European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
Swiss-based scientific international organization / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) is a non-profit international organization with headquarters in Basel, Switzerland. An important activity of the society is the organization of the annual scientific congress ESCMID Global (formerly known as ECCMID).[2]
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Abbreviation | ESCMID |
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Formation | February 12, 1983; 41 years ago (1983-02-12); known as European Society of Clinical Microbiology (ESCM) before 1990[1] |
Headquarters | Basel, Switzerland |
Region | Europe |
Fields | Medical microbiology, Infectious Diseases |
Membership (2024) | 11K people |
President | Dr. Robert Leo Skov |
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Key people | Simone Brüderli (COO of ESCMID Office) |
Affiliations | EUCAST |
Website | www |
The congress began as a biannual event, with about 1,500 participants at its inaugural occurrence in 1983. It became an annual event in 2000, and it has grown since then, now attracting over 16,000 participants annually.[3] More than 5,000 scientific abstracts are submitted for inclusion each year by researchers from multiple countries. The most recent ESCMID Global was held in April 2024 in a hybrid format, both online and onsite, in Barcelona, Spain.[4]