Systematic Reviews of Antibiotics

Follow the links below to find systematic reviews of the evidence for the effectiveness of antibiotics.

Reviewed September 2009

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Title:   Surgery versus non-surgical treatment for bronchiectasis
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Removal of affected parts of the lung is often carried out in patients with bronchiectasis. A review was performed with the aim of identifying evidence for the benefit of surgery in bronchiectasis. No randomised controlled trials were identified so it i...
Date:   Apr 2009

Title:   Prophylactic antibiotics for penetrating abdominal trauma
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   For over half a century antibiotics have been given to patients that have suffered from a penetrating injury to the abdominal peritoneal cavity in an attempt to decrease the incidence of post-operative wound infection, intra-abdominal infection and mort...
Date:   Jan 2009

Title:   Doxycycline for osteoarthritis of the knee or hip
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   This summary of a Cochrane review presents what we know from research about the effect of doxycycline on osteoarthritis....
Date:   Jan 2009

Title:   Antibiotics for treating chronic osteomyelitis in adults
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Osteomyelitis is an inflammation of the bone and bone marrow caused by pus-forming bacteria, mycobacteria or fungi. All bone infection that is long-standing is called chronic osteomyelitis. Antibiotics can be administered either orally or parenterally (...
Date:   Dec 2008

Title:   Antibiotics for treating acute chest syndrome in people with sickle cell disease
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Sickle cell disease affects millions of people throughout the world. Acute chest syndrome is a major cause of illness and death in people with sickle cell disease. Symptoms include fever, chest pain and a raised white blood cell count. Acute infection o...
Date:   Oct 2008

Title:   Antimicrobial prophylaxis for colorectal surgery
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Abdominal surgical wound infection (SWI) in patients having operations on the large intestine occurs in about 40% of patients if antibiotics are not given. This risk can be greatly diminished by the administration of antibiotics prophylactically before ...
Date:   Oct 2008

Title:   Troleandomycin as an oral corticosteroid sparing agent in stable asthma
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Troleandomycin is a macrolide antibiotic with established effects in the treatment of infections. It alters the breakdown of corticosteroid drugs, so may be of benefit in asthma. This review found three small studies, that provide no evidence to justify...
Date:   Sep 2008

Title:   Antibiotic duration for treating uncomplicated, symptomatic lower urinary tract infections in elderly women
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   As people age (especially women), they become more prone to infections in the bladder (UTI - urinary tract infections). Older people are more likely to have adverse reactions to drugs. Up to the present time older women with uncomplicated UTI were treat...
Date:   May 2008

Title:   Home intravenous antibiotics for cystic fibrosis
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a serious genetic disease linked with recurrent lung infections. As a result of these, the person's lung disease becomes progressively worse. Lung infections are often treated with intravenous (IV) antibiotics in hospital for a n...
Date:   May 2008

Title:   Interventions for replacing missing teeth: antibiotics at dental implant placement to prevent complications
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Missing teeth can sometimes be replaced with dental implants to which a crown, bridge or denture can be attached. Bacteria introduced during placement of implants can lead to infection and sometimes implant failure. It appears that the oral administrati...
Date:   May 2008

Title:   Antibiotics to reduce post-tonsillectomy morbidity
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Tonsillectomy is a commonly performed operation in children and adults. Following the operation nearly all patients experience significant pain, need regular painkillers, and are unable to resume normal diet and activities for several hours. Rarer, but ...
Date:   Feb 2008

Title:   Antibiotics versus control for toxoplasma retinochoroiditis
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Toxoplasma retinochoroiditis occurs when a parasite called toxoplasma gondii gets into the retina (the light sensitive layer inside the eye) and the choroid (layer of the eyeball near the retina). This causes inflammation that can scar the retina and re...
Date:   Jan 2008

Title:   Prolonged antibiotics for purulent bronchiectasis in children and adults
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   The available evidence examining the use of prolonged antibiotic therapy in bronchiectasis suggests that this intervention incurs a small advantage. The evidence is derived from a small number of diverse trials and further research is needed to confirm ...
Date:   Jan 2008

Title:   Antibiotics for mastitis in breastfeeding women
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Inflammation of breast or mastitis could be infective or non-infective. Infective mastitis is one of the most common infections experienced by breastfeeding women. The condition (infective or not) varies in severity, ranging from mild symptoms with some...
Date:   Dec 2007

Title:   Empiric antibiotic coverage of atypical pathogens for community acquired pneumonia in hospitalized adults
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Agents which cause pneumonia are traditionally divided into 'typical' and 'atypical', each dictating a distinct antibiotic treatment. Atypical agents refer to certain bacteria - namely, Legionella pneumophila (L. pneumophila), Mycoplasma pneumoniae (M. ...
Date:   Nov 2007

Title:   Antibiotics versus placebo for acute bacterial conjunctivitis
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Acute bacterial conjunctivitis is an infective condition in which the eyes become red and inflamed. The condition is not normally serious and usually recedes spontaneously within about a week. People with acute conjunctivitis are often given antibiotics...
Date:   Oct 2007

Title:   Oral versus intravenous antibiotic treatment for febrile neutropenia in cancer patients
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Neutropenia (low white blood count) is a complication of cancer chemotherapy exposing patients to life-threatening infections. Current practice for neutropenic patients with fever is hospital admission and treatment with intravenous antibiotics. Febrile...
Date:   Sep 2007

Title:   Modes of administration of antibiotics for symptomatic severe urinary tract infections
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Severe urinary tract infection (UTI) is a common infection in adults and children, causing acute disease with a variety of symptoms such as fever and flank pain. This may lead to kidney damage, kidney failure or hypertension. Standard therapy involves a...
Date:   Aug 2007

Title:   Antibiotic prophylaxis in clean and clean-contaminated ear surgery
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Ear surgery, as surgery in general, can be divided into several categories: clean, clean-contaminated, contaminated and dirty surgery. Postoperative complications can include wound infection, discharge from the outer ear canal, labyrinthitis and graft f...
Date:   Jun 2007

Title:   Beta-lactam versus beta-lactam-aminoglycoside combination therapy in cancer patients with neutropenia
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Cancer chemotherapy or bone marrow transplantation disrupts the immune system, exposing patients to severe infection. The major sign of infection is fever, and the hallmark of damaged immune defences a decreased white blood cell count. Previously patien...
Date:   Jun 2007
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