Completion of a Questionnaire Entitled: “Incidence, Prevention and Clinical and Laboratory Management of Nosocomial Systemic Fungal Infections in Greece” (www.mycomedsurvey.gr)

Conducting a survey on behalf of the HSoMM

Contact person: Georgia Vryoni, MD, PhD, Professor of Microbiology

To be completed by the end of 2024.

Aims

To update a questionnaire on current management and diagnostic practices of Nosocomial Systemic Fungal Infections
- Questionnaire for clinicians
- Questionnaire for the laboratory
To create a database
To analyze and publish the data

To be completed within 2024.

Publication

Simou E., Koutsogeorgou E. Effects of the economic crisis on health and healthcare in Greece in the literature from 2009 to 2013: A systematic review. Health Policy. 2014;115:111–119. doi: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2014.02.002.
Valerio M., Vena A., Bouza E., Reiter N., Viale P., Hochreiter M., Giannella M., Muñoz P., COMIC study group (Collaborative group on Mycosis) How much European prescribing physicians know about invasive fungal infections management? BMC Infect. Dis. 2015;15:80. doi: 10.1186/s12879-015-0809-z.
Valerio M., Muñoz P., Rodríguez-González C., Sanjurjo M., Guinea J., Bouza E., COMIC study group (Collaborative group on Mycosis) Training should be the first step toward an antifungal stewardship program. Enferm. Infecc. Microbiol. Clin. 2015;33:221–227. doi: 10.1016/j.eimc.2014.04.016.
Sipsas NV, Pagoni MN, Kofteridis DP, Meletiadis J, Vrioni G, Papaioannou M, Antoniadou A, Petrikkos G, Samonis G. Management of Invasive Fungal Infections in Adult Patients with Hematological Malignancies in Greece during the Financial Crisis: Challenges and Recommendations. J Fungi (Basel). 2018 Aug 9;4(3):94. doi: 10.3390/jof4030094.