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

Paniagua-García M, Bravo-Ferrer JM, Pérez-Galera S, Kostyanev T, de Kraker MEA, Feifel J, Palacios-Baena ZR, Schotsman J, Cantón R, Daikos GL, Carevic B, Dragovac G, Tan LK, Raka L, Hristea A, Viale P, Akova M, Cano Á, Reguera JM, Bartoloni A, Florescu SA, Benea S, Bukarica L, Asensio Á, Korten V et al. (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

Pérez-Galera S, Bravo-Ferrer JM, Paniagua M, Kostyanev T, de Kraker MEA, Feifel J, Sojo-Dorado J, Schotsman J, Cantón R, Daikos GL, Carevic B, Dragovac G, Tan LK, Raka L, Hristea A, Viale P, Akova M, Reguera JM, Valiente de Santis L, Torre-Cisneros J, Cano Á, Roilides E, Radulovic L, Kirakli C, Shaw E et al. (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

Troeman DPR, Hazard D, Timbermont L, Malhotra-Kumar S, van Werkhoven CH, Wolkewitz M, Ruzin A, Goossens H, Bonten MJM, Harbarth S, Sifakis F, Kluytmans JAJW, ASPIRE-SSI Study Team, Vlaeminck J, Vilken T, Xavier BB, Lammens C, van Esschoten M, Paling FP, Recanatini C, Coenjaerts F, Sellman B, Tkaczyk C, Weber S, Ekkelenkamp MB et al. (2023)
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

El-Sokkary R, Erdem H, Kullar R, Pekok AU, Amer F, Grgić S, Carevic B, El-Kholy A, Liskova A, Özdemir M, Khan EA, Kizmaz YU, Pandak N, Pandya N, Arapović J, Karaali R, Oztoprak N, Petrov MM, Alabadla R, Alay H, El Kholy JA, Landelle C, Khedr R, Mamtora D, Dragovac G et al. (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

Papst L, Luzzati R, Carević B, Tascini C, Gorišek Miksić N, Vlahović Palčevski V, Djordjevic ZM, Simonetti O, Sozio E, Lukić M, Stevanović G, Petek D, Beović B (2022)
Antimicrobial Use in Hospitalised Patients with COVID-19: An International Multicentre Point-Prevalence Study
Antibiotics (Basel), 11 (2)
DOI 10.3390/antibiotics11020176, PubMed 35203779

Shoaibi A, Rao GA, Voss EA, Ostropolets A, Mayer MA, Ramírez-Anguita JM, Maljković F, Carević B, Horban S, Morales DR, Duarte-Salles T, Fraboulet C, Le Carrour T, Denaxas S, Papez V, John LH, Rijneek PR, Minty E, Alshammari TM, Makadia R, Blacketer C, DeFalco F, Sena AG, Suchard MA, Prieto-Alhambra D et al. (2022)
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

El-Sokkary R, Uysal S, Erdem H, Kullar R, Pekok AU, Amer F, Grgić S, Carevic B, El-Kholy A, Liskova A, Özdemir M, Khan EA, Uygun-Kizmaz Y, Pandak N, Pandya N, Arapović J, Karaali R, Oztoprak N, Petrov MM, Alabadla R, Alay H, Kholy JAE, Landelle C, Khedr R, Mamtora D et al. (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

Hoffman T, Lellouche J, Nutman A, Temkin E, Frenk S, Harbarth S, Carevic B, Cohen-Percia S, Kariv Y, Fallach N, Klausner J, Carmeli Y, Resistance in Gram-Negative Organisms: Studying Intervention Strategies (R-GNOSIS) WP4 Study Group (2021)
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

Pauwels I, Versporten A, Drapier N, Vlieghe E, Goossens H, Global-PPS network (2021)
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

Niehus R, van Kleef E, Mo Y, Turlej-Rogacka A, Lammens C, Carmeli Y, Goossens H, Tacconelli E, Carevic B, Preotescu L, Malhotra-Kumar S, Cooper BS (2020)
Quantifying antibiotic impact on within-patient dynamics of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase resistance
Elife, 9
DOI 10.7554/eLife.49206, PubMed 32379042

Nutman A, Temkin E, Harbarth S, Carevic B, Ris F, Fankhauser-Rodriguez C, Radovanovic I, Dubinsky-Pertzov B, Cohen-Percia S, Kariv Y, Buchs N, Schiffer E, Fallach N, Klausner J, Carmeli Y (2020)
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

Dubinsky-Pertzov B, Temkin E, Harbarth S, Fankhauser-Rodriguez C, Carevic B, Radovanovic I, Ris F, Kariv Y, Buchs NC, Schiffer E, Cohen Percia S, Nutman A, Fallach N, Klausner J, Carmeli Y, R-GNOSIS WP4 Study Group (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

Tacconelli E, Górska A, De Angelis G, Lammens C, Restuccia G, Schrenzel J, Huson DH, Carević B, Preoţescu L, Carmeli Y, Kazma M, Spanu T, Carrara E, Malhotra-Kumar S, Gladstone BP (2019)
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

Versporten A, Zarb P, Caniaux I, Gros MF, Drapier N, Miller M, Jarlier V, Nathwani D, Goossens H, Global-PPS network (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