Table 1.

Examples of local and international antibiotic prescribing guidelines referred to by physicians in Pakistan for the management of community-acquired respiratory tract infections

Local antibiotic prescribing guidelines
MMIDSP 2019: The Medical Microbiology Infectious Disease Society of Pakistan’s guidelines for antimicrobial use28
International antibiotic prescribing guidelines
IDSA 2007: Infectious Diseases Society of America. Guidelines on the Management of Community-acquired Pneumonia in Adults29
BTS 2009: British Thoracic Society Guidelines for the Management of Community-acquired Pneumonia in Adults: update 200930
IDSA 2011 (Endorsed by AAP): The Management of Community-acquired Pneumonia in Infants and Children Older than 3 Months of Age: Clinical Practice Guidelines by the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society and the Infectious Diseases Society of America31
BTS 2011: British Thoracic Society Guidelines for the Management of Community-acquired Pneumonia in Children: update 201132
IDSA 2012: IDSA Clinical Practice Guideline for Acute Bacterial Rhinosinusitis in Children and Adults33
AAP 2013: American Academy of Pediatrics. The Diagnosis and Management of Acute Otitis Media34
IDSA 2019: Diagnosis and Treatment of Adults with Community-acquired Pneumonia. An Official Clinical Practice Guideline of the American Thoracic Society and Infectious Diseases Society of America35
WHO 2019: World Health Organization Model List of Essential Medicines42