Major update Antibiotic guidelines

NEWS Therapeutic Guidelines Unprecedented update to the Antibiotic guidelines now available

Unprecedented update to the Antibiotic guidelines

PUBLISHED: 31 March 2025
Therapeutic Guidelines has expanded its Antibiotic guidelines with an extensive multidisciplinary update with more than 200 revised and new clinical topics.
The first release covers content updates on infections commonly managed in primary care, as well as information on serious infections often managed in hospitals, such as pneumonia and sepsis. During this major project, over 100 Australian clinicians worked with Therapeutic Guidelines. We acknowledge and thank these contributors, many of whom are leaders in their therapeutic area, for supporting the delivery of this crucial resource.

The scale of the update is unprecedented and includes:

  • 100+ Clinical expert contributors
  • 200+ Clinical topics
  • 1400+ Drug recommendations
  • New aminoglycoside calculators
  • Images and diagrams
  • New patient information
The update also includes targeted changes to infection-related content across other guidelines.


More changes coming to the Antibiotic guidelines

More updates will follow over the next 12 months, including updates to surgical antibiotic prophylaxis, tropical and rare diseases, and infections in people with immune compromise.