The ESCMID Study Group for Legionella Infections (ESGLI) focuses on innovating research, diagnostics, and control over Legionnaires’ diseases. They are proud to be dedicated to:
ESGLI travel grants for the 11th International Conference on Legionella
We are pleased to announce that applications are now open. Interested candidates are invited to submit their applications using the link below. The application window will remain open until 20 July 2026.
ESGLI travel grants for the ESGLI Meeting 2027
We are pleased to announce that applications are now open. Interested candidates are invited to submit their applications using the link below. The application window will remain open until 20 July 2026.
Genomic characterization of Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 ST901 isolates responsible for recurrent travel-associated Legionnaires' disease cases and clusters.
Ricci ML, Fillo S, Giordani F, Ciammaruconi A, Girolamo A, Anselmo A, Monte A, Mentasti M, Cusimano V, Caporali MG, Rota MC, Petzold M, Afshar B, Lista F, Luck C, Scaturro M. Pathog Glob Health. 2026 May;120(3):178-189
Advancing Legionella pneumophila genomic surveillance with a high-resolution cg/wgMLST schema for outbreak detection and investigation
Mixao V, Ginevra C, Jacquiline C, Jarraud S, Gabriella M, Gomes JP, Willby MJ, Hamlin JAP, Borges V. medRxiv. 2026 Feb19
Antimicrobial susceptibility and epidemiological types of Legionella pneumophila human isolates from Italy (1987-2020).
Scaturro M, Lanni A, Mancini F, Girolamo A, Fillo S, Ciammaruconi A, Lista F, Cocuzza CE, Musumeci R, Ginevra C, Descours G, Jarraud S, Iera J, Visca P, Ricci ML. J Glob Antimicrob Resist. 2025 Mar;41:181-188
Case report: First report of Legionella pneumophila and Bordetella bronchiseptica coinfection in an immunocompromised patient.
La Sorda M, Palucci I, Natalini D, Fillo S, Giordani F, Paglione F, Monte A, Lista F, Mancini F, Girolamo A, Rota MC, Caporali MG, Ricci R, Ginevra C, Jarraud S, Sanguinetti M, Scaturro M, Ricci ML. Front Med. 2024 Oct 22;11:1470567
ESGLI European Technical Guidelines for the Prevention, Control and Investigation, of Infections Caused by Legionella species
Premise plumbing bacterial communities in four European cities and their association with Legionella (Preprint)
Scaturro M, Del Chierico F, Motro Y, Chaldoupi A, Flountzi A, Moran-Gilad J, Girolamo A, Koutsiomani T, Krogulska B, Lindsay D, Matuszewska R, Papageorgiou G, Pancer K, Panoussis N, Rota MC, Uldum S, Velonakis E, Chaput DL, Ricci ML. Front Microbiomes Vol 2. 2023;10.3389/frmbi.2023.1170824.
Genome analysis of Legionella pneumophila ST901 an Italian endemic strain (Preprint)
Ricci ML, Fillo S, Giordani F, Ciammaruconi A, Girolamo A, Anselmo A, Monte A, Cusimano V, Caporali MG, Rota MC, Petzold M, Afshar B, Lista F, Luck C, Scaturro M. bioRxiv. 2023.06.08.544189. Preprint.
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