Number of participants experiencing shunt infection after administration of antibiotic prophylaxis · CSF‐shunt infections
Antibiotic prophylaxis may leads to lower number of participants experiencing shunt infection after… compared with no antibiotic prophylaxis / standard care (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Number of participants experiencing shunt infection after administration of intravenous antibiotic prophylaxis · CSF‐shunt infections
Antibiotic prophylaxis may leads to lower number of participants experiencing shunt infection after… compared with no antibiotic prophylaxis / standard care (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Number of participants experiencing shunt infection after administration of intrathecal antibiotic prophylaxis · CSF‐shunt infections
Antibiotic prophylaxis showed no clear difference in number of participants experiencing shunt infection after… compared with no antibiotic prophylaxis / standard care (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Number of participants experiencing shunt infection after implantation of antibiotic impregnated catheters · CSF‐shunt infections
It is very uncertain whether antibiotic prophylaxis changes number of participants experiencing shunt infection after… compared with no antibiotic prophylaxis / standard care (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Number of participants with symptomatic UTI · primary VUR
Antibiotic prophylaxis showed no clear difference in symptomatic UTI by 1 to 2 years: antibiotics versus no prophylaxis compared with surveillance or no treatment (low certainty).
2 findings from 1 review
Febrile UTI by 1 to 2 years: antibiotics versus no prophylaxis · primary VUR
Antibiotic prophylaxis showed no clear difference in febrile UTI by 1 to 2 years: antibiotics versus no prophylaxis compared with surveillance or no treatment (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Adverse effects of antibiotics · women with episiotomy repair following vaginal birth
1 finding from 1 review
Adverse effects of antibiotics (skin rash) · Women who had normal vaginal births
It is very uncertain whether routine antibiotic prophylaxis changes adverse effects of antibiotics (skin rash) compared with no treatment or placebo (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Wound infection · prevention of postoperative wound infection in adults undergoing open elective inguinal or femoral hernioplasty hernia repair
It is very uncertain whether antibiotic prophylaxis changes all wound infections (SSSI + DSSI) compared with placebo (very low certainty).
2 findings from 1 review
DSSI · prevention of postoperative wound infection in adults undergoing open elective inguinal or femoral hernioplasty hernia repair
Antibiotic prophylaxis showed no clear difference in DSSI compared with placebo (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
DSSI ‐ low infection risk environment · prevention of postoperative wound infection in adults undergoing open elective inguinal or femoral hernioplasty hernia repair
Antibiotic prophylaxis showed no clear difference in DSSI ‐ low infection risk environment compared with placebo (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
DSSI ‐ high infection risk environment · prevention of postoperative wound infection in adults undergoing open elective inguinal or femoral hernioplasty hernia repair
Antibiotic prophylaxis showed no clear difference in DSSI ‐ high infection risk environment compared with placebo (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
All wound infections (SSSI + DSSI) ‐ low infection risk environment · prevention of postoperative wound infection in adults undergoing open elective inguinal or femoral hernioplasty hernia repair
It is very uncertain whether antibiotic prophylaxis changes all wound infections (SSSI + DSSI) ‐ low infection risk environment compared with placebo (very low certainty).
2 findings from 1 review
All wound infections (SSSI + DSSI) ‐ high infection risk environment · prevention of postoperative wound infection in adults undergoing open elective inguinal or femoral hernioplasty hernia repair
It is very uncertain whether antibiotic prophylaxis changes all wound infections (SSSI + DSSI) ‐ high infection risk environment compared with placebo (very low certainty).
2 findings from 1 review
SSSI · prevention of postoperative wound infection in adults undergoing open elective inguinal or femoral hernioplasty hernia repair
Antibiotic prophylaxis probably leads to lower SSSI compared with placebo (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
SSSI ‐ low infection risk environment · prevention of postoperative wound infection in adults undergoing open elective inguinal or femoral hernioplasty hernia repair
Antibiotic prophylaxis showed no clear difference in SSSI ‐ low infection risk environment compared with placebo (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
SSSI ‐ high infection risk environment · prevention of postoperative wound infection in adults undergoing open elective inguinal or femoral hernioplasty hernia repair
It is very uncertain whether antibiotic prophylaxis changes SSSI ‐ high infection risk environment compared with placebo (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Incidence of episiotomy wound infection with wound dehiscence · women with episiotomy repair following vaginal birth
It is very uncertain whether antibiotic prophylaxis changes incidence of episiotomy wound infection with wound dehiscence compared with no treatment (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
RR 0.13 [0.01, 2.28]
73 participants
Very low
Incidence of episiotomy wound dehiscence without wound infection · women with episiotomy repair following vaginal birth
It is very uncertain whether antibiotic prophylaxis changes incidence of episiotomy wound dehiscence without wound infection compared with no treatment (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
RR 0.82 [0.29, 2.34]
73 participants
Very low
Incidence of puerperal infection (endometritis) · women with episiotomy repair following vaginal birth
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
73 participants
Very low