Completed Projects

The Semmelweis Framework: structuring evidence foundations and expert opinion in clinical practice guidelines

Nagavci B, Andrews MR, Vikse J, Studenic P, Stamm T, Lakatos B.
BMC Med Res Methodol. 2026.

Role: Principal Investigator; led framework development

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Organisations Semmelweis University

ESCMID Manual for Clinical Practice Guidelines and Other Guidance Documents

European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 2025

Role: Contributed to methodological development and guideline-programme infrastructure

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Organisations European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID)

ERS Handbook for Clinical Practice Guidelines

Methodological guidance for developing ERS Clinical Practice Guidelines
European Respiratory Society, 2021

Role: Led methodological development; first author

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Organisations European Respiratory Society (ERS)

The ESCMID framework for reaching consensus in clinical guidelines

Nagavci B, Joean O, Tschudin-Sutter S, Tacconelli E, Paul M, Langendam M, Kostyanev T, Molina J, Stahl JP, Zervos M, Bodilsen J, Paño-Pardo JR, Scudeller L.
Clin Microbiol Infect. 2026.

Role: Project lead

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Organisations European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID)

Defining expert opinion in clinical guidelines: insights from 98 scientific societies – a methodological study

Nagavci B, Gáspár Z, Lakatos B.
BMC Med Res Methodol. 2025;25(1):87.

Role: Principal Investigator

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Organisations Semmelweis University

ERS/ESICM/ESCMID/ALAT guidelines for the management of severe community-acquired pneumonia

Martin-Loeches I, Torres A, Nagavci B, Aliberti S, Antonelli M, Bassetti M, Bos LD, Chalmers JD, Derde L, de Waele J, Garnacho-Montero J, Kollef M, Luna CM, Menendez R, Niederman MS, Ponomarev D, Restrepo MI, Rigau D, Schultz MJ, Weiss E, Welte T, Wunderink R.
Intensive Care Med. 2023 Jun;49(6):615-632. Epub 2023 Apr 4. Erratum in: Intensive Care Med. 2023 Aug;49(8):1040-1041. PMID: 37012484; PMCID: PMC10069946.

Role: Methodological guidance and supervision

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Organisations European Respiratory Society (ERS), European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM), European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID), Latin American Thoracic Association (ALAT)

ESCMID clinical guidelines on the evaluation and management of a reported antibiotic allergy

Joean O, Sermet K, Ashkenazi-Hoffnung L, Kiymaz YC, Blumenthal K, Bonazzetti C, Chiriac AM, Gomez-Zorrilla S, Karakike E, Khatamzas E, Powell N, Trubiano JA, Wijnakker R, Sandoe J, Nagavci B, De Boer MGJ.
Clin Microbiol Infect. 2026 May;32(5):767-787. Epub 2026 Feb 16. PMID: 41707748.

Role: Methodological guidance and supervision

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Organisations European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID)

European Respiratory Society and European Society of Thoracic Surgeons clinical practice guideline on fitness for curative intent treatment of lung cancer

Brunelli A, Hardavella G, Huber RM, Berghmans T, Frille A, Rodriguez M, Tietzova I, Depypere L, Asteggiano R, Batchelor T, Costantini A, De Ruysscher D, Durieux V, Faivre-Finn C, Ferguson MK, Langer D, Marczin N, Nagavci B, Novoa N, Pompili C, Rawlinson J, Snoeckx A, Tonia T, van Geffen WH, Williams C, Caruana EJ, Akin Kabalak P, Mansmann U, Fallet V, Kauffmann-Guerrero D, Paesmans M, Al Tawil A, Alhannoush N, Creamer AW, Kourouni I, Blum TG.
Eur Respir J. 2025;66:2500156.

Role: Methodological guidance and supervision

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Organisations European Respiratory Society (ERS), European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (ESTS)

ERS/EULAR clinical practice guidelines for connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung disease

Antoniou KM, Distler O, Gheorghiu A-M, Moor CC, Vikse J, Bizymi N, Galetti I, Brown G, Bargagli E, Allanore Y, Corte TJ, Dieudé P, Cottin V, Fisher BA, Fabre A, Giles JT, Kreuter M, Lundberg IE, Poletti V, Maurer B, Renzoni EA, Müller-Ladner U, Strek ME, Sverzellati N, Studenic P, Mohammed J, Nagavci B, Stamm T, Tonia T, Crestani B, Hoffmann-Vold A-M.
Eur Respir J. 2025;2500896.

Role: Methodological guidance and supervision

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Organisations European Respiratory Society (ERS), European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology (EULAR)

Joint ERS/EACTS/ESTS clinical practice guidelines on adults with spontaneous pneumothorax

Walker S, Hallifax R, Ricciardi S, Fitzgerald D, Keijzers M, Lauk O, Petersen J, Bertolaccini L, Bodtger U, Clive A, Elia S, Froudarakis M, Janssen J, Lee YCG, Licht P, Massard G, Nagavci B, Neudecker J, Roessner E, Van Schil P, Waller D, Walles T, Cardillo G, Maskell N, Rahman N.
Eur Respir J. 2024 May 28;63(5):2300797. PMID: 38806203.

Role: Methodological guidance and supervision

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Organisations European Respiratory Society (ERS), European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS), European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (ESTS)

European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases/European Committee on infection control clinical guidelines on pre-operative decolonization and targeted prophylaxis in patients colonized by multidrug-resistant Gram-positive bacteria before surgery

Righi E, Mutters NT, Guirao X, Dolores Del Toro M, Eckmann C, Friedrich AW, Giannella M, Presterl E, Christaki E, Cross ELA, Visentin A, Sganga G, Tsioutis C, Tacconelli E, Kluytmans J.
Clin Microbiol Infect. 2024;30(12):1537-1550.

Role: Methodological guidance and supervision

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Organisations European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID), European Committee on Infection Control (EUCIC)

ERS clinical practice guidelines on treatment of sarcoidosis

Baughman RP, Valeyre D, Korsten P, Mathioudakis AG, Wuyts WA, Wells A, Rottoli P, Nunes H, Lower EE, Judson MA, Israel-Biet D, Grutters JC, Drent M, Culver DA, Bonella F, Antoniou K, Martone F, Quadder B, Spitzer G, Nagavci B, Tonia T, Rigau D, Ouellette DR.
Eur Respir J. 2021;58:2004079.

Role: Methodological guidance and support

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Organisations European Respiratory Society (ERS)

2022 ESC/ERS Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary hypertension

Humbert M, Kovacs G, Hoeper MM, Badagliacca R, Berger RMF, Brida M, Carlsen J, Coats AJS, Escribano-Subias P, Ferrari P, Ferreira DS, Ghofrani HA, Giannakoulas G, Kiely DG, Mayer E, Meszaros G, Nagavci B, Olsson KM, Pepke-Zaba J, Quint JK, Rådegran G, Simonneau G, Sitbon O, Tonia T, Toshner M, Vachiery JL, Vonk Noordegraaf A, Delcroix M, Rosenkranz S; ESC/ERS Scientific Document Group.
Eur Heart J. 2022 Oct 11;43(38):3618-3731. Erratum in: Eur Heart J. 2023 Apr 17;44(15):1312. PMID: 36017548.

Role: Methodological guidance and support

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Organisations European Society of Cardiology (ESC), European Respiratory Society (ERS)

ERS statement on benign pleural effusions in adults

Sundaralingam A, Grabczak EM, Burra P, Costa MI, George V, Harriss E, Jankowska EA, Janssen JP, Karpathiou G, Laursen CB, Maceviciute K, Maskell N, Mei F, Nagavci B, Panou V, Pinelli V, Porcel JM, Ricciardi S, Shojaee S, Welch H, Zanetto A, Udayaraj UP, Cardillo G, Rahman NM.
Eur Respir J. 2024 Jul 26;64(6):2302307. PMID: 39060018.

Role: Methodological guidance and supervision

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Organisations European Respiratory Society (ERS)

European Respiratory Society clinical practice guidelines: methodological guidance

Nagavci B, Tonia T, Roche N, Genton C, Vaccaro V, Humbert M, Brightling C, Robalo Cordeiro C, Bush A.
ERJ Open Res. 2022 Jan 24;8(1):00655-2021. PMID: 35083323; PMCID: PMC8784892.

Role: First author

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Organisations European Respiratory Society (ERS)

Guiding principles for implementing ESCMID clinical practice guidelines

Albers B, Nagavci B, Joean O, Tschudin Sutter S, Tacconelli E, Paul M, Langendam M, Kostyanev T, Molina J, Stahl JP, Pano Pardo JR, Gkrania-Klotsas E, Hassoun-Kheir N, Clack L, Scudeller L, Zervos M.
Clin Microbiol Infect. 2026;32(7):1107-14.

Role: Methodological guidance and support

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Organisations European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID)

Management of COVID-19 in immunocompromised patients: an European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases consensus document

Bartoletti M, Azap O, Barac A, Ben Selma M, Ergonul O, Gkrania-Klotsas E, Grossi PA, Krause R, Nagavci B, Paño-Pardo JR, Pierrotti LC, Power N, Rodríguez-Baño J, Sibani M, Slavin MA, Szabo BG, Tazza B, Yung Tsang NN, Tsiodras S, Zollner-Schwetz I, Chemaly RF.
Clin Microbiol Infect. 2025;31(10):1655-66.

Role: Methodological guidance and supervision

Organisations European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID)

Relationship between Blastocystis infection and clinical outcomes: A scoping review protocol

Tunali V, Nagavci B, Carmena D, Robertson LJ, Doğruman Al F, Gentekaki E, Tsaousis AD.
Open Res Eur. 2025 Jan 20;5:15. PMID: 40013102; PMCID: PMC11862357.

Role: Methodological guidance and supervision

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Organisations Blastocystis under One Health

Incorporating Ethics in Clinical Guidelines in Infectious Diseases: A Scoping Review

Yahav D, Nasim A, Shirin N, Armellini M, Zanchi C, Tunali V, Mirandola M, Barac A, Scudeller L, Nagavci B, Paño-Pardo JR, Rodríguez-Baño J, Jamrozik E, Akova M, Righi E.
JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Jul 1;8(7):e2519826. PMID: 40638119; PMCID: PMC12246872.

Role: Methodological guidance and supervision

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Organisations European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID)

Utilization of expert opinion in infectious diseases clinical guidelines—A meta-epidemiological study

Nagavci B, Schwingshackl L, Martin-Loeches I, Lakatos B.
PLoS One. 2024;19(6):e0306098.

Role: Principal Investigator

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Organisations Semmelweis University

Incorporating ethics into infectious disease clinical practice guidelines

Righi E, Yahav D, Nasim A, Akova M, Barac A, Scudeller L, Nagavci B, Armellini M, Zanchi C, Shirin N, Tunali V, Paño-Pardo JR, Rodríguez-Baño J, Jamrozik E.
Clin Microbiol Infect. 2025;31(4):560-7.

Role: Methodological guidance and supervision

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Organisations European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID)

ERS/ESTS/ESTRO/ESR/ESTI/EFOMP statement on management of incidental findings from low dose CT screening for lung cancer

O'Dowd EL, Tietzova I, Bartlett E, Devaraj A, Biederer J, Brambilla M, Brunelli A, Chorostowska J, Decaluwe H, Deruysscher D, De Wever W, Donoghue M, Fabre A, Gaga M, van Geffen W, Hardavella G, Kauczor HU, Kerpel-Fronius A, van Meerbeeck J, Nagavci B, Nestle U, Novoa N, Prosch H, Prokop M, Putora PM, Rawlinson J, Revel MP, Snoeckx A, Veronesi G, Vliegenthart R, Weckbach S, Blum TG, Baldwin DR.
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2023 Oct 4;64(4):ezad302. PMID: 37804174; PMCID: PMC10876118.

Role: Methodological guidance and supervision

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Organisations European Respiratory Society (ERS), European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (ESTS), European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology (ESTRO), European Society of Radiology (ESR), European Society of Thoracic Imaging (ESTI), European Federation of Organisations for Medical Physics (EFOMP)

Developing a pan-European technical standard for a comprehensive high-quality lung cancer computed tomography screening programme: an ERS technical standard

Baldwin DR, O'Dowd EL, Tietzova I, Kerpel-Fronius A, Heuvelmans MA, Snoeckx A, Ashraf H, Kauczor HU, Nagavci B, Oudkerk M, Putora PM, Ryzman W, Veronesi G, Borondy-Kitts A, Rosell Gratacos A, van Meerbeeck J, Blum TG.
Eur Respir J. 2023 Jun 15;61(6):2300128. PMID: 37202154.

Role: Methodological guidance and supervision

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Organisations European Respiratory Society (ERS)

Evidence-based guidelines for hypertension and diabetes in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review

Nagavci B, Nyirenda JLZ, Balugaba BE, Osuret J, Meerpohl JJ, Grummich K, Kobusingye O, Toews I.
BMJ Open. 2022 Dec 22;12(12):e067156. PMID: 36549745; PMCID: PMC9791379.

Role: Principal Investigator

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Gut Microbiome Alteration in HIV/AIDS and the Role of Antiretroviral Therapy—A Scoping Review

Gáspár Z, Nagavci B, Szabó BG, Lakatos B.
Microorganisms. 2024;12(11):2221.

Role: Methodological guidance and supervision

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Organisations Semmelweis Framework