Please find below the latest edition of ESCMID Weekly News.
With kind regards, ESCMID Executive Office.
The ESCMID AMS Certificate – Registration open!
Registration is now open for the brand-new ESCMID Antimicrobial Stewardship Certificate 2-year training programme. You can check the full programme, and register now before 27 May 2022. Spaces are limited, so don’t delay!
ESCMID supports a wide array of Study Groups engaged in advancing scientific knowledge and disseminating professional guidelines in the fields of clinical microbiology and infectious diseases. Membership in these groups is open and free to all ESCMID members. Learn more about them and sign up today!
Registration is now open for this free of charge course organized by the ESCMID Guidelines Subcommittee which will take place 15-17 September 2022 in Bologna, Italy. The programme will focus on the domain of systematic reviews, meta-analyses and the GRADE approach. Deadline for registration is 5...
The ISID/ESCMID fellowship program applications are closing on May 31! The fellowship is for early-career investigators from LMICs interested in traveling to Europe for multidisciplinary clinical and laboratory training. Learn more and apply today!
Taking place 23-26 August in Lausanne, Switzerland, this meeting, supported by two ESCMID Study Groups ESGMD and ESGMAC, features a program on intracellular bacteria and associated infections. You can submit abstracts now until May 15th.
BCG vaccine to reduce HCW absenteeism in COVID-19 pandemic
This study investigated if the Bacillus Calmette-Guérin vaccine would reduce healthcare worker absenteeism as it provides non-specific protection against respiratory infections. The authors found that it did not reduce unplanned absenteeism nor documented COVID-19.