Presentations & Publications
2019
- 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. - Mortality due to Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii in low-income settings: an autopsy study.
Hurtado JC, Castillo P, Fernandes F, et al. Sci Rep 2019;9(1):7493. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-43941-w.
2018
Post-mortem microbiology in sudden death: sampling protocols proposed in different clinical settings”
Fernández-Rodríguez A, Burton JL, Andreoletti L, Alberola J, Fornes P, Merino I, Martínez MJ, Castillo P, Sampaio-Maia B, Caldas IM, Saegeman V, Cohen MC; ESGFOR (joint working group of the ESCMID –European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases- Study Group of Forensic and Post-mortem Microbiology)- and the ESP –(European Society of Pathology).
Clin Microbiol Infect, 2018 Aug 23. pii: S1198-743X(18)30583-4. doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2018.08.009.
2017
How is post-mortem microbiology appraised by pathologists? Results from a practice survey conducted by ESGFOR
Saegeman V, Cohen MC, Alberola J, Ziyade N, Farina C; ESCMID Study Group for Forensic and Postmortem Microbiology, Cornaglia G, Fernández-Rodríguez A.
Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis, 2017;36:1381-1385 doi: 10.1007/s10096-017-2943-6.
2016
How to optimise the yield of forensic and clinical post-mortem microbiology with an adequate sampling: a proposal for standardisation.
Fernández-Rodríguez A, Cohen MC, Lucena J, Van de Voorde W, Angelini A, Ziyade N, Saegeman V.
Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis, 2015 May;34(5):1045-57. doi: 10.1007/s10096-015-2317-x.