Aims and objectives

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a major global health concern and being able to track the spread of this silent pandemic is of the utmost importance. The ESCMID Study Group for Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance (ESGARS) was founded to bring clinical microbiologists, infectious diseases physicians and scientists together to be actively involved in the surveillance of AMR. Together the group aims to: 

  • Provide opportunity to enhance cooperation and to establish links with and between networks of resistance surveillance programs 
  • Promote awareness and facilitate the early detection of emerging antimicrobial resistance
  • Contribute to an understanding of the epidemiology of antimicrobial resistance in Europe
  • Reconcile techniques used in resistance surveillance and to investigate the diversity of European techniques
  • Provide an opportunity for training in resistance detection and surveillance
  • Improve access to European data on surveillance

Activities and resources

Last-line antibiotics against XDR/PDR Gram-negatives: Understanding phenotype-genotype correlations and PK/PD approaches 

Post-graduate course

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Hands on workshop on Pseudomonas aeruginosa resistance phenotypes and whole genome sequence resistome analysis 

Post-graduate course

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Executive Committee

  Spyros Pournaras

Spyros Pournaras

Chair
Attikon University General Hospital
Athens, Greece
  Antonio Oliver

Antonio Oliver

Science Officer
Hospital Son Espases, Microbiology
Palma de Mallorca, Spain
  Yesim Besli

Yesim Besli

Secretary
Amerikan Hastanesi, Department of Medical Microbiology
Istanbul, Turkey
  Iva Butic

Iva Butic

Education Officer
University Hospital for Infectious Diseases
Zagreb, Croatia
  Ini Adebiyi

Ini Adebiyi

Treasurer
University College Hospital
Ibadan, Nigeria

Contact

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