Infectious Disease

• Alliiance for the Prudent Use of Antibiotics (APUA)
• Do Bugs Need Drugs? A Community Project for the Wise Use of Antibiotics
• National Information Program on Antibiotics (NIPA)

• American Sexual Health Association (ASHA)
• Herpes Guide

• AIDSinfo (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
• HIV/AIDS (JAMA Theme Issue, August 2006).
• HIV Guide (Johns Hopkins Medical Center)
• HIV InSite (University of California San Francisco)
• The Complete HIV/AIDS Resource (The Body)
• The Immunodeficiency Clinic (Toronto General Hospital)

• Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA)
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Disease (Medscape) - $
• Infectious Diseases (Public Health Agency of Canada)
• Influenza Resource Center (Medscape, registration required)

• Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)
• National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (National Institutes of Health)
• Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists (SIDP)

Canadian Guidelines:

• HIV Primary Care Guidelines (Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, 2015)
• Guidelines & Protocol for Reducing HIV Transmission for Mothers and Babies (Alberta Health Services, 2014) [PDF - 779KB]

Other Guidelines:

• Clinical Guidelines (AIDSinfo: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
• Guide to Assessing HIV Therapy in Hospitalized Patients (Bugs and Drugs, 2014) [PDF - 1.6 MB]

Canadian Guidelines:

• Guidelines for the Management of Suspected and Confirmed Bacterial Meningitis in Canadian Children Older than One Month of Age (Canadian Paediatric Society 2014)

Other Guidelines:

• Bacterial Meningitis and Meningococcal Septicaemia (NICE Pathway UK, 2019)
• Bacterial Meningitis and Meningococcal Septicaemia: Management in Children and Young People Younger than 16 Years in Primary and Secondary Care (NICE Guideline UK, 2015)
• Guidelines for Healthcare-Associated Ventriculitis and Meningitis (Infectious Disease Society of America, 2017)
• Practice Guidelines for the Management of Bacterial Meningitis (Infectious Disease Society of America, 2004)

Canadian Guidelines:

• Canadian Guidelines on Sexually Transmitted Infections (Public Health Agency of Canada)
• STIs (Sex & U: The Society of Obstetricians & Gynecologists of Canada)

Other Guidelines:

• Preventing Sexually Transmitted Infections and Under-18 Conceptions (NICE Pathway UK, 2019)
• Sexually Transmitted Disease Treatment Guidelines (CDC, 2015)
• Preventing Sexually Transmitted Infections and Under-18 Conceptions (NICE Guideline)

Pharmacist Minor Ailment Prescribing Guidelines:

• Cold Sores (University of Saskatchewan)

• Global Infectious Disease and Epidemiology Network (GIDEON) - $
• Johns Hopkins POC-IT (Point of Care Information Technology) Antibiotic Guide (Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions) - $

• Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases & Medical Microbiology - $
• Emerging Infectious Diseases (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Journal of Infectious Diseases - $
• Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

*Recommended texts are linked to publishers' or book sellers' websites for further ordering information

• Anti-Infective Guidelines for Community-acquired Infections (Ontario Anti-Infective Review Panel,) - $
• Handbook of Antibiotics (Reese et al. 3rd ed. 2000) - $
• Infectious Diseases (Cohen, Powderly, Opal, 4th ed., 2017)
• Infectious Diseases Handbook (Aberg et al. 6th ed. 2005) - $
•  Johns Hopkins Hospital 2005-06 Guide to Medical Care of Patients with HIV Infection (Bartlett, 12th ed. 2005) - $
• John Hopkins Abx Guide - $
•  Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases (Mandell et al. 8th ed. 2015) - $
• Manual of Antibiotics and Infectious Diseases (Conte, 9th ed. 2001) - $
•  Red Book (AAP Committee on Infectious Diseases, 30th ed. 2015) - $
• Reese and Betts' A Practical Approach to Infectious Diseases (Betts et al. 5th ed. 2002) - $
• The Sanford Guide to Antimicrobial Therapy (49th ed. 2019) - $