Regimens containing macrolides (azithromycin) vs regimens containing tetracycline (doxycycline): Clinical cure according to criteria established by study authors Severe PID
Regimens containing macrolides (azithromycin) showed no clear difference in clinical cure according to criteria established by study authors… compared with regimens containing tetracycline (doxycycline) (low certainty).
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Regimens containing macrolides (azithromycin) vs regimens containing tetracycline (doxycycline) Clinical cure according to criteria established by study authors Severe PID · women with PID Regimens containing macrolides (azithromycin) showed no clear difference in clinical cure according to criteria established by study authors… compared with regimens containing tetracycline (doxycycline) (low certainty). Antibiotic therapy for pelvic inflammatory disease (2020) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 1 [0.96, 1.05] | Not reported | Low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antibiotic therapy for pelvic inflammatory disease 2020 · 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.