• 1. Department of Quality and Efficacy Statistics, Zhengzhou Second Hospital, Zhengzhou 450006, China;
  • 2. Department of Pharmacy, Zhengzhou Second Hospital, Zhengzhou 450006, China;
  • 3. Center for Evidence-Based Medicine, Huaihe Hospital of Henan University, Kaifeng, Henan 475000, China;
  • 4. Department of Nursing, Zhengzhou Second Hospital, Zhengzhou 450006, China;
  • 5. Department of Respiratory Diseases, Zhengzhou Second Hospital, Zhengzhou 450006, China;
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Objective To systematically evaluate the efficacy and safety of teicoplanin versus vancomycin for lower respiratory tract infection with gram-positive bacteria in Chinese population. Methods The PubMed, EMbase, The Cochrane Library (Issue 3, 2016), CNKI, and WanFang Data databases were searched from their inception to March 20, 2016, to collect randomized controlled trials about teicoplanin versus vancomycin for lower respiratory tract infection with gram-positive bacteria in Chinese population. Two reviewers independently screened literature, extracted data, and assessed the risk of bias of included studies. Then, meta-analysis was performed using RevMan 5.3 software. Results A total of 12 RCTs involving 921 patients were included. The results of meta-analysis suggested that there were no significant associations between the teicoplanin group and the vancomycin group in total effective rate (RR=0.99, 95%CI 0.93 to 1.05, P=0.69), clinical cure rate (RR=1.05, 95%CI 0.92 to 1.19, P=0.49), and bacteria clearance rate (RR=1.00, 95%CI 0.93 to 1.05, P=0.69). However, the teicoplanin group had lower incidences of the total adverse event (RR=0.65, 95%CI 0.47 to 0.90, P=0.008) and nephrotoxicity (RR=0.33, 95%CI 0.16 to 0.66, P=0.002), and shorter course of treatment (MD=-1.78, 95%CI -3.27 to -0.29, P=0.02) than that in the vancomycin group. Conclusion Current evidence indicates that teicoplanin is similar to vancomycin in therapeutic effects on treating lower respiratory tract infection with gram-positive bacteria in Chinese population, but teicoplanin is better in safety and has a shorter course of treatment than vancomycin. Due to limited quantity and quality of the included studies, more high-quality RCTs are needed to confirm the above conclusions.

Citation: TAOHua, CHENGXiao-ke, WANGJuan, DONGQing-yu, ZHOULi-na. Efficacy and Safety of Teicoplanin versus Vancomycin for Lower Respiratory Tract Infection with Gram-positive Bacteria in Chinese Population: A Meta-analysis. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2016, 16(7): 809-818. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.20160125 Copy

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