The update of the 2021 European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) Guidelines for the Treatment of Infections Caused by Multidrug-Resistant Gram-Negative Bacilli

Key facts

Chair(s): Mical Paul, Israel

Approval date: February 2025

Expected completion: April 2026

Comment: Last status report date: February 2026

Status Report

Guideline Development Steps

Status

Guideline Group Membership

Completed

Establishing Guideline Group Processes

Completed

Identifying Target Audience and Topic Selection

Completed

Consumer and Stakeholder Involvement

Completed

Conflict of Interest Considerations

Completed

(PICO) Question Generation

Completed

Considering Importance of Outcomes and Interventions, Values, Preferences and Utilities

Completed

Literature Searches

Completed

Screening of Literature

Completed

Data Extraction

Ongoing

Risk of Bias Assessment

Ongoing

Summarising Evidence

Ongoing

Judging Quality, Strength or Certainty of a Body of Evidence (GRADE)

Ongoing

Developing Recommendations and Determining their Strength (EtDs)

Ongoing

Wording of Recommendations and Considerations of Implementation, Feasibility and Equity

Ongoing

Reporting and Peer Review

Ongoing

Public Consultation Phase

Ongoing

Submission to the Journal

Ongoing

Publication

Ongoing

Dissemination and Implementation

Not started

Updating

Not started