ESCMID Weekly News: 27 December 2016
- Nominations for the TAE Awards for Training Achievements 2017
- Course on (re-)emerging arbovirus infections, 29 – 31 March in Zagreb
- CMI highlight: microbiome assessment of medical marijuana
- Workshop on HAIs, 24 – 25 March in Muscat, Oman
ESCMID Weekly News: 20 December 2016
- Paper in PLOS criticizes mortality figures in AMR report
- Check out our first clips with ECCMID 2017 keynote speakers
- CMI highlight: role of healthcare providers in tackling vaccine hesitancy
- Veterinary microbiology group publishes its first newsletter
ESCMID Weekly News: 13 December 2016
- EACS publishes new HIV/AIDS guidelines
- Parity commission blog posts new entry on baby breaks
- ESCMID course on bloodstream infections in Nice
- CMI highlight: validation of SOFA score in sepsis-3 definitions
- UEMS recognizes new CME/CPD activities for accreditation
ESCMID Weekly News: 6 December 2016
- ESGAP/ESGBIS: bloodstream infection survey to explore current bacteraemia/candidaemia practices
- Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp: survey on antibiotic stewardship
- Institute of Biomedicine of Seville: survey on PCR for CAP
- Abstract submission for ECCMID 2017 is now closed
- EUCAST publishes landmark paper on role of WGS in AST
- CMI highlight: Efficacy, safety of withholding antimicrobials in kids with fever and neutropenia
- Congress on tropical medicine, microbiology, parasitology, HIV in Cuba
ESCMID Weekly News: 29 November 2016
- Pan European Networks article about ESCMID's fight against AMR and press release on CMI paper on vaccination
- Abstract submission deadline for ECCMID 2017 is 30 November
- TAE award nomination deadline is 5 January 2017 12.00 CET
- University laboratory in Brussels seeks new head of clinical microbiology
- CMI highlight: Benzylpenicillin in lymphoma and leukaemia
ESCMID Weekly News: 22 November 2016
- Press release and article on European Antibiotic Awareness Day
- Summary of AMR conference jointly organized by ESCMID and ASM
- Parity Commission seeks new member from 2017
- CMI highlight: Low response to pentavalent childhood vaccine in Laos
- Job opening at UCL in Brussels for post-doc in cellular and molecular microbiology
- ESCMID has a new ECC: a fungal research centre in Sari, Iran
ESCMID Weekly News: 15 November 2016
- WHO’s World Antibiotic Awareness Week & ECDC’s European Antibiotic Awareness Day
- Initiatives at EUCIC and ESGAP on EAAD 18 November
- Antimicrobial resistance – a major topic at ESCMID throughout the year
- World Antibiotics Awareness Week to raise awareness on the issue
ESCMID Weekly News: 8 November 2016
- WHO published first global guidelines for prevention of surgical site infection
- Call for Excellence & Young Investigator Awards closes 15 November
- CMI highlight: Endpoints for trials comparing antibiotics for bloodstream infection
- We congratulate the newly elected TAE Steering Committee members
- Save the date: MENA Beirut conference: 4/5 March 2017
ESCMID Weekly News: 1 November 2016
- ESCMID Vaccine Study Group EVASG sends out press release on flu vaccination
- First international One Health Day takes place on 3 November
- Nearly 100 applications received for ESCMID research grants
- CMI highlight: Airport door handles and global spread of AMR
- EFISG comments on JAC antifungal stewardship supplement
- International conference on infections and prevention in Nanjing
ESCMID Weekly News: 25 October 2016
- ESCMID booth at ID Week, Alliance to Save Our Antibiotics, Longitude Prize
- ECDC public consultation on rotavirus vaccination in infancy
- CMI highlight: costs of an CPE outbreak in London hospitals
- Call for ESCMID Excellence and Young Investigator Awards closes soon
ESCMID Weekly News: 18 October 2016
- EMA report on sales of veterinary antibiotics
- Parity Commission study: Inequality dynamics among CM & ID specialists
- ESCMID supports post-Ebola project at hospital in Sierra Leone
- Abstract submission and registration is open for ECCMID 2017
ESCMID Weekly News: 11 October 2016
- ESCMID published press release on the AMR conference it organized with ASM
- Last call: research grant applications accepted until 13 October
- CMI highlight: Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis and migration in Europe
- Trainee Association publishes results of survey among CM/ID trainees
ESCMID Weekly News: 4 October 2016
- Registration for ECCMID 2017 in Vienna is now open
- CMI highlight: tigecycline in patients with severe Clostridium difficile infection
- ESCMID/ASM AMR conference outlines solutions to speed up drug development
- Call for ESCMID Excellence and Young Investigator Awards open now
ESCMID Weekly News: 27 September 2016
- UN member states endorse political declaration on antimicrobial resistance
- The deadline to apply for a research grant closes in two weeks
- CMI highlight: Discrepancies when GPs recommend vaccinations
- Médecins Sans Frontières has opening for a laboratory quality manager in Jordan
- ESCMID observership programme gallery is online now
ESCMID Weekly News: 20 September 2016
- United Nations General Assembly to discuss antimicrobial resistance
- ISF/ESCMID Sepsis Award 2017 presented at ECCMID 2017 in Vienna
- CMI highlight: Risk factors vary in asymptomatic C. difficile colonisation
- ESCMID/ASM conference on drug development to open in Vienna
- Successful conclusion of ECDC observership programme in Stockholm
ESCMID Weekly News: 15 September 2016
- Last call for candidates for TAE steering committee election
- ESCMID urges the UN to work towards setting binding targets and taking concrete action to effectively fight antimicrobial resistance
- Antibiotic duration survey by ESCMID Study Group for Antibiotic Policies (ESGAP) and Société de Pathologie Infectieuse de Langue Francaise (SPILF)
ESCMID Weekly News: 6 September 2016
- Alliance to Save our Antibiotics releases study into resistant E. coli in meat
- EUCAST publishes tutorial videos on antimicrobial susceptibility testing
- ECDC publishes reports on whole genome sequencing, lab capacities
- CMI highlight: challenges of pre-exposure prophylaxis for bacterial STIs
ESCMID Weekly News: 30 Aug 2016
- ESCMID has a job opening for a Publications & Guidelines Manager
- Abstract submission for ECCMID 2017 is open now!
- Register now for the ESCMID/ASM drug development conference
- CMI highlight: effects of amoxicillin on oral microflora & resistance
- Call for candidates for the 2016 TAE election is open!
ESCMID Weekly News: 23 Aug 2016
- ESCMID publishes press release on update of diagnostic guidelines on C. diff
- UN general assembly to discuss antimicrobial resistance next month
- CMI highlight: Point-of-care trials & informed consent
- Abstracts submission for ECCMID 2017 will start in less than a week
ESCMID Weekly News: 16 Aug 2016
- Check out our well-qualified and experienced job seekers on our job platform
- Register now for the ESCMID-ASM drug development conference
- CMI highlight: Pros and cons of circumcision – an evidence-based overview
- Results of ESCMID survey on staffing for ID, CM and IC in hospitals
ESCMID Weekly News: 9 Aug 2016
- ESCMID has three new ECCs, in Dublin, Istanbul and Cairo
- University Medical Center Groningen offers 16 full-time PhD positions
- CMI highlight: Rapid resistance test improves MRSA antibiotic therapy
- ESGAP survey on liability linked to antibiotic prescribing & stewardship
ESCMID Weekly News: 2 Aug 2016
- Press release on study comparing Staph aureus bacteraemia in men and women
- ECDC guidelines on prudent antimicrobial use is open for consultation
- CMI highlight: evolution of hepatitis B infection incidence in France
- Use the summer break to apply for a 2017 research grant!
ESCMID Weekly News: 26 July 2016
- Abstract submission deadline for 16th APCCMI in Melbourne is 1 August 2016
- ESCMID publishes update on diagnostic guidance for CID
- ESCMID postpones educational courses in Turkey
- CMI highlight: Tropheryma whipplei associated with diarrhea
ESCMID Weekly News: 19 July 2016
- New collaborative centre: ID Department at Zhongshan Hospital in Shanghai
- Summer School 2016: another success story
- CMI highlight: R&D in the dark: what does it take to make one drug?
- ESCMID-ASM drug development conference: Last chance to register with early-bird fee!
ESCMID Weekly News: 12 July 2016
- DG AGRI has issued a call for a new One Health project
- Early-bird registration deadline for ESCMID-ASM conference is 22 July
- CMI highlight: What’s wrong with trial design and how can we improve it?
- RCSI in Ireland opening for academic lead microbiology in Malaysia
ESCMID Weekly News: 5 July 2016
- Take antibiotic policies study group’s short online survey
- Use the summer break to apply for a 2017 research grant
- CMI highlight: herpes zoster infection raises risk for stroke/TIA
- Call for volunteers to test the abstract system for ECCMID 2017
ESCMID Weekly News: 28 June 2016
- New post entitled Cheap Talkers and Dumb Mothers in the ESCMID Parity blog
- Registration now open for ESCMID-ASM drug development conference
- CMI highlight: gender difference in Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia
- Application still open for EU-funded PhD positions at Sepsis Academy
ESCMID Weekly News: 21 June 2016
- ESGAP's antimicrobial stewardship blog from ASM Microbe
- ESGAP survey on liability linked to antibiotic prescribing & stewardship
- CMI highlight: mobile phones spreading pathogenic viruses in hospitals
- Chinese University in Hong Kong has opening for PhD training position
ESCMID Weekly News: 14 June 2016
- ESCMID’s viral hepatitis group publishes a review on recent clinical trials
- Royal Society published an report on impact of Brexit referendum
- ECCMID 2017 Programme Committee selects sessions
- CMI highlight: Antibiotic de-escalation in bacteraemia, sepsis, VAP
- Programme for ESCMID-ASM conference on drug development online
ESCMID Weekly News: 7 June 2016
- Articles in Pharma Times and in the Clinical Services Journal
- Minutes and the presentation of the Assembly of members
- PhD positions offered at the European Sepsis Academy
- Grant deadline for advanced course on antibiotics is 25 June
- EMA draft on use of colistin in animals open for consultation
- Abstract submission for IMED in Vienna open until 1 July
ESCMID Weekly News: 31 May 2016
- BSAC draft guidelines on treatment of multi-resistant Gram-negative infection
- CMI highlight: the threat posed by plasmid-mediated colistin resistance
- Drive AB organizes AMR policy meeting 2 June in Amsterdam
- EORTC offers educational events on diagnostics trials or trial statistics
ESCMID Weekly News: 24 May 2016
- Gunnar Kahlmeter explains the role of EUCAST, other publications
- Diagnostic test to win EU Horizon Prize for better use of antibiotics
- CMI highlight: comparison of fluconazole vs echinocandins in candidemia
- Check out our gallery for ECCMID 2016
ESCMID Weekly News: 17 May 2016
- ESCMID has new collaborative centres in Mexico, Australia, Domenican Republic
- Apply by 24 May for a EU-funded PhD position at the Sepsis Academy
- CMI Editor-in-Chief welcomes publication of systematic reviews
- Application for ECDC observership in Stockholm open until 2 June
ESCMID Weekly News: 10 May 2016
- ESCMID has three new collaborative centres in the Dominican Republic, in France and in India
- ESGEM group publishes landmark paper on molecular epidemiology
- Register for individualized medicines course in Tübingen by 20 May
- You may still get your CMI credits for ECCMID and check out the congress material
ESCMID Weekly News: 3 May 2016
- ESGICH was responsible for a special issue of the journal Virulence
- ESCMID endorses epidemiology and infection control course in Bochum
- Registration deadline for forensics course in Leuven is 16 May
- Survey on clinical usage of polymyxin antibiotics by University of Illinois
- Parity Commission's Blog discusses why women reject careers in academic medicine
ESCMID Weekly News: 26 April 2016
- IDSA, AAN, ACR: Lyme Disease Guidelines
- ESCMID-ASM antibiotic drug development conference 21 – 23 Sept 2016
- The registration deadline for the Staphylococcus course in Lyon is 20 May
- Application for observerships with ECDC in Stockholm opens 2 May
ESCMID Weekly News: 19 April 2016
- How to access online material from ECCMID 2016
- EMA to review vancomycin to assess whether to change use
- Summer School 2016: register at early bird fee until 29 April
ESCMID Weekly News: 5 April 2016
- Parity Commission publishes study on gender differences in antibiotic prescribing
- ECCMID: Record number of scientific delegates, CME credits approved!
- ESCMID’s scientific activities published in 2015/16 Yearbook, new eLibrary
- Application for observerships with ECDC in Stockholm opens 2 May
ESCMID Weekly News: 29 March 2016
- ESGBIS study group sends out a press release on European Sepsis Academy
- ECCMID Pipeline Corner with presentations by early-stage companies
- ESCMID Research Grants provide funding for successful projects
- Members may apply for an ESCMID Summer School grant until 1 April
ESCMID Weekly News: 22 March 2016
- Less than three weeks until ECCMID 2016 in Amsterdam
- FEMS, ESCMID fellows to receive additional grants
- Grant deadline for technical IPC workshop is 30 March
ESCMID Weekly News: 15 March 2016
- Record number of late-breaking abstracts submitted for ECCMID
- ESCMID meets with Médecins Sans Frontières to develop closer ties
- University of Birmingham has job openings in AMR
ESCMID Weekly News: 8 March 2016
- 11th International Meeting on Microbial Epidemiological Markers starts tomorrow
- You may now register for the TAE Trainees Day at ECCMID
- New collaborative centre for observerships in Panama
- The grant deadline for forensics course in Leuven is 18 March
ESCMID Weekly News: 1 March 2016
- ESGITM article in ID Practitioner about Zika threat
- The scientific programme for ECCMID is online now
- Registration for the 15th ESCMID Summer School is open!
- Registration for technical workshop in Lyon ends 7 March
ESCMID Weekly News: 23 February 2016
- Antimicrobial breakpoints article in Pharmaceutical Processing
- EUCAST contributed to ECDC EULabCap assessment report
- Research projects selected for ESCMID Research Grants
- New entry on parity commission blog on geographic balance
ESCMID Weekly News: 16 February 2016
- ESGITM press release on research projects on Zika virus
- Robert Bonomo from Cleveland wins ESCMID Excellence Award 2016
- New video clips online highlighting top sessions at ECCMID 2016
- TAE Award for Training Achievements presented at ECCMID 2016
ESCMID Weekly News: 9 February 2016
- ESCMID key partner in the EU PREPARE project
- Young Investigator Awards presented at ECCMID in Amsterdam
- Scientific programme for IMMEM XI in Portugal online now
- ESGAP group organizes antimicrobial stewardship course
ESCMID Weekly News: 2 February 2016
- You may now register for ECCMID 2016 in Amsterdam
- Parity Commission launches blog “Leveling the field”
- Grant deadline for technical workshop in Lyon is 8 February
ESCMID Weekly News: 26 January 2016
- New video clips online highlighting the top sessions at ECCMID 2016
- ID bioinformatics openings at Imagine Institute for Genetic Diseases in Paris
- Roche offers job as Global Medical Leader Infectious Diseases in Switzerland
ESCMID Weekly News: 19 January 2016
- The first clips on scientific highlights at ECCMID 2016 in Amsterdam are online
- First ECC in Russia: Institute of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy in Smolensk
- Shahid Beheshti in Tehran seeks microbiology partner for H. pylori project
- EFSA publishes new call for training in systematic reviews
ESCMID Weekly News: 12 January 2016
- The ECCMID Programme Committee members are meeting in Munich
- The early-bird deadline for IMMEM XI in Portugal is 15 January
- New job position for Professor of Bacteriology at the CHUV in Lausanne
ESCMID Weekly News: 5 January 2016
- ESCMID’s journal CMI has a new Editor-in-Chief: Leonard Leibovici
- Submit jour abstract for the IMMEMX XI in Portugal by 15 January
- The grant deadline for our workshop in Thessaloniki is 8 January