Society guideline links: Cochlear implant infections

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Links to related guidelines are provided separately. (See "Society guideline links: Meningococcal infection" and "Society guideline links: Pneumococcal vaccination in adults" and "Society guideline links: Pneumococcal vaccination in children" and "Society guideline links: Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccination" and "Society guideline links: Immunizations in adults" and "Society guideline links: Immunizations in children and adolescents".)

International

●Consensus on Auditory Implants: International consensus on meningitis and cochlear implants (2005)

Canada

●Public Health Organization of Canada (PHAC): Canadian Immunization Guide – Immunization of persons with chronic diseases: Other conditions (2015)

United States

●American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP): Red Book – Immunization and other considerations in immunocompromised children (2021)

●AAP: Policy statement on cochlear implants in children – Surgical site infections and prevention and treatment of acute otitis media and meningitis (2010, reaffirmed 2018)

●Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA): Clinical practice guideline for vaccination of the immunocompromised host (ARCHIVED; published 2013)