title: Guidelines need controls.
authors.affiliation: Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes, Faculté de Médecine, Université de la Méditerranée, Marseille, France. Electronic address: didier.raoult@gmail.com.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Raoult
authors.affiliation: Antimicrobial Pharmacodynamics and Therapeutics, Department of Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hope
authors.affiliation: Clinical Microbiology, Central Hospital, Växjö, Sweden.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kahlmeter
mesh_terms: D032781:Codes of Ethics; D016265:Conflict of Interest; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic / Q000592:standards*; D012955:Societies, Medical
keywords: Committee on Publication Ethics; Infectious Diseases Society of America; World Association of Medical Editors; conflict of interest; guidelines