Table 1.
Characteristics of included studies.
| First author (year) | Region | Journal | Study design | Groups | Interventions | Duration of treatment (days) |
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| Sheng (2017) | Jiangxi | Medical Information | RCT | XBJ group | Antibiotics: imipenem and cilastatin sodium 0.5 g, 3 times/day; Xuebijing injection 50 ml, 1 time/day |
7 | <0.05 |
| Control group | Antibiotics: imipenem and cilastatin sodium 0.5 g, 3 times/day | ||||||
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| Yuan (2015) | Shandong | China Practical Medicine | RCT | XBJ group | Antibiotics: ceftriaxone sodium 2 g, 1 time/day; Xuebijing injection 50 ml, 2 times/day |
10 | <0.05 |
| Control group | Antibiotics: ceftriaxone sodium 2 g, 1 time/day | ||||||
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| Wang (2015) | Henan | Drugs & Clinic | RCT | XBJ group | Antibiotics: Imipenem and cilastatin sodium 0.5 g, 3 times/day; Xuebijing injection 50 ml, 1 times/day |
7 | <0.05 |
| Control group | Antibiotics: imipenem and cilastatin sodium 0.5 g, 3 times/day | ||||||
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| Zhang (2014) | Hunan | Medical Journal of West China | RCT | XBJ group | Antibiotics: ceftazidime 2 g, 1 time/day; Xuebijing injection 50 ml, 2 times/day |
28 | <0.05 |
| Control group | Antibiotics: ceftazidime 2 g, 1 time/day | ||||||
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| Shu (2011) | Guangdong | Chinese Journal of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine on Digestion | RCT | XBJ group | Antibiotics: cephalosporin; Xuebijing injection 50 ml, 1 time/day |
14 | <0.05 |
| Control group | Antibiotics: cephalosporin | ||||||
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| Zhang (2010) | Guangdong | Progress in Modern Biomedicine | RCT | XBJ group | Antibiotics: ceftriaxone sodium; albumin Xuebijing injection 50 ml, 2 times/day |
7 | <0.05 |
| Control group | Antibiotics: ceftriaxone sodium albumin |
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| Wang (2010) | Tianjin | Journal of Clinical Pharmacy | RCT | XBJ group | Antibiotics: ceftriaxone 2 g, 1 times/day; Xuebijing injection 50 ml, 2 times/day |
7 | <0.05 |
| Control group | Antibiotics: ceftriaxone 2 g, 1 time/day | ||||||
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| Jing (2010) | Qinghai | Liaoning Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine | RCT | XBJ group | Antibiotics: ceftazidime 2 g, 2 times/day; Xuebijing injection 60 ml, 1 time/day |
7 | <0.05 |
| Control group | Antibiotics: ceftazidime 2 g, 2 times/day | ||||||
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| Gao (2009) | Tianjin | Journal of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine | RCT | XBJ group | Antibiotics: cephalosporin; albumin Xuebijing injection 50 ml, 2 times/day |
10 | >0.05 |
| Control group | Antibiotics: cephalosporin albumin |
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RCT, randomized controlled trial; XBJ, Xuebijing injection.