Society guideline links: Sexually transmitted infections

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Links to related guidelines are provided separately:

●(See "Society guideline links: Diagnosis of hepatitis B".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Prevention of hepatitis B virus infection".)

●(See "Society guideline links: HIV screening and diagnostic testing".)

●(See "Society guideline links: HIV prevention".)

●(See "Society guideline links: HIV treatment in nonpregnant adults".)

●(See "Society guideline links: HIV treatment in pregnant patients".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Management of hepatitis B".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Primary care of adults with HIV".)

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

●(See "Society guideline links: Immunizations in children and adolescents".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Gynecologic infectious diseases (non-sexually transmitted)".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Genital herpes simplex virus infection in pregnancy".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Health care for lesbian, gay, and other sexual minority populations".)

International

●World Health Organization (WHO): Guidelines for the management of symptomatic sexually transmitted infections (2021)

●WHO: Guideline on syphilis screening and treatment for pregnant women (2017)

●WHO: Guidelines for the treatment of Chlamydia trachomatis (2016)

●WHO: Guidelines for the treatment of genital herpes simplex virus (2016)

●WHO: Guidelines for the treatment of Neisseria gonorrhoeae (2016)

●WHO: Guidelines for the treatment of Treponema pallidum (syphilis) (2016)

Canada

●Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS): Position statement on diagnosis and management of congenital syphilis – Avoiding missed opportunities (2024)

●Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC): Sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections – Guides for health professionals (2023)

•Chlamydia and LGV guide (2023)

•Gonorrhea guide (2023)

•Syphilis guide (2022)

•Genital herpes guide (2021)

•Mycoplasma genitalium guide (2021)

●Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care (CTFPHC): Recommendation on screening for chlamydia and gonorrhea in primary care for individuals not known to be at high risk (2021)

●PHAC: Sexually transmitted and blood borne infections (STBBI) prevention guide (2021)

●PHAC: STI-associated syndromes guide – Syndromic management (2021)

●CPS: Practice point on comprehensive sexual health assessments for adolescents (2020)

●CPS: Practice point on diagnosis and management of sexually transmitted infections in adolescents (2019)

United States

●American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP): Choosing Wisely – Screening for genital herpes simplex virus infection in asymptomatic adults

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

•Chancroid and cutaneous ulcers

•Chlamydia trachomatis

•Gonococcal infections

•Granuloma inguinale (donovanosis)

•Herpes simplex

•Mycoplasma pneumoniae and other Mycoplasma species infections

•Pelvic inflammatory disease

•Sexually transmitted infections in adolescents and children

•Syphilis

•Ureaplasma urealyticum and Ureaplasma parvum infections

●American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG): Committee opinion on expedited partner therapy (2018, reaffirmed 2023)

●US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF): Final recommendation statement on genital herpes infection – Serologic screening (2023)

●USPSTF: Final recommendation statement on syphilis infection in nonpregnant adolescents and adults – Screening (2022)

●Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Sexually Transmitted Infections Treatment Guidelines (2021)

●USPSTF: Final recommendation statement on chlamydia and gonorrhea – Screening (2021)

●USPSTF: Final recommendation statement on sexually transmitted infections – Behavioral counseling (2020)

●AAP: Policy statement on screening for nonviral sexually transmitted infections in adolescents and young adults (2014)

Europe

●International Union against Sexually Transmitted Infections (IUSTI): Treatment guidelines – Europe

●European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC): Guidance on chlamydia control in Europe (2015)

●ECDC: Guidance on HIV and STI prevention among men who have sex with men (2015)

United Kingdom

●British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH): Guidelines

●National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE): Guideline on reducing sexually transmitted infections (2022)

●NICE: Quality standard on sexual health (2019)

●NICE: Guideline on sexually transmitted infections – Condom distribution schemes (2017)

●Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare (FSRH) Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG): Clinical guidance on barrier methods for contraception and STI prevention (2012, amended 2015)

Australia–New Zealand

●Australasian Society for HIV Medicine (ASHM): Australian STI management guidelines for use in primary care

●Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP): Guidelines on sexual health

●STIs in Gay Men Action Group (STIGMA): Australian sexually transmitted infection and HIV testing guidelines – For asymptomatic men who have sex with men (2019)

●Choosing Wisely Australia: Do not order herpes serology tests unless there is a clear clinical indication (2016)

●Choosing Wisely Australia: Do not screen for chlamydia using serological tests (2016)

●Choosing Wisely Australia: Do not treat recurrent or persistent symptoms of vulvovaginal candidiasis with topical and oral anti-fungal agents without further clinical and microbiological assessment (2016)

●Choosing Wisely Australia: Do not test for ureaplasma species in asymptomatic patients (2016)

Japan

●[In English] Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases (JAID) and the Japanese Society of Chemotherapy (JSC): Guidelines to clinical management of infectious disease 2017 concerning male urethritis and related disorders (published 2021)

●[In Japanese] JAID/JSC: Infectious disease treatment guidelines 2018 – Male urethritis and related diseases (2018)