The first edition of the African Antibiotic Treatment Guidelines provide antimicrobial treatment recommendations, principles of stewardship, and other clinical guidance for the following adult bacterial syndromes:
Central Nervous System
Acute Bacterial Meningitis (Community-Acquired)
Head, Eye, Ear, Nose & Throat
Bacterial Pharyngotonsillitis (Including Streptococcal & Diphtheria)
Dental Abscess (Including Gingivitis)
Cardiac
Respiratory
Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases (COPD)
Pneumonia
Mild to Moderate Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) in Ambulatory Outpatients
Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia for Hospitalized Patients
Hospital-Acquired (Nosocomial) Pneumonia (HAP)
Gastrointestinal
Acute Invasive Diarrheal Disease (Dysentery)
Complicated Intra-Abdominal Infections (cIAI)
Genitourinary
Mild to Moderate Acute Uncomplicated Prostatitis
Uncomplicated Urinary Tract Infection (UTI)
Skin, Soft Tissue, Bone & Joints
Acute Osteomyelitis & Septic Arthritis
Bloodstream
Sepsis (Septicemia) & Septic Shock