Useful Links
- Alliance for the Prudent Use of Antibiotics (APUA)
http://www.tufts.edu/med/apua/ - American Society for Microbiology (ASM)
http://www.asm.org/ - American Thoracic Society (ATS) – management guidelines
http://www.thoracic.org/sections/publications/statements/index.html - British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (BSAC) – management guidelines and antimicrobial resistance information
http://www.bsac.org.uk/ - British Thoracic Society (BTS) – management guidelines and other resources
http://www.brit-thoracic.org.uk/home.aspx - Canadian Bacterial Surveillance Network (CBSN)
http://microbiology.mtsinai.on.ca/data/sp/sp_2008.shtml - The Cochrane Library – library of evidence-based technology assessments
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/mrwhome/106568753/HOME - Dr Microbe
http://www.antibiotic-use.com/ - European Antomicrobial Resistance Surveillance System (EARSS)
http://www.rivm.nl/earss/database/ - European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (EUCAST) – issues in infectious disease management
http://www.eucast.org/ - European Medicines Agency (EMEA)
http://www.ema.europa.eu - European Respiratory Society (ERS) – information about antibiotics and the lungs
http://dev.ersnet.org/ - European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) – management guidelines
http://www.escmid.org/ - Health Canada
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/index-eng.php - Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) – management guidelines
http://www.idsociety.org/ - Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) – guidelines on antimicrobial resistance and other topics
http://new.paho.org/hq/index.php?option=com_joomlabook&Itemid=260 - QTc prolonging drugs (on website of Center for Eduacation and Research on Therapeutics)
http://www.azcert.org/medical-pros/drug-lists/drug-lists.cfm - US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
http://www.fda.gov/ - World Health Organisation (WHO)
http://www.who.int/en/
