Skip Navigation Links
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
 CDC Home Search Health Topics A-Z
National Center for Infectious Diseases
Site-wide links
The National Center for Infectious Diseases (NCID) has been officially reorganized and as a result its former divisions and programs have been realigned into multiple new national centers. Any reference in this site to "NCID" is no longer accurate. The content is being repurposed and this portion of the CDC site remains posted for archive purposes only.
NCID Home Infectious Disease Information NCID Organization Publications Infectious Disease Guidelines Contact Us
 Infectious Disease
Guidelines Contents



 Guidelines by Topic or Type of Infection



 Guidelines by Publication Date



Infectious Disease Guidelines, By Topic

Antibiotic and Antimicrobial Resistance

Bronchitis

Cough Illness/Bronchitis - Principles of Judicious Use of Antimicrobial Agents.
In Pediatrics supplement, Principles of Judicious Use of Antimicrobial Agents for Pediatric Upper Respiratory Tract Infections. Pediatrics 1998;(January) ;101(1, suppl.):178-81.
AbstractAsterisk: site outside CDC. Read CDC statement.
Full textAsterisk: site outside CDC. Read CDC statement.

Limited access; journal subscribers only

Principles of Appropriate Antibiotic Use for Treatment of Uncomplicated Acute Bronchitis: Background
Ann Intern Med. March 2001;134(6): 521-529.
AbstractAsterisk: site outside CDC. Read CDC statement.
Full textAsterisk: site outside CDC. Read CDC statement.

Limited access; journal subscribers only

Common Cold

Common Cold - Principles of Judicious Use of Antimicrobial Agents, The.
In Pediatrics supplement, Principles of Judicious Use of Antimicrobial Agents for Pediatric Upper Respiratory Tract Infections. Pediatrics 1998;(January) ;101(1, suppl.):181-4.
AbstractAsterisk: site outside CDC. Read CDC statement.
Full textAsterisk: site outside CDC. Read CDC statement.

Limited access; journal subscribers only

Otitis Media, Acute

Acute Otitis Media - Management and Surveillance in an Era of Pneumococcal Resistance: A Report from the Drug-Resistant Streptococcus Pneumoniae Therapeutic Working Group (DRSPTWG).
Pediatr Infect Dis J. 1999 Jan;18(1):1-9.

Otitis Media - Principles of Judicious Use of Antimicrobial Agents.
In Pediatrics supplement, Principles of Judicious Use of Antimicrobial Agents for Pediatric Upper Respiratory Tract Infections. Pediatrics 1998 (January) ;101(1, suppl.):165-71.
AbstractAsterisk: site outside CDC. Read CDC statement.
Full textAsterisk: site outside CDC. Read CDC statement.

Limited access; journal subscribers only

Pharyngitis

Pharyngitis - Principles of Judicious Use of Antimicrobial Agents.
In Pediatrics supplement, Principles of Judicious Use of Antimicrobial Agents for Pediatric Upper Respiratory Tract Infections. Pediatrics 1998 (January) ;101(1, suppl.):171-4.
AbstractAsterisk: site outside CDC. Read CDC statement.
Full textAsterisk: site outside CDC. Read CDC statement.

Limited access; journal subscribers only

Principles of Appropriate Antibiotic Use for Acute Pharyngitis in Adults: Background
Ann Intern Med. March 2001;134(6):509-517.
AbstractAsterisk: site outside CDC. Read CDC statement.
Full textAsterisk: site outside CDC. Read CDC statement.

Limited access; journal subscribers only

Pneumonia

Management of Community-Acquired Pneumonia in the Era of Pneumococcal Resistance: A Report from the Drug-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae Therapeutic Working Group.
Arch Intern Med. 2000 (May 22);160(10):1399-1408.
Full textAsterisk: site outside CDC. Read CDC statement.
Limited access; journal subscribers only

Respiratory Tract Infections

Principles of Appropriate Antibiotic Use for Treatment of Acute Respiratory Tract Infections in Adults: Background, Specific Aims, and Methods
Ann Intern Med. March 2001;134(6):479-486.
AbstractAsterisk: site outside CDC. Read CDC statement.
Full textAsterisk: site outside CDC. Read CDC statement.
Limited access; journal subscribers only

Principles of Appropriate Antibiotic Use for Treatment of Nonspecific Upper Respiratory Tract Infections in Adults: Background
Ann Intern Med. March 2001;134(6):490-494.
AbstractAsterisk: site outside CDC. Read CDC statement.
Full textAsterisk: site outside CDC. Read CDC statement.
Limited access; journal subscribers only

Principles of Judicious Use of Antimicrobial Agents for Pediatric Upper Respiratory Tract Infections
In Pediatrics supplement, Principles of Judicious Use of Antimicrobial Agents for Pediatric Upper Respiratory Tract Infections. Pediatrics 1998 (January) ;101(1, suppl.):163-165.
AbstractAsterisk: site outside CDC. Read CDC statement.
Full textAsterisk: site outside CDC. Read CDC statement.
Limited access; journal subscribers only

Rhinosinusitis, Acute

Principles of Appropriate Antibiotic Use for Acute Rhinosinusitis in Adults: Background
Ann Intern Med. March 2001;134(6):498-505.
AbstractAsterisk: site outside CDC. Read CDC statement.
Full textAsterisk: site outside CDC. Read CDC statement.

Limited access; journal subscribers only

Sinusitis, Acute

Acute Sinusitis - Principles of Judicious Use of Antimicrobial Agents.
In Pediatrics supplement, Principles of Judicious Use of Antimicrobial Agents for Pediatric Upper Respiratory Tract Infections. Pediatrics 1998;(January);101(1, suppl.):174-7.
AbstractAsterisk: site outside CDC. Read CDC statement.
Full textAsterisk: site outside CDC. Read CDC statement.

Limited access; journal subscribers only

Staphylococcal Infection

Interim Guidelines for Prevention and Control of Staphylococcal Infection Associated with Reduced Susceptibility to Vancomycin
MMWR. July 11, 1997;46:626-628,635.
Adobe Acrobat Reader PDF (247 KB)

Vancomycin Resistance

Recommendations for Preventing the Spread of Vancomycin Resistance
Recommendations of the Hospital Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) MMWR Recommendations and Reports. September 22, 1995;44(RR-12):1-13.

Adobe Acrobat Reader PDF (213 KB)

Topic Sections
item Antibiotic and antimicrobial resistance
item Bacterial infections
item Diarrheal and foodborne diseases
item Infection control, healthcare quality, and healthcare-related infections (on Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion site)
item Occupational exposure and health (on Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion site)
item Opportunistic infections
item Parasitic infections
item Sexually transmitted diseases
item Surveillance
item Travel and immigration
item Vaccination
item Viral infections
 
Restricted Access Articles:
Get Abstracts from PubMed

Some guidelines listed here are published in journals that restrict content access to their subscribers.

If you do not have access to particular journal, you can often obtain an article abstract from Pubmed (Medline), on the National Library of Medicine Web site.

An article's full text often may be obtained through college, university, and some public libraries.

 About Adobe Acrobat Reader Files Some documents are available here in Adobe Acrobat Reader format (PDF). To view or print them, you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader (version 3.0 or higher) installed on your computer. If you do not have the reader, you can obtain it free from Adobe Corporation. Click on the icon below to download the program from their Web site.
Get Adobe Acrobat Reader

Asterisk: site outside CDC. Read CDC statement. Note: This link leads outside the CDC site to another federal agency or CDC partner site. Any links from these sites to nonfederal organizations' links do not constitute an endorsement of these organizations or their programs by CDC or the federal government, and none should be inferred. CDC is not responsible for the content of the individual organization Web pages found at these links.

The link will open the page in a new browser window.

  Top of Page

 

NCID Home | Disease Information | NCID Organization | Publications | Guidelines | Contact Us

CDC Home | Search | Health Topics A-Z

This page last reviewed April 21, 2003

National Center for Infectious Diseases
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Privacy Policy | Accessibility