Levofloxacin vs ciprofloxacin: Clinical efficacy ‐ cure or improvement at
Levofloxacin showed no clear difference in clinical efficacy ‐ cure or improvement at end of treatment compared with ciprofloxacin (low certainty).
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Levofloxacin vs ciprofloxacin Clinical efficacy ‐ cure or improvement at end of treatment · patients with chronic bacterial prostatitis Levofloxacin showed no clear difference in clinical efficacy ‐ cure or improvement at end of treatment compared with ciprofloxacin (low certainty). Antimicrobial therapy for chronic bacterial prostatitis (2013) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 1.16 [0.93, 1.46] | 2 studies · 669 participants | Low |
Levofloxacin vs ciprofloxacin Clinical efficacy ‐ cure or improvement at · patients with chronic bacterial prostatitis It is very uncertain whether levofloxacin changes clinical efficacy ‐ cure or improvement at compared with ciprofloxacin (very low certainty). Antimicrobial therapy for chronic bacterial prostatitis (2013) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 1.16 [0.86, 1.55] | 2 studies · 669 participants | Very low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antimicrobial therapy for chronic bacterial prostatitis 2013 · 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.