The ESCMID Study Group for Infections in the Elderly (ESGIE) aims to promote the multidisciplinary management of infections in the elderly, focusing on producing multicentre data on the epidemiology, clinical presentations, therapeutic management, and prevention. ESGIE is committed to enhancing care in this vulnerable population through:
Presentation, management, and outcomes of older compared to younger adults with hospital-acquired bloodstream infections in the intensive care unit: a multicenter cohort study.
Margalit I, Yahav D, Hoffman T, Tabah A, Ruckly S, Barbier F, Singer P, Timsit JF, Prendki V, Buetti N; EUROBACT-2 Study Group, the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM), the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) Study Groups for Infections in Critically Ill Patients (ESGCIP) and Infections in the Elderly (ESGIE), and the OUTCOMEREA Network. Infection. 2024 Dec;52(6):2435-2443
Recurrent Clostridioides difficile infections in solid organ transplant recipients: The international CALIPSO study.
Tiseo G, Yahav D, Atamna A, Avni T, Causse M, Pérez-Nadales E, Mularoni A, Reigadas E, Olmedo-Samperio M, Fernández-Ruiz M, Palacios-Baena ZR, Rodríguez-Baño J, De Simone P, Biancofiore G, Sabik EF, Paul M, Aguado JM, Boggi U, Muñoz P, Torres-Cisneros J, Farcomeni A, Falcone M; ESCMID Study Group for Infections in the Elderly (ESGIE). J Infect. 2024 Dec;89(6):106306
Challenges of antimicrobial stewardship among older adults.
Alves J, Prendki V, Chedid M, Yahav D, Bosetti D, Rello J; ESCMID Study group of infections in the elderly (ESGIE). Eur J Intern Med. 2024 Jun;124:5-13
Real-life experience with remdesivir for treatment of COVID-19 among older adults: A multicentre retrospective study.
Margalit I, Tiseo G, Ripa M, Borghi V, Green H, Prendki V, Riccardi N, Perego GB, Grembiale A, Galli L,Tinelli M, Castagna A, Mussini C, Falcone M, Yahav D. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2023;78(6):1505–1509.
Predictors of survival in elderly patients with coronavirus disease 2019 admitted to the hospital: derivation and validation of the FLAMINCOV score.
Tiseo G, Margalit I, Ripa M, Borghi V, Green H, Prendki V, Riccardi N, Dishon Y, Perego GB, Grembiale A,Galli L, Tinelli M, Castagna A, Mussini C, Yahav D, Paul M, Falcone M. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2023;29(3):379–385.
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