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IUSTI Guidelines are peer-reviewed and are intended for use by specialists in the field of sexually transmitted infections. Nothing in these guidelines is intended to supersede or substitute for the normal doctor - patient relationship. This site will continue to host draft IUSTI - Europe guidelines for consultation as well as finalised Guidelines.  Additional links to recent guidelines published in Int J STD & AIDS are also freely accessible on the journal site in html format as well as pdf format  (see below).

Published European Guidelines:

European STI Management Guidelines, October 2001
(Acrobat PDF, 107 pages, 1.3MB). Elements of this guideline are being revised (see below). These are the original 17 guidelines published in one pdf which will be disaggregated. Please note that many of these original guidelines have been superseded by those below, so make sure you are following a current guideline!

European Guideline on Proctitis, March 2007
(Acrobat PDF, 16 pages, 236 KB)
The guideline authors are Dr. Sandy McMillan (UK, lead author), Dr. Henry De Vries (Netherlands) and Dr. Pieter Van Voorst Vader (Netherlands). The IUSTI-Europe editorial board lead for this guideline is Prof Jonathan Ross to whom comments on the guideline may be addressed. This guideline has been published in paper format:  Macmillan et al., (2007) Int J STD & AIDS 18, 514-520. Free access to this guideline kindly been provided by the journal, click here.

European Guideline on Pelvic Infection, May 2007, amended August 2008.
(Acrobat PDF, 21 pages, 69KB). Lead author Prof Jonathan Ross (UK), co-authors Philippe Judlin (France) and Lisbeth Nilas (Denmark).
The IUSTI-Europe editorial board lead for this guideline is Dr Jorgen Skov Jensen to whom comments on the guideline should be addressed.  This guideline has also been published in paper format: Ross et al., (2007) Int J STD & AIDS 18, 662-666. The guideline presented here was amended by Johnathan Ross in August 2008 to reflect EMEA advice that moxifloxacin can cause an excess of liver abnormalities. Free access to this guideline kindly been provided by the journal, click here.

European guideline on HIV Testing November 2008.
(Acrobat PDF, 22 pages, 105KB). The authors are Professor Mario Poljak (Ljubljana) and Dr Erasmus Smit (UK). The guideline editor is Professor Jonathan Ross (UK). The guideline was published in Poljak et al., (2009) Int J STD & AIDS 20, 77-83 and is freely accessible from the journal here.

European guideline on Syphilis December 2008.
The guideline authors are Patrick French (UK, lead author), Michael Gomberg (Russia), Michel Janier (France), Bruno Schmidt (Austria), Pieter van Voorst Vader (Netherlands) and Hugh Young (UK).  This guideline is published May 2009: French, P et al., (2009). Int J STD & AIDS 20, 300-309 and is freely accessible from the journal here.

European guideline on Gonorrhoea February 2009.
Lead author is Chris Bignell (UK) and co-authors Airi Poder (Estonia), and Peter Kohl (Germany). The IUSTI-Europe editorial board lead for this guideline is Dr Jørgen Skov Jensen (Denmark). This guideline has now been formally published: Bignell, C. et al., (2009). Int J STD & AIDS 20, 453-457 and is freely accessible from the journal here.

European guideline on the management of male non gonococcal urethritis April 2009.
This guideline has now been formally published: Shahmanesh, M et al., (2009). Int J STD & AIDS 20, 458-464 and is freely accessible from the journal here.

Guidelines in preparation:

The European Guideline on Hepatitides has been updated by an international team led by Dr M Gary Brook, (UK) and is available here.  Comments on the draft guideline are invited and should be sent to the IUSTI-Europe editorial board lead for this guideline, .

A European Guideline on Chlamydial STI is under revision. The editorial board lead for this project is Dr Willem van der Meijden.

The European Guideline on Genital Warts is currently being updated by lead author Charles Lacey (UK). The IUSTI-Europe editorial board lead for this guideline is If you are interested in contributing to this guideline please contact Prof Ross.

The European Guideline on Genital herpes is currently being updated by lead author Raj Patel (UK). The IUSTI-Europe editorial board lead for this guideline is Professor Harald Moi (harald.moi@medisin.uio.no) The guidelines will soon be available for comments.

The European Guideline on Tropical Genital Ulcer disease will be split into three different guidelines: European Guideline on LGV, European Guideline on Chancroid and European Guideline on Donovanosis (Granuloma inguinale). Lead authors are Marc Vandenbruane, Henry de Vries and Servaas Morre. The IUSTI-Europe editorial board lead for these guidelines is Professor Harald Moi (harald.moi@medisin.uio.no). If you are interested in contributing to these guidelines please contact Prof Moi.
 

IUSTI_Europe members involved in the production of new guidelines should refer to the WHO-Europe Website: Information regarding the production and updating of the European STI guidelines [ Login Details: Login: sti; Password: sti2006 ]

 

Updated by webmaster June 27th 2009.