Society guideline links: Acute diarrhea in children

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: Clostridioides difficile infection".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Acute diarrhea in adults".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Chronic diarrhea".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Pediatric malnutrition".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Nausea and vomiting".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Dehydration in children".)

International

●World Health Organization (WHO): Acute diarrhoeal disease in complex emergencies – Critical steps (2018)

●World Gastroenterology Organisation (WGO): Guideline for acute diarrhea in adults and children – A global perspective (2012)

●WHO: Recommendations on the management of diarrhoea and pneumonia in HIV-infected infants and children (2010)

●WHO: First steps for managing an outbreak of acute diarrhoea (2010)

●WHO: Guidelines for the control of shigellosis, including epidemics due to Shigella dysenteriae type 1 (2005)

●WHO: The treatment of diarrhoea – A manual for physicians and other senior health workers, 4th revision (2005)

Canada

●Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC): Canadian Immunization Guide

•Cholera and enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) travellers' diarrhea vaccine (2017)

•Rotavirus vaccine (2016)

●Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS): Practice point on Salmonella infections in Canadian children (2018, reaffirmed 2024)

●National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI): An Advisory Committee Statement (ACS) on rotavirus vaccines and intussusception, update (2016)

United States

●Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP): Child and adolescent immunization schedule – Recommendations for ages 18 years or younger, United States (2025)

●Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Yellow Book 2026 – Health Information for International Travel (published 2025)

•Cholera

•Norovirus

•Post-travel diarrhea

•Travelers' diarrhea

•Typhoid and paratyphoid fever

●American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP): Red Book (2024)

•Campylobacter infections

•Cholera (Vibrio cholerae)

•Cyclosporiasis

•Escherichia coli diarrhea (including hemolytic-uremic syndrome)

•Giardia duodenalis (formerly Giardia lamblia and Giardia intestinalis) infections (Giardiasis)

•Norovirus and sapovirus infections

•Rotavirus infections

•Salmonella infections

•Shigella infections

•Yersinia enterocolitica and Yersinia pseudotuberculosis infections

●American Society of Transplantation (AST): Guidelines on intestinal parasites including Cryptosporidium, Cyclospora, Giardia, and microsporidia, Entamoeba histolytica, Strongyloides, schistosomiasis, and echinococcus (2019)

●Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA): Clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of infectious diarrhea (2017)

●CDC: Guideline for the prevention and control of norovirus gastroenteritis outbreaks in healthcare settings (2011)

●American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE): Guideline for the role of endoscopy in the management of patients with diarrhea (2010)

●ACIP: Prevention of rotavirus gastroenteritis among infants and children recommendations (2009)

Europe

●European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition (ESPGHAN): Clinical guideline on the use of probiotics for the management of acute gastroenteritis in children – An update (2020)

●ESPGHAN/European Society for Pediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID): Evidence-based guidelines for the management of acute gastroenteritis in children in Europe, update (2014)

●ESPID: Consensus recommendations for rotavirus vaccination in Europe, update (2014)

United Kingdom

●UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA): The Green Book – Immunisation against infectious disease

•Cholera (2013, updated 2024)

•Rotavirus (2013, updated 2015)

●Norovirus Working Party: Guidelines for the management of norovirus outbreaks in acute and community health and social care settings (2012)

●NICE: Clinical guideline on diarrhoea and vomiting caused by gastroenteritis in under 5s – Diagnosis and management (2009)

Australia–New Zealand

●Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI): The Australian Immunisation Handbook

•Cholera (2025)

•Rotavirus (2025)

●Choosing Wisely Australia: Do not investigate or treat for faecal pathogens in the absence of diarrhoea or other gastro-intestinal symptoms (2016)

●Health for Kids Guideline Development Group: Evidence based guideline for the management of diarrhoea with or without vomiting in children (2008)