Biljana Carevic
- Head of section; MD
Short background
- MD University of Belgrade 1987
- Masters science Degree Military Medical University Belgrade 1996
- Specialist in Epidemiology 1992
- Infection Control Doctor 1995
- Primariarius Degree 2009
- President of the Serbian Association of Prevention Infection Control 2022-
- Infection Prevention and Control Consultant to Ministry of Health in Montenegro 2015-2019
- Regional and National Coordinator for EU FP 6 and FP 7 COMBACTE Projects 2016-2021
- WHO Consultant in Montenegro for the WHO “Assessment IPC Core Components at National and Facility level“ 2019- 2020
- Member of Executive Board of European Committee of Infection Control - EUCIC 2019 -
- Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases http://www.jmidonline.org 2019 -
- National Coordinator for EU HORIZON Projects: ECRAID projects 2021-2023
- Member of Ecraid Clinical Liaison Council 2023 -
- Special Advisor for IPC, Oslo University Hospital, November 2022- 2023; Head of section 2023-
Publications 2024
Attributable mortality of infections caused by carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales: results from a prospective, multinational case-control-control matched cohorts study (EURECA)
Clin Microbiol Infect, 30 (2), 223-230
DOI 10.1016/j.cmi.2023.11.008, PubMed 38267096
Publications 2023
Risk factors for infections caused by carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales: an international matched case-control-control study (EURECA)
EClinicalMedicine, 57, 101871
DOI 10.1016/j.eclinm.2023.101871, PubMed 36895801
Postoperative Staphylococcus aureus Infections in Patients With and Without Preoperative Colonization
JAMA Netw Open, 6 (10), e2339793
DOI 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.39793, PubMed 37906196
Publications 2022
Self-reported antibiotic stewardship and infection control measures from 57 intensive care units: An international ID-IRI survey
J Infect Public Health, 15 (9), 950-954
DOI 10.1016/j.jiph.2022.07.009, PubMed 35917656
Antimicrobial Use in Hospitalised Patients with COVID-19: An International Multicentre Point-Prevalence Study
Antibiotics (Basel), 11 (2)
DOI 10.3390/antibiotics11020176, PubMed 35203779
Phenotype Algorithms for the Identification and Characterization of Vaccine-Induced Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia in Real World Data: A Multinational Network Cohort Study
Drug Saf, 45 (6), 685-698
DOI 10.1007/s40264-022-01187-y, PubMed 35653017
Publications 2021
Profiles of multidrug-resistant organisms among patients with bacteremia in intensive care units: an international ID-IRI survey
Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis, 40 (11), 2323-2334
DOI 10.1007/s10096-021-04288-1, PubMed 34155547
The effect of prophylaxis with ertapenem versus cefuroxime/metronidazole on intestinal carriage of carbapenem-resistant or third-generation-cephalosporin-resistant Enterobacterales after colorectal surgery
Clin Microbiol Infect, 27 (10), 1481-1487
DOI 10.1016/j.cmi.2021.02.002, PubMed 33588061
Hospital antibiotic prescribing patterns in adult patients according to the WHO Access, Watch and Reserve classification (AWaRe): results from a worldwide point prevalence survey in 69 countries
J Antimicrob Chemother, 76 (6), 1614-1624
DOI 10.1093/jac/dkab050, PubMed 33822971
Publications 2020
Quantifying antibiotic impact on within-patient dynamics of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase resistance
Elife, 9
DOI 10.7554/eLife.49206, PubMed 32379042
Personalized Ertapenem Prophylaxis for Carriers of Extended-spectrum β-Lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae Undergoing Colorectal Surgery
Clin Infect Dis, 70 (9), 1891-1897
DOI 10.1093/cid/ciz524, PubMed 31613316
Publications 2019
Carriage of Extended-spectrum Beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae and the Risk of Surgical Site Infection After Colorectal Surgery: A Prospective Cohort Study
Clin Infect Dis, 68 (10), 1699-1704
DOI 10.1093/cid/ciy768, PubMed 30204851
Estimating the association between antibiotic exposure and colonization with extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Gram-negative bacteria using machine learning methods: a multicentre, prospective cohort study
Clin Microbiol Infect, 26 (1), 87-94
DOI 10.1016/j.cmi.2019.05.013, PubMed 31128285
Publications 2018
Antimicrobial consumption and resistance in adult hospital inpatients in 53 countries: results of an internet-based global point prevalence survey
Lancet Glob Health, 6 (6), e619-e629
DOI 10.1016/S2214-109X(18)30186-4, PubMed 29681513