Cochrane · systematic review · CD011357
Antibiotics for asymptomatic bacteriuria in kidney transplant recipients
Coussement, J, Scemla, A, Abramowicz, D, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2018 · 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
8
current version
GRADE rated
7
No studies
1
Included studies
NR
No studies 1 · 12.5%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 0 · 0%Low 7 · 87.5%Moderate 0 · 0%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
Antibiotics versus no treatment for asymptomatic bacteriuria in kidney transplant recipients
Population: adult kidney transplant recipients
| Outcome | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Outcomes ( Antibiotics vs no treatment | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Symptomatic UTI Antibiotics vs no treatment | RR 0.86 [0.51, 1.45] | 2 studies · 200 participants | Low |
Antimicrobial resistance Antibiotics vs no treatment | RR 1.21 [0.6, 2.41] | 1 study · 112 participants | Low |
All‐cause mortality Antibiotics vs no treatment | RR 2.23 [0.21, 23.86] | 1 study · 112 participants | Low |
Graft loss Antibiotics vs no treatment | RR 1.11 [0.07, 17.36] | 1 study · 112 participants | Low |
Acute graft rejection Antibiotics vs no treatment | RR 0.93 [0.44, 1.97] | 1 study · 112 participants | Low |
Hospitalisation for UTI Antibiotics vs no treatment | RR 0.74 [0.13, 4.27] | 1 study · 112 participants | Low |
Graft function (creatinine at end of study) Antibiotics vs no treatment | no estimate extracted | 2 studies · 200 participants | Low |