Infectious diseases
The Scientific Panel on Infectious diseases focuses on providing guidelines for the diagnosis and management of infections of the nervous system.
It is also supporting educational curricula for the annual congresses, where a main topic, a teaching course or a focused workshop devoted to infections of the nervous system are presented by experts in the field.
So far six guidelines were published and include:
- Steiner I, Schmutzhard E, Sellner J, Chaudhuri A, Kennedy P G E. EFNS-ENS guidelines for the use of PCR technology for the diagnosis of infections of the nervous system. Eur J Neurol. 2012; 19:1278–1291.
- Mygland a., Ljostad U., fingerl V., Schmutzhard E., Steiner I.. EFNS Guidelines on the diagnosis and management of European Lyme dneuroborreliosis. Eur J Neurol 2010; 17:8-16, e1-4
- Steiner I., Budka H., Chaudhuri A, Koskiniemi M, Sainio K, Salonen O, Kennedy PG. Viral meningoencephalitis: a review of diagnostic methods and guidelines for management. Eur J Neurol. 2010; 17:999-e57
- Chaudhuri A, Martinez-Martin P, Kennedy PG, Andrew Seaton R, Portegies P, Bojar M, Steiner I; Chaudhuri A, Martinez-Martin P, Kennedy PG, Andrew Seaton R, Portegies P, Bojar M, Steiner I. EFNS guideline on the management of community-acquired bacterial meningitis: report of an EFNS Task Force on acute bacterial meningitis in older children and adults. Eur J Neurol. 2008; 15:649-659.
- Steiner I, Budka H, Chaudhuri A, Koskiniemi M, Sainio K, Salonen O, Kennedy PG. Viral encephalitis: a review of diagnostic methods and guidelines for management. Eur J Neurol. 2005; 12:331-343.
- Portegies P, Solod L, Cinque P, Chaudhuri A, Begovac J, Everall I, Weber T, Bojar M, Martinez-Martin P, Kennedy PG. Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of neurological complications of HIV infection. Eur J Neurol. 2004; 11:297-304.
The "Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of opportunistic infections in the nervous system" are under preparation.
Individual panel members

Baringer, Richard J.
United States

Chakhava, George G.
(Assoc.Prof.)
Tbilisi,
Georgia

Chaudhuri, Abhijit
(MD, DM, PhD, FACP, FRCP, FEAN)
Romford,
United Kingdom

Harizi, Edlira
(MD, PhD)
Durres,
Albania

Helbok, Raimund
(MD)
Innsbruck,
Austria

Porta-Etessam, Jesús
(MD, PhD, Assoc Prof, FEAN)
Madrid,
Spain

Spatola, Marianna
(MD, PhD)
Cambridge,
United States

Steck, Andreas J.
(MD, Prof, FEAN)
Epalinges,
Switzerland

Taba, Pille
(MD, Prof, FEAN)
Tartu,
Estonia

Tranchant, Christine
(MD, Prof, FEAN)
Strasbourg,
France
RRFS Members
Abramova, Anna
St. Petersburg,
Russian Federation

Bernard-Valnet, Raphael
(MD, PhD)
Lausanne,
Switzerland

Kerstens, Jeroen
Deurne,
Belgium
KIM, I Room
Mistelbach,
Austria

Muñiz Castrillo, Sergio
Stanford,
United States
Partner Society Representatives

AOAN Representative
Pal, Pramod
India
EPNS representative
Rostásy, Kevin
(Prof. Dr.)
Datteln,
Germany
Institutional panel members
Abreu, Pedro
(Dr)
Porto,
Portugal

Arvaniti, Xrisa
Greece

Bakirtzis, Christos
Thessaloniki,
Greece

Bernard-Valnet, Raphael
(MD, PhD)
Lausanne,
Switzerland

Budai, József
(MD)
Budapest,
Hungary

Davies, Nicholas
(PhD, FRCP)
London,
United Kingdom

de Broucker, Thomas
(MD)
Saint Denis,
France

Dumanscaia, Maria
(Resident doctor)
Chisinau,
Moldova

Duque, Cristina
Porto,
Portugal

Eikeland, Randi
(MD)
Froland,
Norway

Ferrari, Sergio
(MD)
Verona,
Italy

Fiszer, Urszula
(MD, Prof)
Warsaw,
Poland

Garcia-Moncó, Juan Carlos
(MD)
Bilbao, Vizcaya,
Spain
Gardin, Anna
Messina,
Italy

Gūtmane, Evija
(Dr.)
Latvia

Jelcic, Ilijas
(Dr. med.)
Zurich,
Switzerland

Karelis, Guntis
(PhD)
Riga,
Latvia

Lehrmann Ægidius, Karen
(Ms.)
Copenhagen,
Denmark

Manole, Elena
(MD, AssProf)
Chisinau,
Moldova

Martinez, Laurent
France
Mina, Yair
Tel aviv,
Israel

NIKOLAIDIS, IOANNIS
(PhD)
Thessaloniki,
Greece

Shprah, Vladimir
(MD, Prof)
Aland
Siminenco-Rotari, Anastasia
Baciu,
Romania
Staromłyńska, Urszula
Lodz,
Poland

Taba, Pille
(MD, Prof, FEAN)
Tartu,
Estonia

Thoma, Julie
(MD)

Toncev, Gordana
(MD, Prof)
Kragujevac,
Serbia

Valaikiene, Jurgita
(MD, Assoc. Prof.)
Vilnius,
Lithuania

van de Beek, Diederik
(MD, PhD, Prof, FEAN)
Amsterdam,
The Netherlands

Vasile, Mihai Titus
(MD)
Bucharest,
Romania

Velhin, Svitaslau
(MD)
Minsk,
Belarus

Voloshyn-Gaponov, Ivan K.
(MD)
Ukraine

Vucic, Marija
Afghanistan

Weber, Jörg
(MD)
Berlin,
Germany

Yaka, Erdem
(MD)

Zulehner, Gudrun
(MD)
Vienna,
Austria