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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superseded by those below, so make sure you are following a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.
