Findings

What do systematic reviews say?

3 questions · 3 findings · 3 reviews · Eyes and Vision

Sort:Best matchNewest Highest certainty Download CSV

No studies found 0 · 0%GRADE not reported 0 · 0%Very low 1 · 33.3%Low 2 · 66.7%Moderate 0 · 0%High 0 · 0%

Oral antibiotics vs placebo

Adverse events at 1 month · adult participants with chronic blepharitis

It is very uncertain whether oral antibiotics changes adverse events at 1 month compared with placebo (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Oral antibiotics for chronic blepharitis 2021 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 6.13 [1.94, 19.41]
1 study · 93 participants
Very low

Combined steroid and antibiotic therapy vs antibiotics alone

Adverse events at 3 to 12 months' · eyes with acute endophthalmitis following an intraocular procedure (e.g. surgery, intravitreous injection)

Combined steroid and antibiotic therapy showed no clear difference in adverse events at 3 to 12 months' compared with antibiotics alone (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Adjunctive steroid therapy versus antibiotics alone for acute endophthalmitis after intraocular procedure 2022 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 1.41 [0.53, 3.74]
3 studies · 227 participants
Low

Antibiotics vs no treatment

Adverse events · People with toxoplasma retinochoroiditis

Antibiotic showed no clear difference in adverse events compared with no treatment (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Antibiotics versus no treatment for toxoplasma retinochoroiditis 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 3 [0.37, 24.17]
1 study · 20 participants
Low