Society guideline links: Management of Staphylococcus aureus infection

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: Skin and soft tissue infections".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Bacterial meningitis in adults".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Osteomyelitis and prosthetic joint infection in adults".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Septic arthritis in adults".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Hospital-acquired pneumonia and ventilator-associated pneumonia in adults".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Community-acquired pneumonia in adults".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Infection control".)

●(See "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)

●Choosing Wisely Canada: Don't prescribe antibiotics after incision and drainage of uncomplicated skin abscesses unless extensive cellulitis exists (2018)

●Choosing Wisely Canada: Don't prescribe aminoglycosides for synergy to patients with bacteremia or native valve infective endocarditis caused by Staphylococcus aureus (2017)

United States

●American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP): Red Book – Staphylococcus aureus (2021)

●American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP), the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (PIDS), and the Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists (SIDP): Therapeutic monitoring of vancomycin for serious methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections – A revised consensus guideline and review (2020)

●IDSA: Practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of skin and soft tissue infections, update (2014)

●IDSA: Clinical practice guidelines for the treatment of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections in adults and children (ARCHIVED; published 2011)

Europe

●European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID): Expert consensus statement on management of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections (2009)

United Kingdom

●British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (BSAC) and British Infection Association (BIA): Treatment of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) – Updated guidelines from the UK (2021)