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Table 1 Characteristics of the studies included in the meta-analysis

From: Efficacy and safety of cefazolin versus antistaphylococcal penicillins for the treatment of methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Study

Design

Location

Study period

Treatment groups

No. of patients

Median dose (g/d)

Median duration (d)

ICU admission %

Definition of mortality

Lee 2011 [13]

SC retrospective PS-matched case- control study

South Korea

2004–2009

CFZ

49

NR

17

NR

30-day over mortality

NAF

84

NR

15

NR

90-day SAB-related mortality

Paul 2011 [14]

SC retrospective cohort study

Israel

1988–1994 & 1999–2007

CFZ

72

NR

NR

5.2

30-day all-cause mortality

CLX

281

NR

NR

90-day mortality

Renaud 2011 [15]

SC retrospective cohort study

Singapore

2009

CFZ

14

2

NR

NR

30-day mortality

CLX

13

2–8

NR

NR

Li 2014 [16]

MC retrospective cohort study

USA

2008–2012

CFZ

59

6

31

7

30-day all-cause mortality

OXA

34

12

39

18

90-day all-cause mortality

Bai 2015 [17]

MC retrospective PS-matched cohort study

Canada

2007–2010

CFZ

105

3

NR

10

90-day mortality

CLX

249

12

NR

18

Rao 2015 [18]

MC retrospective cohort study

USA

2010–2013

CFZ

103

6

29

41.8

All-cause in-hospital mortality

OXA

58

12

32.5

32.8

Pollett 2016 [19]

SC prospective PS-matched cohort study

USA

2008–2013

CFZ

70

NR

20

13

90-day all-cause mortality

NAF

30

NR

12

27

Flynt 2017 [20]

MC retrospective cohort study

USA

2013–2015

CFZ

68

6

NR

NR

30-day all-cause mortality

NAF

81

12

NR

NR

McDanel 2017 [21]

MC retrospective cohort study

USA

2003–2010

CFZ

1163

NR

NR

15

30-day all-cause mortality

NAF/ OXA

2004

NR

NR

19

90-day all-cause mortality

Lee 2018 [22]

MC prospective PS-matched cohort study

South Korea

2013–2015

CFZ

79

NR

NR

NR

90-day all-cause mortality

NAF

163

NR

NR

NR

30-day all-cause mortality

  1. CFZ cefazolin, CLX cloxacillin, MC multicenter, NAF nafcillin, NR not reported, OXA oxacillin, PS propensity score, SC single center