The terms of three ESCMID Executive Committee members are ending in April 2026, therefore elections will be held among the membership at the end of 2025 to fill these three positions.

The Nomination Subcommittee encourages you to propose candidates, taking into consideration their professional excellence, leadership abilities in managing complex organisations, communication skills and contributions to the activities of ESCMID.

Deadline to submit is 31 August 2025.

Science and Research

We are pleased to invite you to join the next webinar held in collaboration with the International Society of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (ISAC). Explore how hospital design directly impacts infection control in this insightful webinar featuring two leading experts, Margreet Vos and Paul Anantharajah Tambyah moderated by ESCMID President, Robert Skov and ISAC President Elect, Souha Kanj.

We are looking for ESCMID members who have some previous leadership experience within ESCMID and are experts in the field of vaccines to apply for the Director role in the new Vaccines Subcommittee. The full details of the position and qualifications needed are available in the call sheet found on our webpage under Jobs & Talents.

Education

This course is targeted for microbiologists and infectious disease specialists who seek to update their knowledge on the theoretical and practical aspects of current and advanced diagnosis and management of endocarditis and endovascular infections. The aim is to enhance participants’ understanding of diagnosis, treatment, infection control, improve practices, and prepare for the future.

This postgraduate course programme covers a range of viral infections commonly encountered in critical patients, particularly in the intensive care units, including viro-sepsis, influenza, COVID-19, adenovirus, dengue, hantavirus, human metapneumovirus, respiratory syncytial virus, human parainfluenza viruses, and reactivating agents like cytomegalovirus, herpes simplex virus, and Epstein-Barr virus.

Congress and Events

Sign up today for the 14th International Meeting on Microbial Epidemiological Markers (IMMEM XIV)! Enhance your knowledge and skills on microbial fingerprinting, harnessing these biotools for real world applications like environmental surveillance, antimicrobial susceptibility testing, and more. Session topics range from what's new in bioinformatics and how genomics inform resistance profiling to pathogen surveillance in a One Health framework and wastewater surveillance.

With the launch of the new ESCMID Media streaming platform, we released the video recordings of the top-rated abstracts from ESCMID Global 2025. No congress registration is needed, members can just login with their account and check out the very best of the abstract programme from our congress this year.

Guidelines and Journals

Measles cases are increasing in Canada, the USA, Mexico, and the UK, with Vietnam-linked imported cases in South Korea signalling sustained transmission and risk to unvaccinated travellers. Europe reports local spread of arthropod-borne viruses: chikungunya (31), dengue (4), West Nile virus (9, one fatal), and Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (4), with rising case numbers expected. Colombia reports 100 yellow fever cases with 35% fatality in unvaccinated people. Japan sees record SFTS cases (91, 9 fatal), a tickborne haemorrhagic virus with potential human-to-human spread. Mpox alerts include Clade II in Sierra Leone and Guinea, and two Clade I travel-related cases in Australia.

ESCMID’s journal, Clinical Microbiology and Infection (CMI) has an open call to join their editorial team as fellows. These fellowships will train early career professionals on research and adequate reporting methods as well as prepare them for roles as editors. You can read the full call sheet on the CMI website and learn how to apply. The deadline is 01 September 2025.

Methenamine hippurate as prophylaxis for recurrent urinary tract infections in older women - a triple-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled, phase IV trial (ImpresU)

Neighborhood deprivation, antimicrobial resistance, and mortality in patients with Enterobacterales: a retrospective cohort study