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.
The recommendations in the following guidelines may vary from those that appear in UpToDate topic reviews. Readers who are looking for UpToDate topic reviews should use the UpToDate search box to find the relevant content.
Links to related guidelines are provided separately. (See "Society guideline links: Skin and soft tissue infections" and "Society guideline links: Bacterial meningitis in adults" and "Society guideline links: Osteomyelitis and prosthetic joint infection in adults" and "Society guideline links: Septic arthritis in adults" and "Society guideline links: Hospital-acquired pneumonia and ventilator-associated pneumonia in adults" and "Society guideline links: Community-acquired pneumonia in adults" and "Society guideline links: Infection control" and "Society guideline links: Venous access".)
Canada
●Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS): Practice point for the management of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus skin abscesses in children (2011, reaffirmed 2020)
United States
●American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP): Red Book – Staphylococcus aureus (2021)
●Choosing Wisely: Avoid wound cultures in emergency department patients with uncomplicated skin and soft tissue abscesses after successful incision and drainage and with adequate medical follow-up (2013, updated 2018)
●Choosing Wisely: Don't use oral antibiotics for treatment of atopic dermatitis unless there is clinical evidence of infection (2013, updated 2018)
●IDSA: Clinical practice guidelines for the treatment of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections in adults and children (ARCHIVED; published 2011)
Europe
United Kingdom
