Infectious disease guidelines

46 current Infectious disease guidelines from national agencies, European societies, and HTA bodies, across 14 source groups. eUvidence anchors Infectious disease answers to this guidance; each entry links to the issuing body’s own page.

European societies· 7

• ERS/ESCMID state-of-the-science statement on the role of rapid diagnostic tests for the diagnosis and management of community-acquired lower respiratory tract infections

  ERS · European Respiratory Society (jointly with the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases) · 2026 · consensus statement

• WHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis: Module 4: Treatment and care

  WHO · World Health Organization · 2025

• ESCMID guidelines for antimicrobial stewardship in emergency departments

  ESCMID · European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases · 2024

• Guidelines for the prevention, diagnosis, care and treatment for people with chronic hepatitis B infection

  WHO · World Health Organization · 2024

• ESCMID guidelines for the treatment of infections caused by multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacilli

  ESCMID · European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases · 2022

• ESCMID 2021 update on the treatment guidance document for Clostridioides difficile infection in adults

  ESCMID · European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases · 2021

• ESCMID guideline for the diagnosis and management of Candida diseases 2012

  ESCMID · European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases · 2012

Belgium· 4

• Interim clinical guidance for adults with confirmed COVID-19 in Belgium

  Sciensano · Sciensano · 2024

• Diagnosis and management of gonorrhoea and syphilis

  KCE · Belgian Health Care Knowledge Centre · 2023

• Guideline on the prudent prescription of antibiotics in the dental office

  KCE · Belgian Health Care Knowledge Centre · 2020

• Sexually transmitted infections in primary care consultations: development of an online tool to guide healthcare practitioners

  KCE · Belgian Health Care Knowledge Centre · 2019

Denmark· 1

• Acute Respiratory Tract Infections and Rational Antibiotic Treatment in General Practice

  DSAM · Dansk Selskab for Almen Medicin · 2024

Finland· 1

• Community-Acquired Bacterial Pneumonia in Adults

  Kaypa hoito · Finnish Medical Society Duodecim, the Finnish Respiratory Society, the Finnish Society for Infectious Diseases, the Finnish Society for Clinical Microbiology and the Finnish Association for General Practice · 2024

France· 6

• Updated guidelines for management of community-acquired urinary tract infections in adult men

  SPILF · Societe de Pathologie Infectieuse de Langue Francaise · 2026

• Lyme borreliosis and other tick-borne diseases: diagnosis and management

  HAS · Haute Autorite de Sante · 2025 · recommendation

• Choice and duration of antibiotic therapy recommended in common bacterial infections

  HAS · Haute Autorite de Sante · 2024 · good practice guide

• Antibiotic therapy and antibiotic prophylaxis of infective endocarditis: SPILF-AEPEI position statement on the 2023 ESC recommendations

  SPILF · Societe de Pathologie Infectieuse de Langue Francaise · 2024 · position paper

• Diagnosis and antibiotic therapy of community-acquired bacterial urinary tract infections in adults

  SPILF · Societe de Pathologie Infectieuse de Langue Francaise · 2015 · recommendation

• Clinical practice recommendations for bone and joint infections on prosthetic material

  SPILF · Societe de Pathologie Infectieuse de Langue Francaise · 2009 · recommendation

Germany· 4

• Sepsis - prevention, diagnosis, therapy and follow-up care (Update 2025)

  DSG · Deutsche Sepsis-Gesellschaft · 2025

• Antibiotic therapy of severe infections with multidrug-resistant bacteria (MRETher)

  DGI · Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Infektiologie · 2025

• Neuroborreliosis

  DGN · Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Neurologie · 2024

• Calculated parenteral initial treatment of bacterial infections in adults - update 2018

  PEG · Paul-Ehrlich-Gesellschaft fuer Infektionstherapie · 2019

Ireland· 2

• Infection Prevention and Control (IPC): National Clinical Guideline No. 30

  NCEC · National Clinical Effectiveness Committee, Department of Health · 2023

• Hepatitis C Screening: National Clinical Guideline No. 15

  NCEC · National Clinical Effectiveness Committee, Department of Health · 2017

Netherlands· 6

• SWAB guideline for the treatment of MRSA carriage

  SWAB · Stichting Werkgroep Antibioticabeleid · 2024

• SWAB/NVALT guideline on the management of community-acquired pneumonia in adults

  SWAB · Stichting Werkgroep Antibioticabeleid · 2024

• SWAB/FMS guideline on bone and joint prosthesis infections

  SWAB · Stichting Werkgroep Antibioticabeleid · 2024

• SWAB guideline on the approach to suspected antibiotic allergy

  SWAB · Stichting Werkgroep Antibioticabeleid · 2022

• SWAB guidelines for empirical antibacterial therapy of sepsis in adults

  SWAB · Stichting Werkgroep Antibioticabeleid · 2021

• SWAB guideline for the management of invasive fungal infections

  SWAB · Stichting Werkgroep Antibioticabeleid · 2017

Norway· 2

• National Clinical Guideline for Antibiotic Use in Primary Care

  Helsedir · Norwegian Directorate of Health · 2026

• National Clinical Guideline for Antibiotic Use in Hospitals

  Helsedir · Norwegian Directorate of Health · 2026

Poland· 2

• Recommendations for treatment of viral hepatitis B in 2026 by the Polish Group of Experts for HBV

  PGE HBV / PTEiLChZ · Polska Grupa Ekspertów HBV / Polskie Towarzystwo Epidemiologów i Lekarzy Chorób Zakaźnych · 2026 · recommendation

• Recommendations for the Management of Community-Acquired Respiratory Tract Infections 2016

  NPOA · Narodowy Program Ochrony Antybiotykow · 2016 · recommendation

Portugal· 4

• Diagnosis and Treatment of Hepatitis C in Adults

  DGS · Direção-Geral da Saúde · 2026

• HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis

  DGS · Direção-Geral da Saúde · 2024

• Duration of Antibiotic Therapy in Infectious Disease

  DGS · Direcao-Geral da Saude · 2014

• Antibiotic Therapy in Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Immunocompetent Adults

  DGS · Direcao-Geral da Saude · 2011

Spain· 1

• Clinical Practice Guideline on the Management of Invasive Meningococcal Disease

  GuiaSalud · Institut Catala de la Salut / Ministerio de Sanidad · 2013

Sweden· 1

• Medicines for Urinary Tract Infections - Treatment Recommendation

  Lakemedelsverket · Medical Products Agency · 2017 · recommendation

United Kingdom· 5

• Pneumonia (community-acquired): antimicrobial prescribing

  NICE · National Institute for Health and Care Excellence · 2019

• Cellulitis and erysipelas: antimicrobial prescribing

  NICE · National Institute for Health and Care Excellence · 2019

• Urinary tract infection (lower): antimicrobial prescribing

  NICE · National Institute for Health and Care Excellence · 2018

• Pyelonephritis (acute): antimicrobial prescribing

  NICE · National Institute for Health and Care Excellence · 2018

• Antimicrobial stewardship: systems and processes for effective antimicrobial medicine use

  NICE · National Institute for Health and Care Excellence · 2015