Table 2.
Methodological index for non-randomized studies (MINORS) criteria.
Study | Methodological Index for Non-Randomized Studies (MINORS) Criteria |
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Appropriateness of empirical antibiotics: risk factors of adult patients with sepsis in the ICU [51] | 11 (non-comparative study) |
Early clinical, functional, and mortality outcomes for heel ulcers treated with a vertical contour calcanectomy [52] | 11 (non-comparative study) |
Predictors of mortality in patients infected with carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii: a systematic review and meta-analysis [53] | 20 (comparative study) |
Characterisation of antibiotic resistance, virulence, clonality and mortality in MRSA and MSSA bloodstream infections at a tertiary-level hospital in Hungary: a 6-year retrospective study [54] | 12 (non-comparative study) |
Impact of difficult-to-treat resistance in Gram-negative bacteremia on mortality: retrospective analysis of nationwide surveillance data [55] | 11 (non-comparative study) |
Frequency and mortality rate following antimicrobial-resistant bloodstream infections in tertiary-care hospitals compared with secondary-care hospitals [56] | 16 (comparative study) |
Infections and antimicrobial resistance in an adult intensive care unit in a Brazilian hospital and the influence of drug resistance on the thirty-day mortality among patients with bloodstream infections [57] | 11 (non-comparative study) |
Antibiotic resistance is associated with morbidity and mortality after decortication for empyema [58] | 13 (non-comparative study) |
Clinical, economic, and humanistic burden of community acquired pneumonia in Europe: a systematic literature review [59] | 19 (comparative study) |
Clinical features and risk factors for mortality in patients with Klebsiella pneumoniae bloodstream infections [60] | 15 (comparative study) |
Risk factors for antibiotic resistance and mortality in patients with bloodstream infection of Escherichia coli [61] | 11 (non-comparative study) |