EAM past activities
| Year | EAM’s Key initiatives |
| 2011 | Article – the enemy within us: lessons from the 2011 European Escherichia coli O104:H4 outbreak |
| 2011 | Workshop – participation at the FEMS Congress 2011 included a 2 hour EAM/EMF-led Keynote Lecture and Roundtable Discussion on “Emerging Diseases — Pandemics, Drug Resistance and Vaccines” |
| 2012 | Seminar – a seminar addressing Coinfections was hosted by the European Academy of Microbiology (EAM) and the German National Academy of Sciences in Leopoldina. Ten speakers presented. A Special Edition ‘Co-infections’ was produced by the EAM and EMF in FEMS Journal Pathogens and Disease. It included a total of 10 x mini reviews / research articles. |
| 2013 | Workshop – Infection Diagnostics and Infection Biology |
| 2014 | Workshop – a retreat workshop with a number of presentations |
| 2015 | Special event – at FEMS 2015, EAM chaired the special event ‘Microbiome and human health’ |
| 2016 | Workshop – a retreat workshop with a number of presentations |
| 2017 | Workshop – at FEMS2017, EAM chaired a workshop ‘Bacterial Survival Strategies’ |
| 2018 | Workshop – a retreat workshop with a number of presentations |
Klebsiella pneumoniae infection biology: living to counteract host defences
Klebsiella species cause a wide range of diseases including pneumonia, urinary tract infections (UTIs), bloodstream infections and sepsis. These infections are particularly a problem among neonates, elderly and immunocompromised individuals. This review summarises the tremendous progress that has been made to uncover the sophisticated immune evasion strategies of K. pneumoniae. The co-evolution of Klebsiella in response to the challenge of an activated immune has made Klebsiella a formidable pathogen exploiting stealth strategies and actively suppressing innate immune defences to overcome host responses to survive in the tissues.
