Microbiology & Infectious Diseases

THIS SPRING, Vienna, Austria played host to a momentous gathering, welcoming over 15,000 attendees from across five continents for the 35th ESCMID Global Congress..

AT the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) Global Congress 2025, Karin Thursky, Director of the National Centre for Antimicrobial Stewardship…

The presentation by Guy Thwaites, Director of the Oxford University Clinical Research Unit (OUCRU), Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, focused on the current state of tuberculosis…

The quality of the response depends on the quality of the preparedness phase, particularly today, when we are living in a chronic and…

“WE at the ESCMID continue to raise our game and lead the field to prevent, treat, and fight infections,” announced Annelies Zinkernagel,…

AN ILLUMINATING session on the implementation of genomic surveillance for monitoring of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) patterns globally…

THE emerging role of biological therapies in treating and preventing infection in patients who are immunocompromised was the primary focus…

False positive results in infectious diseases greatly contribute to overtreatment and adverse events in patients. This is particularly important for blood cultures…