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Forest plots on the comparisons on antibiotic treatment efficacy: mortality (a), time to defervescence (b), and length of hospital stay (c). The figure shows the results in treatment and control groups for each study. The sizes of the colored boxes are relative to the study weight. The meta-analysis for each comparison is shown as a diamond.
