Society guideline links: Septic arthritis and osteomyelitis in children

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International

●Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (PIDS) and the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA): Clinical practice guideline on diagnosis and management of acute hematogenous osteomyelitis in pediatrics (2021)

Canada

●Choosing Wisely Canada: Don't routinely treat uncomplicated acute hematogenous osteomyelitis with prolonged intravenous therapy (2020)

●Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS): Position statement for the diagnosis and management of acute osteoarticular infections in children (2018)

United States

●American College of Radiology (ACR): ACR Appropriateness Criteria on osteomyelitis or septic arthritis-child (excluding axial skeleton) (2021)

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

•Kingella kingae infections

•Staphylococcus aureus

●Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (PIDS) and the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA): Clinical practice guideline on diagnosis and management of acute hematogenous osteomyelitis in pediatrics (2021)

●ACR: ACR Appropriateness Criteria on acutely limping child up to age 5 (2018)

●ACR: ACR Appropriateness Criteria on back pain – Child (2016)

United Kingdom

●National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE): Guideline on fever in under 5s – Assessment and initial management (2019, updated 2021)