The first edition of the African Antibiotic Treatment Guidelines provide antimicrobial treatment recommendations, principles of stewardship, and other clinical guidance for the following bacterial syndromes:
Central Nervous System
Acute Bacterial Meningitis (Community-Acquired) | Adult | Neonatal/Pediatric
Head, Eye, Ear, Nose & Throat
Acute Purulent Neonatal Conjunctivitis | Neonatal/Pediatric
Acute Otitis Media | Adult | Neonatal/Pediatric
Bacterial Pharyngotonsillitis | Adult | Neonatal/Pediatric
Suspected Acute Bacterial Sinusitis | Neonatal/Pediatric
Dental Abscess | Adult | Neonatal/Pediatric
Cardiac
Acute Rheumatic Fever | Neonatal/Pediatric
Infective Endocarditis | Adult | Neonatal/Pediatric
Respiratory
Acute Bronchitis | Adult
Acute Exacerbation of COPD | Adult
Acute Lower Respiratory Tract Infection (Community-Acquired)
Neonatal/Pediatric
Severe/Inpatient | Neonatal/Pediatric
Pneumonia
Community-Acquired Mild to Moderate, in Ambulatory Outpatients | Adult
Community-Acquired Severe, for Hospitalized Patients | Adult
Hospital-Acquired (Nosocomial) Pneumonia (HAP) | Adult
Gastrointestinal
Acute Diarrhoeal Disease| Adult | Neonatal/Pediatric
Complicated Intra-Abdominal Infection (Community-Acquired) | Adult | Neonatal/Pediatric
Typhoid/Enteric Fever| Adult | Neonatal/Pediatric
Genitourinary
Acute Pyelonephritis | Adult
Mild to Moderate Acute Uncomplicated Prostatitis| Adult
Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) | Adult | Neonatal/Pediatric
Syphilis (Including congenital syphilis) | Neonatal/Pediatric
Skin, Soft Tissue, Bone & Joints
Skin & Soft Tissue Infections | Adult | Neonatal/Pediatric
Tetanus| Neonatal/Pediatric
Acute Osteomyelitis & Septic Arthritis| Adult | Neonatal/Pediatric
Bloodstream
Sepsis in the Newborn| Neonatal/Pediatric
Possible Serious Bacterial Infection in infants younger than 3 months of age (Community-Acquired) | Neonatal/Pediatric
Sepsis (Septicemia) & Septic Shock | Adult