Guidelines for Empiric Therapy: Adults

These recommendations are intended to assist with clinical decision-making for common situations but cannot replace personalized evaluation and management decisions based on individual patient factors including but not limited to history of multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs).

Abdominopelvic Infections

Bone & Joint Infections without Hardware

Central Nervous System Infections

Gastrointestinal Infections

Obstetric Infections

Pneumonia, Community Acquired

Pneumonia, Hospital-acquired or Ventilator-associated

Respiratory, Head, and Neck Infections

Sepsis, Source Unknown and other Nonfocal infections

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Skin and Soft-Tissue Infections

Urinary Tract Infections