Society guideline links: Bacterial meningitis in adults

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 infants and children".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Meningococcal disease".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Prevention of meningococcal disease".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Travel medicine".)

United States

●Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA): Clinical practice guidelines for healthcare-associated ventriculitis and meningitis (2017)

●IDSA: Practice guidelines for the management of bacterial meningitis (ARCHIVED; 2004)

Europe

●European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID): Guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of acute bacterial meningitis (2016)

●European Federation of Neurological Societies (EFNS): Guideline on the management of community-acquired bacterial meningitis – Report of an EFNS Task Force on acute bacterial meningitis in older children and adults (2008)

United Kingdom

●National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE): Guideline on meningitis (bacterial) and meningococcal disease – Recognition, diagnosis, and management (2024)

●NICE: Quality standard on meningitis (bacterial) and meningococcal disease (2012, updated 2024)

●The UK Joint Specialist Societies: Guideline on the diagnosis and management of acute meningitis and meningococcal sepsis in immunocompetent adults (2016)

Japan

●[In Japanese] Japanese Society of Neurology (JSN), Japanese Society of Neurological Therapeutics (JSNT), and Japanese Society of Neuroinfectious Diseases: Bacterial meningitis treatment guidelines (2014)