IUSTI Regions: Europe

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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 supercede or substitute for the normal doctor - patient relationship.

Published European Guidelines:

European STI Management Guidelines, October 2001
(Acrobat PDF, 107 pages, 1.3MB). Elements of this guideline are being revised (see below). 

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 also been published in paper format:  Macmillan et al., (2007) Int J STD & AIDS (2007) 18, 514-520.

European Guideline on Pelvic Infection, May 2007.
(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 (2007) 18, 662-666.

Draft European Guideline on Syphillis for consultation:

The draft IUSTI-Europe/WHO Guideline on Syphilis is available here for review by IUSTI members. Contributors to the guideline are: Patrick French (UK) - lead author, Hugh Young (UK), Michel Janier (France), Bruno Schmidt (Austria), Michael Gomberg (Russia) and Pieter van Voorst Vader (Netherlands). Comments on this draft guideline should be sent to Dr Raj Patel who is the member of the IUSTI-Europe editorial board responsible for this guideline. The draft will be removed from this site the end of January, 2008.

Draft European Guideline on HIV testing for consultation:

The draft IUSTI-Europe Guideline on HIV testing is available here for review by IUSTI members. The authors of this guideline ar Mario Poljak of the Institute of Microbiology and Immunology in Ljubljana, Slovenia and Erasmus Smit of the Health Protection Agency, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, UK.  Comments on this draft guideline should be sent before the end of February 2008 to Prof Johnathan Ross, who is the member of the IUSTI-Europe editorial board responsible for this guideline. The draft will be removed from this site at the end of February, 2008.

Guidelines in preparation:

The European Guideline on Gonorrhoea is currently being updated by  lead author 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).

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

Dr Michel Janier (France) has taken on the editorial board responsibility for the development of a new European Guideline on Urethritis.

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 February 4th 2008.