Antibiotics (AB) v placebo for acute bacterial conjunctivitis*
| Weighted event rates | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcomes | Follow up | Number of studies | AB | Placebo | RBI (95% CI) | NNT (CI) |
| *Abbreviations defined in glossary; RBI, NNT, and CI calculated from data in article using a fixed effects model. | ||||||
| †Unweighted event rates. | ||||||
| Clinical remission | 2 to 5 days | 2 | 83% | 64% | 31% (16 to 49) | 6 (4 to 9) |
| 6 to 10 days | 1 | 91%† | 72%† | 27% (0.9 to 69) | 6 (3 to 173) | |
| Microbiological remission | 2 to 5 days | 3 | 77% | 44% | 71% (41 to 108) | 4 (3 to 5) |
| 6 to 10 days | 2 | 78% | 46% | 71% (35 to 117) | 4 (3 to 5) | |