The Effect of Antibiotic-Cycling Strategy on Antibiotic-Resistant Bacterial Infections or Colonization in Intensive Care Units: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Xiao-Jin LiYong LiuLiang DuYan KangPublished in: Worldviews on evidence-based nursing (2021)
Although the cycling strategy performed better than relatively free usage of antibiotics in the baseline period on reducing resistant bacteria, the cycling strategy did not show advantage when compared with the mixing strategy in subgroup analyses. In addition, these viewpoints still need more evidence to confirm.