Basic Science

• Basic Science Research on Mechanisms of Microbial Pathogenesis and Host Response

• Basic Science - others

Molecular Biology, including Diagnostics

• Molecular Diagnostic Methods

• Molecular typing

• Molecular biology - others

Diagnostics

• Diagnostic/laboratory methods (other than molecular)

• Point-of-care tests

• Diagnostics – others

Antimicrobials

• Antibiotic stewardship and Antibiotic usage

• Antimicrobial Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics and General Pharmacology

• Mechanisms of action and resistance

• In vitro antibacterial susceptibility and drug interaction studies

• New and “old” antimicrobials

• Methods for antibacterial and antifungal susceptibility testing

• Antimicrobials - others

Clinical ID

• Community-acquired infections including CAP, sepsis, STD,...

• Antimicrobial clinical trials

• Mycobacterial infections (including diagnosis)

• Infections in the immunocompromised host and transplant recipients

• Pediatric infections

• Clinical ID - others

Mycology

• Resistance and mechanisms of action of antifungals

• Fungal infections and antifungal therapy

• Mycology - others

Virology

• AIDS and HIV infection

• Hepatitis

• Emerging, epidemic and pandemic viral diseases

• Virology - others

Tropical medicine and parasitology

• Travel medicine, tropical and parasitic diseases

Vaccines and immunology

• Vaccines

• Immunology, host defenses, immunotherapy

Infection Control & HAIs

• General infection control measures (hand hygiene, isolation, PPE use, …)

• Cleaning, disinfection & sterilization

• Healthcare associated Infections (HAP, SSI, UTI, BSI, CLABSI)

• IC & HAIs others

Epidemiology

• Epidemiology of MRSA, VRE and other Gram-positives

• Epidemiology of MDR Gram-negatives

• Surveys of molecular epidemiology of resistance and resistance genes, strains or serotypes

Public Health

• Public health and community-acquired infections

• Emerging infectious diseases (non-viral)

• Public Health - others

Information technology & eHealth

• Electronic resources, e-support, eHealth, and big-data