Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.

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Links to related guidelines are provided separately:

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

●(See "Society guideline links: Hepatitis B vaccination".)

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

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

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

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

●(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): Clinical guides on sexually transmitted and reproductive tract infections

Canada

●Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC): Canadian guidelines on sexually transmitted infections

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

●Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS): Practice point on sexually transmitted infections in adolescents – Maximizing opportunities for optimal care (2014, reaffirmed 2020)

●CPS: Practice point on congenital syphilis – No longer just of historical interest (2009, reaffirmed 2018)

United States

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

•Chancroid and cutaneous ulcers

•Chlamydia trachomatis

•Gonococcal infections

•Granuloma inguinale

•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

●Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Sexually transmitted infections treatment guidelines (2021)

●American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG): Committee opinion on addressing health risks of noncoital sexual activity (2013, reaffirmed 2020)

●US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF): Final recommendation statement on sexually transmitted infections – Behavioral counseling (2020)

●ACOG: Committee opinion on expedited partner therapy (2018, reaffirmed 2019)

●Choosing Wisely: Don't screen for genital herpes simplex virus infection (HSV) in asymptomatic adults, including pregnant women (2018)

●USPSTF: Final recommendation statement on genital herpes infection – Serologic screening (2016)

●USPSTF: Final recommendation statement on syphilis infection in nonpregnant adults and adolescents – Screening (2016)

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

●USPSTF: Final recommendation statement on chlamydia and gonorrhea – Screening (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): Quality standard on sexual health (2019)

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

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

●NICE: Public health guideline on sexually transmitted infections and under-18 conceptions – Prevention (2007)

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

●Choosing Wisely Australia: Reconsider the use of nucleic acid amplification testing for gonorrhoea in low-prevalence (ie, <1% prevalence) populations and people who do not belong to a higher risk group (2018)

●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)

●STIs in Gay Men Action Group (STIGMA): Australian sexually transmitted infection & HIV testing guidelines – For asymptomatic men who have sex with men (2014)

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] Japanese Journal of Sexually Transmitted Infections (JSST): Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of STI (2016)

●[In English] JSC and JAID: Guidelines on anaerobic infections (individual fields) – Female genital infections (2011)