Antibiotic class comparisons for the treatment of pyelonephritis and complicated urinary tract infections: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Clinical cure was comparable across all comparisons. This supports basing antibiotic selection on local resistance patterns, patient factors and toxicity profiles rather than presumed class superiority.
Authors
- Mical Paul
- Digbijay Kunwar
- I Zahavi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-8089-1592)
- Hagar Dallasheh
- Judit Olchowski
Institutions
- Technion – Israel Institute of Technology (IL)
- Rambam Health Care Campus (IL)
- Rappaport Family Institute for Research in the Medical Sciences (IL)
- Primary HealthCare (MT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents
- Published
- 2025-12-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2025.107696
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Urinary Tract Infections Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 5.42