The ESCMID Study Group for Mobile Elements And Plasmids (ESGMAP) serves as a reference and coordinating group within ESCMID, dedicated to advancing research, detection, and control of mobile elements and plasmids. These elements are fundamental drivers of antimicrobial resistance, virulence, and bacterial evolution, influencing microbial populations in clinical, environmental, and agricultural settings.
ESGMAP is committed to:
Twelve years of genomic surveillance of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium: emergence of linear vanA and bacteriocin-carrying plasmids challenging infection control.
Almeida-Santos AC, Tedim AP, Duarte B, Pereira AP, Silva LM, Teixeira J, Castro AP, Roer L, Hammerum AM, Hasman H, Coque TM, Novais C, Freitas AR, Peixe L; ESCMID Study Group for Epidemiological Markers (ESGEM), and ESCMID Study Group on Mobile Elements and Plasmids (ESGMAP). Genome Med. 2026 May 5;18(1):56
Cross-border spread of a mosaic resistance (OXA-48) and virulence (aerobactin) plasmid in Klebsiella pneumoniae: a European Antimicrobial Resistance Genes Surveillance Network investigation, Europe, February 2019 to October 2024.
Linkevicius M, Alm E, Roer L, Svartström O, Dada-Olorunwa M, Räisänen K, Reichert F, Möller S, Clarke C, Cormican M, Niedre-Otomere B, Vangravs R, Greičius P, Burduniuc O, Anton M, Hendrickx APA, Witteveen S, Müller V, Palm D, Plachouras D, Monnet DL, Hasman H, Kohlenberg A. Euro Surveill. 2025 Jul;30(27):2500439
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