Cochrane · systematic review · CD009534
Antibiotics for asymptomatic bacteriuria
Zalmanovici Trestioreanu, A, Lador, A, Sauerbrun‐Cutler, MT, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2015 · Cochrane Library
Kidney and TransplantAMSTAR 2: not assessed
SoF tableOnly the outcomes this review put in its Summary of Findings table are listed (the Cochrane Handbook caps them at about seven per comparison). Its other analyses are not shown here.
Questions
5
current version
GRADE rated
5
No studies
0
Included studies
NR
No studies 0 · 0%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 0 · 0%Low 0 · 0%Moderate 5 · 100%High 0 · 0%
Ungraded means an effect was reported without a GRADE rating; it is not a gap. No studies means the review found nothing to answer the question. The six categories are a display order, not a score.
Questions and results
Comparison
Population: adults with asymptomatic bacteriuria
| Outcome | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Number of subjects who developed symptomatic UTI (6 months to 1 year) | RR 1.11 [0.51, 2.43] | 5 studies · 1046 participants | Moderate Downgraded: imprecision |
Number of subjects who developed complications (10 months to 3 years) | RR 0.8 [0.36, 1.75] | 3 studies · 814 participants | Moderate Downgraded: imprecision |
Death (6 months to 8 years) | RR 0.99 [0.7, 1.41] | 6 studies · 761 participants | Moderate Downgraded: imprecision |
Number of subjects who develop any adverse event (42 days to 10 months) | RR 3.77 [1.4, 10.15] | 3 studies · 248 participants | Moderate Downgraded: imprecision |
Number of subjects with bacteriological cure (42 days to 4 years) | RR 2.32 [1.11, 4.83] | 9 studies · 1154 participants | Moderate Downgraded: imprecision |