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2,016 questions · 2,067 findings · 222 reviews · Headline outcomes only

No studies found 471 · 22.8%GRADE not reported 108 · 5.2%Very low 570 · 27.6%Low 458 · 22.2%Moderate 363 · 17.6%High 97 · 4.7%

Summary of findings: anti‐pseudomonal antibiotics vs placebo

Frequency of hospital admissions for pulmonary exacerbations ‐ not measured · adults and children with cystic fibrosis and a positive microbiological isolate of P aeruginosa from a respiratory tract specimen

Summary of findings: anti‐pseudomonal antibiotics may leads to lower pulmonary exacerbations: frequency of one or more hospital admissions compared with placebo (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Summary of findings: anti‐pseudomonal antibiotics vs placebo

Survival: number of deaths · adults and children with cystic fibrosis and a positive microbiological isolate of P aeruginosa from a respiratory tract specimen

Summary of findings: anti‐pseudomonal antibiotics showed no clear difference in survival: number of deaths compared with placebo (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Comparison 1: community‐based antibiotic delivery vs usual care

Early neonatal mortality · neonates with sepsis

Comparison 1: community‐based antibiotic delivery probably leads to lower early neonatal mortality compared with standard care (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Comparison 1: community‐based antibiotic delivery vs usual care

Late neonatal mortality · neonates with sepsis

Comparison 1: community‐based antibiotic delivery probably leads to lower late neonatal mortality compared with standard care (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Comparison 1: community‐based antibiotic delivery vs usual care

Sepsis‐specific mortality · neonates with sepsis

Comparison 1: community‐based antibiotic delivery showed no clear difference in sepsis‐specific mortality compared with standard care (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Adverse events with anti‐gram‐positive antibiotics vs placebo

Any adverse events · people with cancer who have febrile neutropenia

It is very uncertain whether adverse events with anti‐gram‐positive antibiotics changes any adverse events compared with placebo (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Prophylactic antibiotics vs placebo or no treatment

Surgical site infection · women with urinary stress incontinence undergoing continence surgery

It is very uncertain whether prophylactic antibiotics (single or combined drugs) changes number of surgical site infections (SSIs) before discharge compared with placebo or no treatment (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Prophylactic antibiotics vs placebo or no treatment

Number of symptomatic UTIs or bacteriuria before discharge · women with urinary stress incontinence undergoing continence surgery

It is very uncertain whether prophylactic antibiotics (single or combined drugs) changes number of symptomatic UTIs or bacteriuria before discharge compared with placebo or no treatment (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Prophylactic antibiotics vs placebo or no treatment

Febrile morbidity · women with urinary stress incontinence undergoing continence surgery

It is very uncertain whether prophylactic antibiotics (single or combined drugs) changes number of women with febrile morbidity at hospital discharge compared with placebo or no treatment (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Prophylactic antibiotics vs placebo or no treatment

Mesh exposure · women with urinary stress incontinence undergoing continence surgery

It is very uncertain whether prophylactic antibiotics (single or combined drugs) changes number of mesh exposures within six weeks after the operation compared with placebo or no treatment (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Comparison 1: referral or full course of antibiotics vs usual care

Neonatal mortality ‐ first dose and referral · neonates with sepsis

Comparison 1: referral or full course of antibiotics may leads to lower neonatal mortality ‐ first dose and referral compared with standard care (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review