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Bacteria

• National Clinical Guideline No. 3: C. difficile (DoH 2014)
• Surveillance, Diagnosis and Management of Clostridium difficile-associated disease in Ireland Update of 2008 Guidance (HPSC 2013)
• European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases: update of the treatment guidance document for Clostridium difficile infection (ESCMID2014)
• Report of the HPSC Sub-Committee on Verotoxigenic E. coli (HPSC 2005)
• Lyme, Anaplasmosis and Babesiosis (IDSA 2006)
• Nervous System Lyme Disease
• MRSA (IDSA 2011)
• Prevention and Control of MRSA (National Clinical Guideline, 2013)
• Guidelines for Control and Prevention of Multi-Drug Resistant Organisms (MDRO) Excluding MRSA in the Healthcare Setting (HPSC 2013)
• Nontuberculous Mycobacterial (NTM) Diseases (IDSA 2007)
• Streptococcal Pharyngitis (IDSA 2012)
• The Management of Invasive Group A Streptococcal Infections in Ireland (HPSC 2006)
• Guidelines for prevention and control of group A streptococcal infection in acute healthcare and maternity settings in the UK (BIA 2011)
• Treatment of Tuberculosis (TB) (IDSA 2003)
• Control of Tuberculosis (TB) (IDSA 2005)
• International Standards of Care for Tuberculosis (WHO 2006)
• Guidelines on the Prevention and Control of Tuberculosis in Ireland (HPSC 2010)
• Recommendations for the management of the risk of TB associated with the use of TNF-α antagonists in an Irish setting (HPSC 2007)
• British Infection Society guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis of the central nervous system in adults and children (BIS 2009)

• Public Health Operational Guidelines for Typhoid and Paratyphoid (Enteric Fever) (HPA 2012)

Fungi

• Aspergillus (IDSA 2008)
• Blastomycosis (IDSA 2008)
• Coccidioidomycosis (IDSA 2005)
• Cryptococcal Disease (IDSA 2010)
• Candidiasis (IDSA 2009)
• Candida – ESCMID guideline for the diagnosis and management of Candida diseases 2012 Clin Microbiol Infect 2012; 18 (Suppl. 7)(ESCMID 2012):
• Candida – Diagnostic Procedures (ESCMID 2012)
• Candida – Non-neutropenic adult patients (ESCMID 2012)
• Candida – Prevention and management of invasive infections in neonates and children caused by Candida spp. (ESCMID 2012)
• Candida – Adults with haematological malignancies and after haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HCT) (ESCMID 2012
• Candida – Patients with HIV infection or AIDS (ESCMID 2012)
• Histoplasmosis (IDSA 2007)
• Sporotrichosis (IDSA 2007)

   

Parasites

• Leishmaniasis
• Cysticercosis