Scaring and encouraging news on diagnosis, spreading, and therapy of resistant organisms: the ECCMID 2017 in Vienna

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The European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) is the annual meeting of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID). This year it took place from 22 to 25 April 2017 in Vienna, Austria. Meanwhile, ECCMID is referred to as the world’s largest congress combining the fields of infectious diseases and clinical microbiology. Researchers presented more than 3000 regular and late-breaking abstracts with the latest findings and recommendations, which are set to help improve diagnosis, prevention and treatment of infection-related diseases. The congress offered almost 200 sessions, including keynote lectures, symposia, oral sessions, and other interactive formats. ECCMID hosted almost 12,000 participants from more than 100 countries. Some of the highlights may be briefly referred to here as my personal selection: …