Findings

What do systematic reviews say?

3 questions · 3 findings · 2 reviews · Airways

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

Exacerbations (number of people experiencing ≥ 1 exacerbations) · patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Quinolone showed no clear difference in number of participants experiencing one or more exacerbations… compared with macrolide (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Exacerbations (number of people experiencing ≥ 1 exacerbations) · patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Quinolone showed no clear difference in number of participants experiencing one or more exacerbations… compared with tetracycline (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Exacerbations · adults aged 18 years and above with diagnosis of non‐cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis

The review found no eligible studies for this question.

1 finding from 1 review

Head‐to‐head trials of antibiotics for bronchiectasis 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found