Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.
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Links to related guidelines are provided separately. (See "Society guideline links: Bacterial meningitis in adults" and "Society guideline links: Meningococcal infection" and "Society guideline links: Travel medicine".)
International
●WHO: Guideline on meningitis outbreak response in sub-Saharan Africa (2014)
Canada
●Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS): Position statement on invasive meningococcal vaccination for Canadian children and youth, update (2018, updated 2020)
●CPS: Position statement on the management of suspected and confirmed bacterial meningitis in Canadian children older than one month of age (2014, updated 2018)
United States
●American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP): Red Book (2021)
•Group B streptococcal infections
•Haemophilus influenzae infections
•Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcal) infections
●CDC: Yellow Book 2020 – Health Information for International Travel: Meningococcal disease (published 2019)
●IDSA: Practice guidelines for the management of bacterial meningitis (ARCHIVED; 2004)
Europe
United Kingdom
●Public Health England (PHE): The Green Book – Meningococcal: Meningococcal meningitis and septicaemia notifiable (2013, updated 2016)
●National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE): Clinical guideline on meningitis (bacterial) and meningococcal septicaemia in under 16s – Recognition, diagnosis and management (2010, updated 2015)