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No studies found 493 · 22.5%GRADE not reported 160 · 7.3%Very low 600 · 27.4%Low 474 · 21.7%Moderate 364 · 16.6%High 97 · 4.4%

Inhaled tobramycin (TNS) vs placebo

Adverse effects of antibiotics: participants experiencing cough · adults and children with cystic fibrosis and a positive microbiological isolate of P aeruginosa from a respiratory tract specimen

It is very uncertain whether inhaled tobramycin (TNS) changes adverse effects of antibiotics: participants experiencing cough compared with placebo (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Intravenous ceftazidime with tobramycin vs ciprofloxacin

Adverse effects of antibiotics · adults and children with cystic fibrosis and a positive microbiological isolate of P aeruginosa from a respiratory tract specimen

Intravenous ceftazidime with tobramycin probably leads to lower adverse effects of antibiotics: compared with oral ciprofloxacin (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Summary of findings: aztreonam lysine for inhalation vs tobramycin

Need for antibiotics see pulmonary exacerbations · adults and children with cystic fibrosis and a positive microbiological isolate of P aeruginosa from a respiratory tract specimen

Summary of findings: aztreonam lysine for inhalation probably leads to lower pulmonary exacerbations: need for additional antibiotics compared with tobramycin (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Summary of findings: continuous cycles alternating aztreonam lysine for inhalation with tobramycin for inhalation solution vs continuous cycles alternating placebo with tobramycin

Antibiotic resistance: change from baseline in P aeruginosa CFU/g of sputum at week 24 · adults and children with cystic fibrosis and a positive microbiological isolate of P aeruginosa from a respiratory tract specimen
1 finding from 1 review

Intervention not reported

Antibiotics prior to long‐term CVC insertion versus control: catheter‐related infections · adults and children diagnosed with an oncologic disease with a newly‐inserted long‐term CVC who were at risk of neutropenia due to…

The intervention showed no clear difference in antibiotics prior to long‐term CVC insertion versus control:… (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Intervention not reported

Antibiotic versus heparin only lock/flush solution: catheter‐related infections · adults and children diagnosed with an oncologic disease with a newly‐inserted long‐term CVC who were at risk of neutropenia due to…

The intervention probably leads to lower antibiotic versus heparin only lock/flush solution: catheter‐related… (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Summary of findings ‐ withdrawal of penicillin prophylaxis vs continuation

Requirement of other courses of antibiotics · children with SCD who have been receiving prophylactic penicillin for at least two years

Summary of findings ‐ withdrawal of penicillin prophylaxis showed no clear difference in requirement of other courses of antibiotics compared with continuation (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review