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85 questions · 86 findings · 9 reviews · Eyes and Vision

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Antibiotics vs placebo

Treatment incompletion (RR < 1 favored) · Participants with acute bacterial conjunctivitis

Antibiotics probably leads to lower treatment incompletion (RR < 1 favored) compared with placebo (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Antibiotics vs placebo

Persistent clinical infection after one course of treatment (RR < 1 favored) · Participants with acute bacterial conjunctivitis

Antibiotics probably leads to lower persistent clinical infection after one course of treatment (RR < 1… compared with placebo (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Antibiotics vs placebo

Treatment‐associated ocular complications (RR < 1 or RD ≤ 0 favored) · Participants with acute bacterial conjunctivitis

It is very uncertain whether antibiotics changes treatment‐associated ocular complications (RR < 1 or RD ≤ 0 favored) compared with placebo (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Oral antibiotics vs placebo

Measurements of eradication or decrease in numbers of colonies of positive cultures of bacteria · adult participants with chronic blepharitis

The review found no eligible studies for this question.

1 finding from 1 review

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 vs placebo

Economic costs and benefits of different interventions · adult participants with chronic blepharitis

The review found no eligible studies for this question.

1 finding from 1 review