Antibiotics (short duration) vs prolonged‐course antibiotic therapy be used: Recurrence of pneumonia ‐ MRSA
Should short‐course antibiotic therapy showed no clear difference in recurrence of pneumonia MRSA Clinical and/or microbiological criteria compared with prolonged‐course antibiotic therapy be used (moderate certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Should short‐course antibiotic therapy vs prolonged‐course antibiotic therapy be used Recurrence of pneumonia MRSA Clinical and/or microbiological criteria · hospital‐acquired pneumonia Should short‐course antibiotic therapy showed no clear difference in recurrence of pneumonia MRSA Clinical and/or microbiological criteria compared with prolonged‐course antibiotic therapy be used (moderate certainty). Short‐course versus prolonged‐course antibiotic therapy for hospital‐acquired pneumonia in critically ill… (2015) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | OR 1.56 [0.12, 19.61] | 2 studies · 49 participants | Moderate |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Short‐course versus prolonged‐course antibiotic therapy for hospital‐acquired pneumonia in critically ill adults 2015 · 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.