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Treatment failure with anti‐gram‐positive antibiotics vs placebo

Overall failure (disregarding modifications) · people with cancer who have febrile neutropenia

Treatment failure with anti‐gram‐positive antibiotics showed no clear difference in overall failure (disregarding modifications) compared with placebo (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Empirical antibiotics targeting gram‐positive bacteria for the treatment of febrile neutropenic patients with cancer 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 1 [0.79, 1.27]
7 studies · 943 participants
Low

Treatment failure with anti‐gram‐positive antibiotics vs placebo

Failure, modifications included · people with cancer who have febrile neutropenia

It is very uncertain whether treatment failure with anti‐gram‐positive antibiotics changes failure, modifications included compared with placebo (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Empirical antibiotics targeting gram‐positive bacteria for the treatment of febrile neutropenic patients with cancer 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 0.72 [0.65, 0.79]
11 studies · 2169 participants
Very low