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Evidence found and GRADE certainty

32 questions · 38 findings · 5 reviews

No studies found 3 · 7.9%GRADE not reported 4 · 10.5%Very low 3 · 7.9%Low 23 · 60.5%Moderate 5 · 13.2%High 0 · 0%

Untargeted antifungal treatment with any antifungal drug (systemic or nonabsorbable) vs Placebo, no treatment, or another active antifungal intervention

Total (all‐cause) mortality · preventing fungal infections in non‐neutropenic critically ill patients

Untargeted antifungal treatment with any antifungal drug (systemic… showed no clear difference in total (all‐cause) mortality compared with placebo/no antifungal/any other antifungal (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Untargeted antifungal treatment with any antifungal drug (systemic or nonabsorbable) vs Placebo, no treatment, or another active antifungal intervention

Proven invasive fungal infection · preventing fungal infections in non‐neutropenic critically ill patients

Untargeted antifungal treatment with any antifungal drug (systemic… may leads to lower proven invasive fungal infection compared with placebo/no antifungal/any other antifungal (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Untargeted antifungal treatment with any antifungal drug (systemic or nonabsorbable) vs Placebo, no treatment, or another active antifungal intervention

Superficial fungal infection · preventing fungal infections in non‐neutropenic critically ill patients

Untargeted antifungal treatment with any antifungal drug (systemic… showed no clear difference in superficial fungal infection compared with placebo/no antifungal/any other antifungal (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Untargeted antifungal treatment with any antifungal drug (systemic or nonabsorbable) vs Placebo, no treatment, or another active antifungal intervention

Fungal colonization · preventing fungal infections in non‐neutropenic critically ill patients

Untargeted antifungal treatment with any antifungal drug (systemic… may leads to lower fungal colonization compared with placebo/no antifungal/any other antifungal (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Untargeted antifungal treatment with any antifungal drug (systemic or nonabsorbable) vs Placebo, no treatment, or another active antifungal intervention

Treatment cessation due to adverse events · preventing fungal infections in non‐neutropenic critically ill patients

Untargeted antifungal treatment with any antifungal drug (systemic… showed no clear difference in adverse events requiring cessation of study drug(s) compared with placebo/no antifungal/any other antifungal (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Antifungal drugs absorbed from GI tract (fluconazole, ketoconazole, itraconazole) vs Antifungal drugs not absorbed from GI tract

Systemic fungal infection · Patients with cancer receiving chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy

Antifungal drugs absorbed from GI tract showed no clear difference in systemic fungal infection compared with antifungal drugs not absorbed from GI tract; GRADE not reported.

1 finding from 1 review

Any antifungal intervention for the treatment of oral candidiasis vs Placebo, no treatment, or another active antifungal intervention

Incidence of systemic infection · Patients with cancer receiving chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy with overt oral candidiasis

The review found no eligible studies for this question.

1 finding from 1 review

Antifungal drugs not absorbed from GI tract vs placebo or no treatment

Systemic fungal infection · Patients with cancer receiving chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy

Antifungal drugs not absorbed from GI tract showed no clear difference in systemic fungal infection compared with placebo or no treatment; GRADE not reported.

1 finding from 1 review