Antibiotic prophylaxis vs no treatment/placebo: Incidence rate of cellulitis
Antibiotic prophylaxis probably leads to lower incidence rate of cellulitis compared with no treatment/placebo (moderate certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Antibiotic prophylaxis vs no treatment/placebo Incidence rate of cellulitis · People with recurrent erysipelas or cellulitis Antibiotic prophylaxis probably leads to lower incidence rate of cellulitis compared with no treatment/placebo (moderate certainty). Interventions for the prevention of recurrent erysipelas and cellulitis (2017) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 0.44 [0.22, 0.89] | 4 studies · 473 participants | Moderate |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interventions for the prevention of recurrent erysipelas and cellulitis 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | list not extracted yet | Not assessed |
Studies behind the findings
None of these reviews ties its included studies to this outcome in the data here. Cochrane reviews and reviews with headline outcomes only do not list their studies yet.
How reviews are matched to this question
Reviews word the same question differently. Four decision models (TypeSafe's Jev, Liquid AI's d1-ultra, SubQ Snap and Baseten's Elephant) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others; two wordings count as the same when at least three of them agree and none clearly disagrees, and findings count as this question only when all four elements match. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each finding.