Oral antibiotic therapy for the treatment of infective endocarditis: a systematic review

BMC Infectious Diseases

Table 3 Quality assessment of observational studies of oral antibiotic therapy in infective endocarditis

	Establishes uniform process for patient enrolment	Provides r case-definition for infective endocarditis	Provides criteria for inclusion and exclusion	Provides comparative information for eligible patients ultimately not enrolled	Provides Comparative analysis with a control group	All enrolled patients accounted for in the results?	It is possible to determine whether the study institutions were referral centers
Colli et al[9]	√	√	√	X	X	√	√
Dworkin et al[10]	√	√	√	X	X	√	√
Chetty et al[11]	X	√	√	X	X	√	√
Pinchas et al[12]	X	√	X	X	X	√	√
Phillips et al[13]	X	√	X	X	X	√	√
Gray et al[14]	X	X	X	X	X	√	√
Campeau et al[15]	X	√	X	X	X	√	√
Friedberg et al[16]	X	√	X	X	X	√	√
Schein et al[17]	X	X	X	X	X	√	√

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