Society guideline links: Streptococcal tonsillopharyngitis

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.

Canada

●Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS): Practice point on invasive group A streptococcal disease – Management and chemoprophylaxis (2019)

●Choosing Wisely Canada: Don't routinely use antibiotics in adults and children with uncomplicated sore throats (2018)

●Choosing Wisely Canada: Don't routinely do a throat swab when children present with a sore throat if they have a cough, rhinitis, or hoarseness as they almost certainly have viral pharyngitis (2016)

United States

●American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP): Red Book – Group A streptococcal infections (2021)

●American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS): Clinical practice guideline – Tonsillectomy in children, update (2019)

●American College of Physicians (ACP) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Advice for high-value care for the appropriate antibiotic use for acute respiratory tract infection in adults (2016)

●Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA): Clinical practice guideline for the diagnosis and management of group A streptococcal pharyngitis, update (ARCHIVED; published 2012)

●American Heart Association (AHA): A scientific statement on the prevention of rheumatic fever and diagnosis and treatment of acute streptococcal pharyngitis (2009)

●CDC: Recommendations for the prevention of invasive group A streptococcal disease among household contacts of case patients and among postpartum and postsurgical patients (2002)

Europe

●European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID): Guideline for the management of acute sore throat (2012)

United Kingdom

●National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE): Diagnostics guidance on rapid tests for group A streptococcal infections in people with a sore throat (2019)

●NICE: Guideline on sore throat (acute) – Antimicrobial prescribing (2018)

●British Infection Association (BIA): Guidelines for prevention and control of group A streptococcal infection in acute healthcare and maternity settings in the UK (2012)