ESCMID is seeking a qualified member to take this unique opportunity to lead the scientific and educational direction of our annual congress, ESCMID Global. You can learn more about the requirements in the official call sheet and apply before the deadline on 27 February.

Science and Research

Be sure to take part in the AMR Science-Policy Forum during Education Friday at ESCMID Global 2026. Open to all congress attendees, the programme features unique sessions designed to foster interactive, solution-oriented discussions. See the preliminary programme online now.

Michael Sharland (ESCMID AMR Action Subcommittee) delivered a comprehensive webinar on the Independent Panel on Evidence for Action on Antimicrobial Resistance (IPEA) for HITAP Thailand. The session highlighted the value of integrating evidence from diverse disciplines and the importance of independent scientific evidence in guiding AMR policy and practice. Watch this webinar now!

Education

This online course equips clinicians and specialists with the latest insights into antibiotic pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics, breakpoint setting, individualised dosing strategies and therapeutic drug monitoring to improve patient outcomes and combat antimicrobial resistance.

This course is part of the ESCMID AMS Certificate Programme and has a few spots available for additional participants.

Deepen your expertise in surveillance, evidence-based prevention strategies, guideline-driven best practices and perioperative interventions to reduce SSI risk. Don’t miss this opportunity to make a measurable impact on surgical outcomes!

This course is part of the ESCMID EUCIC IPC Certificate Programme and has a few spots available for additional participants.

Congress and Events

Don’t miss out on the opportunities to take part in hands-on special sessions during Education Friday at ESCMID Global 2026 covering AMS, AMR and IPC. Take part in a real-time stewardship simulation and uncover the barriers and drivers for prescription decisions.

The ESCMID Mobile Lab is back again at ESCMID Global 2026. Claire Rogers returns with microscopy workshops exploring parasitology. In addition, we are expanding into fungal identification and culture techniques thanks to our Fungal Infections Study Group (EFISG). Register today to secure your spot!

Guidelines and Journals

Josh Davis, Emily McDonald, and Steven Tong assemble to discuss some of their top infectious diseases papers published in 2025. Bassam Ghanem, whom one might know better as Antibiotic Steward on social media, was also invited to share his favourite publications of 2025.

In this week’s Epi Alert you can find updates on the end of the first Marburg virus disease outbreak in Ethiopia and re-emerging chikungunya activity across multiple regions, including the United States, Central America, South America, and India. Meanwhile, mpox continues to spread globally with new country detections and rising case counts, and New World screwworm transmission persists in Mexico and Central America with expansion into new areas.

The role of viridans streptococci and anaerobic bacteria of the oral cavity in paediatric parapneumonic pleural effusions/empyema

Weighted-Incidence Syndromic Combination Antibiogram to Guide Antibiotic Regimens for Empiric Treatment of Prosthetic Joint Infections: A Retrospective Cohort Study