Ceftriaxone vs long‐acting (oily) Chloramphenicol compared: Clinical failure ‐ in all participants ‐ short term Composite clinical criteria10
Ceftriaxone showed no clear difference in clinical failure ‐ in all participants ‐ short term Composite… compared with long‐acting (oily) chloramphenicol (moderate certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Ceftriaxone vs long‐acting (oily) chloramphenicol Clinical failure ‐ in all participants ‐ short term Composite clinical criteria10 · people suspected to have meningococcal disease (adults and children) Ceftriaxone showed no clear difference in clinical failure ‐ in all participants ‐ short term Composite… compared with long‐acting (oily) chloramphenicol (moderate certainty). Pre‐admission antibiotics for suspected cases of meningococcal disease (2017) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | OR 0.83 [0.32, 2.15] | 1 study · 477 participants | Moderate |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pre‐admission antibiotics for suspected cases of meningococcal disease 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.