ESCMID: ESGFOR

Aims and objectives

With the aim of promoting standardisation and research in the field of forensic microbiology, the ESCMID Study Group of Forensic and Post-mortem Microbiology (ESGFOR) launched in October 2014 with the following main objectives:

Establishing European guidance for standardised microbiological sampling testing methods and results interpretation in forensic cases
Promoting cooperation between microbiologists, pathologists, and other specialists with shared points of interest

ESGFOR welcomes any person interested in ancient DNA, phylogenetics, organ and tissue transplants, biosafety and bioterrorism.

Activities and resources

Forensic Update VII: A Hands-on Workshop on Post-mortem Microbiology co-organised with the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhopal

Hands-on Workshop, 11-12 November 2024

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Biosafety Recommendations for Medico-legal Autopsies: Update after the COVID-19 pandemic

Fernández Liste A, Fernández-Rodríguez A, Muñoz Hernández V, Carnicero Cáceres S, Cohen MC, Morentin Campillo B; on behalf of ESGFOR & Spanish Society of Forensic Pathology. ESCMID. 2023 Dec.

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The future is now: Unraveling the expanding potential of human (necro)microbiome in forensic investigations.

Ferreira AC, Barbosa D, Saegeman V, Rodríguez AF, Oliveira RJD, Freitas AR; on behalf of ESGFOR. Microorganisms. 2023;11(10):2509.

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Webinar-Workshop ESGFOR-SEPAF “Challenging autopsy cases: what we may learn from them”

Online - 19 December 2023

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