The ESCMID Study Group for Infectious Diseases of the Brain (ESGIB) aims to bring together international experts on diagnostics, treatment, and pathophysiology of infections of the brain. To advance their mission, ESGIB is committed to:
ESGIB Newsletter 1, 2023, March 2023
ESGIB Newsletter 2, 2023, June 2023
ESGIB Newsletter 3, 2023, December 2023
European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases guidelines on diagnosis and treatment of brain abscess in children and adults.
Bodilsen J, D'Alessandris QG, Humphreys H, Iro MA, Klein M, Last K, Montesinos IL, Pagliano P, Sipahi OR, San-Juan R, Tattevin P, Thurnher M, Rangel RJT, Brouwer MC; ESCMID Study Group for Infections of the Brain (ESGIB). Clin Microbiol Infect. 2024;30(1):66–89.
Community-acquired Staphylococcus aureus meningitis in adults.
Van Soest TM, Søndermølle MB, Brouwer MC, Chekrouni N, Larsen AR, Petersen A, van Sorge NM, Nielsen H, van de Beek D, Bodilsen J; DASGIB study group. J Infect. 2023;86(3):239–244.
Pericytes are protective in experimental pneumococcal meningitis through regulating leukocyte infiltration and blood-brain barrier function.
Teske NC, Dyckhoff-Shen S, Beckenbauer P, Jan Philipp Bewersdorf, Engelen-Lee JY, Hammerschmidt D,Kälin R, Pfister HW, Brouwer MC, Klein M, Glaß R, van de Beek D, Koedel U. J Neuroinflammation. 2023;20(1):267.
Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy treated by immune checkpoint inhibitors.
Boumaza X, Bonneau B, Roos-Weil D, Pinnetti C, Rauer S, Nitsch L, Del Bello A, Jelcic I, Sühs KW,Gasnault J, Goreci Y, Grauer O, Gnanapavan S, Wicklein R, Lambert N, Perpoint T, Beudel M, Clifford D, Sommet A, Cortese I, Martin-Blondel G, for the Immunotherapy for PMLStudy Group. Ann Neurol. 2023;93(2):257–270.
Encephalitis in travellers: a prospective multicentre study.
Picard L, Mailles A, Fillâtre P, Tattevin P, Stahl JP; ENCEIF scientific committee. J Travel Med. 2023;30(2):taac145.
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