ESCMID supports 32 Study Groups that cover a wide array of topics and specialties in the fields of clinical microbiology and infectious diseases. Joining a Study Group is free and open to all ESCMID members and opens up many research and networking opportunities. Learn more about them and join on the ESCMID website.

Be sure to secure your place in the exciting ESCMID online education courses coming up in the coming months. Don’t miss highlights such as ‘Paediatric infection management for the microbiologist, antimicrobial pharmacist and specialist in adult infectious diseases’, taking place from 23 - 24 September 2021.

The Ethics Advisory Committee has launched an anonymous survey to better understand ESCMID members and survey participants' involvement in bioethics and their perceptions of priorities and gaps in the field of bioethics and Infectious Diseases. The results will help the EEAC to better define ethical issues and design a strategy to approach them in a consistent and systematic way. Complete the survey here.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the time to resolution of COVID-19 respiratory and systemic symptoms, and factors associated with a longer duration in a large cohort of outpatients, for whom data is scarce. Results were collected from the over 9000 outpatients, managed by Covidon, a telesurveillance solution.