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European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases is a comprehensive resource for original research related to infectious diseases, covering bacterial, viral, fungal, and parasitic infections. It examines pathogenesis, diagnosis, epidemiology, therapy, and prevention, and presents articles in formats including full-length studies, concise reviews, brief reports, and letters, with priority given to translational applications of basic research findings.

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Subject Infectious Diseases
Impact Factor 3
Quartile Q2
Open Access Type Hybrid
ISSN 0934-9723
eISSN 1435-4373
Invitation Only No
Cost Range Hybrid journal; Article Processing Charges vary by journal for Open Choice open access.

Submission Instructions

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases accepts the following article types. Click on an article type to view submission instructions.

Reviews

Cover Letter Cover Letter requirements are not specified.
Abstract An abstract is required. Abstract must be 150 to 250 words. Abstract must be structured. Abstract must be divided into Purpose, Methods, Results, and Conclusion.
Manuscript Review articles should be approximately 5,000 words excluding references. Review articles should consist of a title page, abstract, text, references, and tables and/or figures if any. Review articles must include 4 to 6 keywords, a heading titled 'Statements and Declarations' after the references with Funding and Competing Interests statements, documentation of any Large Language Model use in the Methods section or another suitable section, a statement identifying who had the idea for the article, who performed the literature search and data analysis, and who drafted and/or critically revised the work, and a disclosure statement.
References Citations must be numbered in square brackets. Reference list entries must be numbered consecutively and include only works cited in the text that have been published or accepted for publication, with DOI links included when available.
Figures & Tables Figures should be submitted within the body of the text unless file size causes upload problems, in which case large figures should be submitted separately. Tables and figures must be numbered with Arabic numerals, cited in the text in consecutive numerical order, and accompanied by concise captions, with figure captions included in the manuscript text file rather than in the figure file.
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Original Articles

Cover Letter Cover Letter requirements are not specified.
Abstract Abstract is required. Abstract must be 150 to 250 words. Abstract must be structured. Abstract must be divided into Purpose, Methods, Results, and Conclusion.
Manuscript Manuscript should be approximately 3,500 to 4,500 words excluding references. Manuscript should contain the sections in this order: title page, abstract, keywords, introduction, materials and methods, results, discussion, acknowledgement if any, references, and tables and/or figures if any. Manuscript must include 4 to 6 keywords, a disclosure statement, a data availability statement, a heading titled 'Statements and Declarations' after the references with Funding and Competing Interests statements, and documentation of any Large Language Model use in the Methods section or another suitable section if Methods is not available.
References References must be cited in the text using numbers in square brackets and listed consecutively in a numbered reference list containing only works cited in the text that have been published or accepted for publication, with full DOI links included when available.
Figures & Tables Figures should be submitted within the body of the text unless file size causes upload problems, in which case large figures should be submitted separately, and tables and/or figures should appear after the references if included. Figures and tables must be numbered with Arabic numerals, cited in the text in consecutive numerical order, and accompanied by concise captions or legends, with figure captions included in the manuscript text file rather than in the figure files.
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Brief Reports

Cover Letter Cover Letter requirements are not specified.
Abstract Abstract is required for Brief Reports. Abstract must be less than 100 words.
Manuscript Brief Reports must be no more than 1500 words. Brief Reports must contain a title page, abstract, text, and references. Manuscripts must include 4 to 6 keywords, a heading titled 'Statements and Declarations' after the references with Funding and Competing Interests statements, and documentation of any Large Language Model use in the Methods section or another suitable part of the manuscript if no Methods section is available.
References Citations must be numbered in square brackets. Reference list entries must be numbered consecutively and include only works cited in the text that have been published or accepted for publication, with full DOI links when available.
Figures & Tables Figures should be submitted within the body of the text unless file size causes upload problems, in which case large figures should be submitted separately. Tables and figures must be numbered with Arabic numerals, cited in consecutive numerical order in the text, and accompanied by captions or legends, with figure captions included in the manuscript text file rather than in the figure files.
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Letters

Cover Letter Cover Letter requirements are not specified.
Abstract Abstract must be 150 to 250 words. Abstract must be structured. Abstract must use the headings Purpose, Methods, Results, and Conclusion.
Manuscript Letters should be around 800 words excluding references. Letters must be written in a neutral tone and all comments or discussion must relate to the original published article. Manuscript must include 4 to 6 keywords, a heading titled 'Statements and Declarations' after the References section with Funding and Competing Interests statements, and documentation of any Large Language Model use in the Methods section or another suitable section if no Methods section is available.
References Letters should include no more than 10 references. Citations must be numbered in square brackets in the text, and references must be listed consecutively as a numbered list with full DOI links when available.
Figures & Tables Letters may include no more than 2 tables and/or figures in total. Figures should be submitted within the body of the text unless file size causes upload problems, in which case large figures should be submitted separately. Each figure and table must be numbered in Arabic numerals, cited in consecutive numerical order in the text, and accompanied by a concise caption.
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Invited Editorials

Cover Letter Cover Letter requirements are not specified.
Abstract Abstract requirements are not specified.
Manuscript Invited Editorials should consist of a title page, text, references, and tables and/or figures if included. The manuscript must include a heading titled 'Statements and Declarations' after the references, with Funding and Competing Interests statements, and 4 to 6 keywords are required.
References Citations must be numbered in square brackets. The reference list must include only cited published or accepted works, be numbered consecutively, and include full DOI links when available.
Figures & Tables Figures should be submitted within the body of the text unless file size causes upload problems, in which case large figures should be submitted separately. Tables and figures must be numbered with Arabic numerals, cited in consecutive numerical order, and accompanied by captions, with figure captions included in the manuscript text file rather than in the figure files.
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Recent Publications

Selective statin therapy and nasal staphylococcal colonisation: a retrospective case-control study

Zahraa Abbas, Jeffery Hughes, Bruce Sunderland, Richard Parsons, Matthew Rawlins, Owen Robinson, Petra Czarniak

10.1007/s10096-026-05646-7
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Risk factors for polymicrobial klebsiella pneumoniae bloodstream infection: a retrospective cohort study using the antimicrobial resistance monitoring database

Huian Ge, Jianhao Su, Gaoxiang Xu, Yanan Li, Zhikang Xiao, Jiaqing Yan, Yigeng Peng, Jianzhong Xu, Chen Qiu, Ri Liu

10.1007/s10096-026-05635-w
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Clinical and microbiological characteristics and outcomes of complicated urinary tract infections managed in a hospital-at-home programme: a prospective observational cohort study

Lira Pelari-Mici, Elena Arranz Canales, Alexia Constanza Espiño Álvarez, Eva María Fernández Bermejo, Ángela Sánchez Juez, Victoria Gutiérrez Gómez-Lus, Fernando Ruiz Berraco, Saida Alonso Marrero, Jaime Bustos Carpio, José Curbelo, Eduardo Albers Acosta, Pablo Rodríguez-Cortés

10.1007/s10096-026-05648-5
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In vitro activity of aztreonam-avibactam against carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa from Southern Brazil

Gabriela da Silva Collar, Natália Kehl Moreira, Patrícia Orlandi Barth, Maria do Carmo Fontourac Pereira, Afonso Luís Barth, Juliana Caierão

10.1007/s10096-026-05647-6
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A genomic snapshot of hospital-adapted CC17 vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium colonising high-risk patients in Serbia

Ana Janjusevic, Rajna Minic, Ivana Cirkovic

10.1007/s10096-026-05644-9
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A submission letter is used when suggesting reviewers, and unpublished material included in the manuscript should be mentioned in a cover letter to the Editor. Letters to the Editor require a pre-submission enquiry before formal submission.

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Research Topics

Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections Streptococcal Infections and Treatments Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy Antifungal resistance and susceptibility Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management Mycobacterium research and diagnosis Bacterial Infections and Vaccines Antibiotic Use and Resistance Urinary Tract Infections Management Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing Respiratory viral infections research Fungal Infections and Studies Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment Reproductive tract infections research Nosocomial Infections in ICU Viral Infections and Vectors Vector-borne infectious diseases Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology Vibrio bacteria research studies

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