Society guideline links: Septic arthritis in adults

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Links to related guidelines are provided separately. (See "Society guideline links: Septic arthritis and osteomyelitis in children".)

United States

●American College of Radiology (ACR): ACR Appropriateness Criteria on suspected osteomyelitis, septic arthritis, or soft tissue infection (excluding spine and diabetic foot) (2022)

●Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA): Clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of prosthetic joint infection (ARCHIVED; published 2012)

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

United Kingdom

●British Society for Rheumatology (BSR) & British Health Professionals in Rheumatology (BHPR), British Orthopaedic Association (BOA), Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) and British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (BSAC): Guideline for the management of the hot swollen joint in adults with a particular focus on septic arthritis (2006)