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- Antibiotic therapy for pelvic inflammatory disease
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 20-Aug-2020
Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) affects 4% to 12% of women of reproductive age. The main intervention for acute PID is broad-spectrum antibiotics administered intravenously, intramuscularly or orally. We assessed the optimal treatment regimen for PID.
- Antibiotic therapy for preventing infections in people with acute stroke
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 22-Jan-2018
Stroke is the main cause of disability in high-income countries and ranks second as a cause of death worldwide. Infections occur frequently after stroke and may adversely affect outcome. Preventive antibiotic therapy in the acute phase of stroke may reduc
- Antibiotic therapy for prophylaxis against infection of pancreatic necrosis in acute pancreatitis
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 12-May-2010
Pancreatic necrosis may complicate severe acute pancreatitis, and is detectable by computed tomography (CT). If it becomes infected mortality increases, but the use of prophylactic antibiotics raises concerns about antibiotic resistance and fungal infecti
- Antibiotic therapy for Shigella dysentery
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 8-Aug-2010
Shigella dysentery is a relatively common illness and occasionally causes death, worldwide. Mild symptoms are self-limiting but in more severe cases, antibiotics are recommended for cure and preventing relapse. The antibiotics recommended are diverse, hav
- Antibiotic therapy for the treatment of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in non surgical wounds
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 15-Nov-2013
Non surgical wounds include chronic ulcers (pressure or decubitus ulcers, venous ulcers, diabetic ulcers, ischaemic ulcers), burns and traumatic wounds. The prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) colonisation (i.e. presence of MR
- Antibiotic therapy for the treatment of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections in surgical wounds
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 6-Aug-2013
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection after surgery is usually rare, but incidence can be up to 33% in certain types of surgery. Postoperative MRSA infection can occur as surgical site infections (SSI), chest infections, or bloodstr
- Antibiotic therapy versus no antibiotic therapy for children aged 2 to 59 months with WHO‐defined non‐severe pneumonia and wheeze
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 20-Jan-2021
Worldwide, pneumonia is the leading cause of death amongst children under five years of age, and accounts for approximately two million deaths annually.
- Antibiotic treatment for Burkholderia cepacia complex in people with cystic fibrosis experiencing a pulmonary exacerbation
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 2-Apr-2020
Chronic pulmonary infection is a hallmark of lung disease in cystic fibrosis. Infections dominated by organisms of the Burkholderia cepacia complex, a group of at least 18 closely-related species of gram-negative bacteria, are particularly difficult to tr
- Antibiotic treatment for Clostridium difficile‐associated diarrhoea in adults
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 3-Mar-2017
Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) is recognized as a frequent cause of antibiotic-associated diarrhoea and colitis. This review is an update of a previously published Cochrane review.
- Antibiotic treatment for newborns with congenital syphilis
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 15-Feb-2019
Congenital syphilis continues to be a substantial public health problem in many parts of the world. Since the first use of penicillin for the treatment of syphilis in 1943, which was a notable early success, it has remained the preferred and standard trea
- Antibiotic treatment for nontuberculous mycobacteria lung infection in people with cystic fibrosis
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 10-Jun-2020
Nontuberculous mycobacteria are mycobacteria, other than those in the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex, and are commonly found in the environment. Nontuberculous mycobacteria species (most commonly Mycobacterium avium complex and Mycobacterium abscessus
- Antibiotic treatment for spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in people with decompensated liver cirrhosis: a network meta‐analysis
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 16-Sep-2019
Approximately 2.5% of all hospitalisations in people with cirrhosis are for spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP). Antibiotics, in addition to supportive treatment (fluid and electrolyte balance, treatment of shock), form the mainstay treatments of SBP.
- Antibiotic treatment for Stenotrophomonas maltophilia in people with cystic fibrosis
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 18-Mar-2020
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is one of the most common emerging multi-drug resistant organisms found in the lungs of people with cystic fibrosis and its prevalence is increasing. Chronic infection with Stenotrophomonas maltophilia has recently been shown
- Antibiotic treatment for the sexual partners of women with bacterial vaginosis
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 1-Oct-2016
Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is an infection that has a prevalence between 10% to 50% worlwide. BV results in an imbalance of the normal vaginal flora. Microorganisms associated with BV have been isolated from the normal flora of the male genital tract, and t
- Antibiotic treatment for travellers' diarrhoea
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 24-Jul-2000
Using a pilot system we have categorised this review as: Current question - update pending (See "Published notes" section for an explanation).
- Antibiotic use for irreversible pulpitis
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 30-May-2019
Irreversible pulpitis, which is characterised by acute and intense pain, is one of the most frequent reasons that patients attend for emergency dental care. Apart from removal of the tooth, the customary way of relieving the pain of irreversible pulpitis
- Antibiotics / anti-inflammatories for reducing acute inflammatory episodes in lymphoedema of the limbs
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 22-Oct-2008
Lymphoedema is a chronic, progressive condition and one area of debate is the optimum management for infective/inflammatory episodes (AIE's).
- Antibiotics and antiseptics for pressure ulcers
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 4-Apr-2016
Pressure ulcers, also known as bedsores, decubitus ulcers and pressure injuries, are localised areas of injury to the skin or the underlying tissue, or both. A range of treatments with antimicrobial properties, including impregnated dressings, are widely
- Antibiotics and antiseptics for surgical wounds healing by secondary intention
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 29-Mar-2016
Following surgery, incisions are usually closed by fixing the edges together with sutures (stitches), staples, adhesives (glue) or clips. This process helps the cut edges heal together and is called 'healing by primary intention'. However, a minority of s
- Antibiotics and antiseptics for venous leg ulcers
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 9-Jan-2014
Venous leg ulcers are a type of chronic wound affecting up to 1% of adults in developed countries at some point during their lives. Many of these wounds are colonised by bacteria or show signs of clinical infection. The presence of infection may delay ulc
