Cochrane · systematic review · CD013120

Antibiotic treatment for spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in people with decompensated liver cirrhosis: a network meta‐analysis

Iogna Prat, L, Wilson, P, Freeman, SC, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2019 · Cochrane Library

Hepato-BiliaryAMSTAR 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
11
current version
GRADE rated
9
No studies
2
Included studies
NR
No studies 2 · 18.2%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 9 · 81.8%Low 0 · 0%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

Comparison

Population: people with cirrhosis and spontaneous bacterial peritonitis
11 questions
OutcomeEffectEvidenceStatus / GRADE
Interventions
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Cefotaxime (1 RCT; 37 participants)
HR 0.56 [0.11, 2.28]NRVery low
Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision
Ciprofloxacin (1 RCT; 35 participants)
HR 0.65 [0.12, 2.72]NRVery low
Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision
Ceftazidime (No direct RCT)
HR 1.15 [0.17, 6.37]NRVery low
Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision
Amikacin (No direct RCT)
HR 0.76 [0.09, 5.9]NRVery low
Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision
Cefixime (1 RCT; 38 participants)
HR 1.26 [0.26, 6.9]NRVery low
Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision
Cefonicid (1 RCT; 60 participants)
HR 1.3 [0.52, 3.24]NRVery low
Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision
Meropenem plus daptomycin (No direct RCT)
HR 0.64 [0.05, 6.13]NRVery low
Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision
Ofloxacin (No direct RCT)
HR 0.56 [0.09, 2.93]NRVery low
Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision
Liver transplantation
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Ciprofloxacin (2 RCT; 275 participants)
HR 0.93 [0.69, 1.25]NRVery low
Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision