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ArticleThe Cochrane database of systematic reviews2026

Antibiotic therapy for pelvic inflammatory disease: a network meta-analysis.

Michail Papapanou, Melina Nikolakea, Ismini Tsakiri, Maria Toulaki, Kalliopi Syristatidi, Charalampos S Siristatidis, Patricia Ziegelmann, Jonathan Ross, Ricardo F Savaris

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Article in The Cochrane database of systematic reviews, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Michail PapapanouSecond Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Aretaieio Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8331-2402
Melina NikolakeaCochrane Athens, Athens, Greece.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9095-0007
Ismini TsakiriCochrane Athens, Athens, Greece.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9490-9973
Maria ToulakiCochrane Athens, Athens, Greece.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0004-1822-6865
Kalliopi SyristatidiCochrane Athens, Athens, Greece.
Charalampos S SiristatidisCochrane Athens, Athens, Greece.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0850-6623
Patricia ZiegelmannStatistics, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2851-2011
Jonathan RossUniversity of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4193-6919
Ricardo F SavarisGinecologia e Obstetricia, UFRGS-FAMED, Porto Alegre, Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2779-5443

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesThis is a protocol for a Cochrane review (intervention). The objectives are as follows: To assess the comparative benefits and harms of systemic antibiotic regimens for the treatment of acute pelvic inflammatory disease in women of reproductive age. The secondary objectives are: to estimate the incremental effect of adding nitroimidazole to an antibiotic backbone; to compare the efficacy of azithromycin-containing regimens with relevant alternatives, where the evidence network permits (in Network B, this comparison depends on setting-disaggregated data from a single eligible trial and may not be estimable); and to describe narratively whether treatment hierarchies appear consistent between the outpatient (Network A) and inpatient (Network B) evidence, since direct statistical comparison between networks is not undertaken.

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Anti-Bacterial AgentsPelvic Inflammatory DiseaseAzithromycinFemaleHumansNitroimidazolesRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicAnti-Bacterial AgentsAzithromycinNitroimidazoles

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PMID42905124
PMCPMC13685952

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