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Third generation cephalosporins vs conventional antibiotics (high and low/middle‐income countries): Death

What each review found

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FindingEffectStudiesGRADE certainty
Third generation cephalosporins vs conventional antibiotics
Death · patients treated for S. pneumoniae meningitis
Third generation cephalosporins versus conventional antibiotics for treating acute bacterial meningitis (2007) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted11 studies · 129 participantsGRADE not reported

Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.

The reviews

ReviewSearched up toIncluded studiesAMSTAR 2
Third generation cephalosporins versus conventional antibiotics for treating acute bacterial meningitis
2007 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
Not reportedlist not extracted yetNot assessed

Studies behind the findings

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How reviews are matched to this question

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