and European Confederation of Medical Mycology.
Rammaert B, Puyade M, Cornely OA et al. Transpl Infect Dis 2019:e13141. doi: 10.1111/tid.13141.
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. - Microbiological diagnostics of bloodstream infections in Europe – An ESGBIES survey
EA. Idelevich et al. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 2019 pii: S1198-743X30143-0. doi:10.1016/j.cmi.2019.03.024 - Bacterial bloodstream infection
Allerberger F, Kern WV. Clin Microbiol Infect 2019. pii: S1198-743X30531-2. doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2019.10.004.
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. - Post-mortem microbiology in sudden death: sampling protocols proposed in different clinical settings.
Fernández-Rodríguez A, Burton JL, Andreoletti L, et al. Clin Microbiol Infect 2019;25:570-579. doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2018.08.009.
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. - Inflammatory Immune Responses in the Pathogenesis of Tick-Borne Encephalitis.
Bogovič P et al. J Clin Med 2019;8. pii: E731. doi: 10.3390/jcm8050731. - Unconventional diagnostic tests for Lyme borreliosis: a systematic review.
Raffetin A, Saunier A, Bouiller K, et al. Clin Microbiol Infect 2019 pii: S1198-743X30388-X. doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2019.06.033.
ESGEM
- Epidemic of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae in Europe is driven by nosocomial spread.
David S, Reuter S, Harris SR, et al. Nat Microbiol 2019. doi: 10.1038/s41564-019-0492-8.https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30641227
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. - Prion disease and recommended procedures for flexible endoscope reprocessing - review of policies worldwide and proposal for a simplified approach.
Kampf G, Jung M, Suchomel M, Saliou P, Griffiths H, Vos MC. J Hosp Infect 2019 pii: S0195-670130317-2. doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2019.08.005.
ESGLI
- A real-time PCR for specific detection of the Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 ST1 complex.
Ginevra C, Chastang J, David S et al. Clin Microbiol Infect 2019. pii: S1198-743X30487-2. doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2019.09.002.
ESGICH
- Re: 'ESCMID Study Group for Infections in Compromised Hosts (ESGICH) Consensus Document on the safety of targeted and biological therapies' by Mikulska et al.
Wijetilleka S, Jayne D, Mukhtyar C, Karim MY. Clin Microbiol Infect 2019;25:531-532. doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2018.12.025.
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. - Antimicrobial consumption and impact of antimicrobial stewardship programmes in long-term care facilities.
Falcone M, Paul M, Yahav D, et al. Clin Microbiol Infect 2019;25:562-569. doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2018.07.028.
ESGCIP
- Influenza and associated co-infections in critically ill immunosuppressed patients.
Martin-Loeches I, Lemiale V, Geoghegan P, et al.Crit Care 2019;23:152. doi: 10.1186/s13054-019-2425-6. - Factors associated with ventilator-associated events: an international multicenter prospective cohort study
Rello J, Ramírez-Estrada S, Romero A et al. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases 2019, in press doi:10.1007/s10096-019-03596-x - Incidence and outcome of invasive candidiasis in intensive care units (ICUs) in Europe: results of the EUCANDICU project.
Bassetti M, Giacobbe DR, Vena A et al. Crit Care 2019; 23:219. doi: 10.1186/s13054-019-2497-3. - Rapid microbiological tests for bloodstream infections due to multidrug resistant Gram-negative bacteria: therapeutic implications.
Giacobbe DR, Giani T, Bassetti M, Marchese A, Viscoli C, Rossolini GM. Clin Microbiol Infect 2019. pii: S1198-743X30524-5. doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2019.09.023.
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. - Operational models and criteria for incorporating microbial whole genome sequencing in hospital microbiology - A systematic literature review.
Mintzer V, Moran-Gilad J, Simon-Tuval T et al.Clin Microbiol Infect 2019; pii: S1198-743X30196-X. doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2019.04.019. - ESCMID/ESGMD postgraduate technical workshop on diagnostic microbiology.
Scherler A, Ardissone S, Moran-Gilad J, Greub G. Microbes Infect 2019 pii: S1286-457930053-X. doi: 10.1016/j.micinf.2019.04.006.
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. - Two cases of imported hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome and systematic review of literature.
Puca E, Qato M, Pipero P, Akshija I, Kote M, Kraja D. Travel Med Infect Dis 2019;28:86-90. doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2018.07.010. - Proportion of asylum seekers carrying multi-drug resistant microorganisms is persistently increased after arrival in the Netherlands.
Ravensbergen SJ, Louka C, Ott A et al. Antimicrob Resist Infect Control 2019;8:6. doi: 10.1186/s13756-018-0455-5.
ESGPHM
- NGS-based phylogeny of diphtheria-related pathogenicity factors in different Corynebacterium spp.
implies species-specific virulence transmission.
Dangel A, Berger A, Konrad R, Sing A. BMC Microbiol 2019;19:28. doi: 10.1186/s12866-019-1402-1. - Tox-positive Corynebacterium ulcerans in hedgehogs, Germany.
Berger A, Dangel A, Peters M, et al. Emerg Microbes Infect 2019;8:211-217. doi: 10.1080/22221751.2018.1562312. - Acute flaccid myelitis caused by enterovirus D68: Case definitions for use in clinical practice.
Kramer R, Lina B, Shetty J. Eur J Paediatr Neurol 2019;23:235-239. doi: 10.1016/j.ejpn.2019.01.001.
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.
EVASG
- Pertussis Prevention: Reasons for Resurgence, and Differences in the Current Acellular Pertussis Vaccines.
Esposito S, Stefanelli P, Fry NK, et al. Front Immunol 2019;10:1344. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2019.01344.
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.
ESGCIP & EFISG & ESCMID
- Developing definitions for invasive fungal diseases in critically ill adult patients in intensive care units. Protocol of the FUNgal infections Definitions in ICU patients (FUNDICU) project.
Bassetti M, Scudeller L, Giacobbe DR et al. Mycoses 2019;62:310-319. doi: 10.1111/myc.12869.
ESGAP & EUCIC & TAE
- Organization and training at national level of antimicrobial stewardship and infection control activities in Europe: an ESCMID cross-sectional survey.
Maraolo AE, Ong DSY, Cimen C et al. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2019 doi: 10.1007/s10096-019-03648-2.
Publications from recipients (*) of ESCMID Research Grants
- Global burden of melioidosis in 2015: a systematic review and data synthesis.
Birnie E*, Virk HS, Savelkoel Jet al. Lancet Infect Dis 2019 pii: S1473-309930157-4. doi: 10.1016/S1473-309930157-4. - Revisiting anti-tuberculosis therapeutic strategies that target the
peptidoglycan structure and synthesis.
Catalão MJ*, Filipe SR, Pimentel M. Front Microbiol 2019;11;10:190.
doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.00190. - Disease Tolerance as an Inherent Component of Immunity.
Martins R, Carlos AR, Braza F, Thompson JA*, Bastos-Amador P, Ramos S, Soares MP.
Annu Rev Immunol 2019 in press. doi: 10.1146/annurev-immunol-042718-041739. - Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy: unlocking fundamentals and
prospects for bacterial strain typing.
Novais Â, Freitas AR*, Rodrigues C, Peixe L. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2019;38:427-448.
doi: 10.1007/s10096-018-3431-3. - EUCAST susceptibility testing of isavuconazole: MIC data for contemporary
clinical mould and yeast isolates.
Jørgensen KM, Astvad KMT, Hare RK, Arendrup* MC. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2019. pii: AAC.00073-19. doi: 10.1128/AAC.00073-19. - Role of AcrAB-TolC multidrug efflux pump in drug-resistance acquisition by plasmid transfer.
Nolivos S, Cayron J, Dedieu A, Page A, Delolme F, Lesterlin C*. Science 2019;364:778-782. doi: 10.1126/science.aav6390 - Candida albicans enhances initial biofilm growth of Cutibacterium acnes under aerobic conditions.
Bernard C, Lemoine V, Hoogenkamp MA, Girardot M*, Krom BP, Imbert C. Biofouling 2019:1-11. doi: 10.1080/08927014.2019.1608966 - Host metabolites stimulate the bacterial proton motive force to enhance the activity of aminoglycoside antibiotics.
Crabbé A*, Ostyn L, Staelens S et al. PLoS Pathog 2019 29;15:e1007697. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1007697. - Elevated risk of invasive group A streptococcal disease and host genetic variation in the human leucocyte antigen locus.
Parks T*, Elliott K, Lamagni T et al. Genes Immun 2019. doi: 10.1038/s41435-019-0082-z.
