Study Characteristics
Our initial search yielded 3572 unique articles. Exclusions related to
irrelevant content (n=3196), wrong patient population (n=125), infection
not mentioned (n=113), wrong study design (n=64), wrong intervention
(n=33), or text unavailable in English (n=11) (Figure 1). Thirty
remaining studies were evaluated, of which most were case series or
retrospective chart reviews (n=17, 57%). Studies were reported from
geographically diverse populations, including 11 studies from Europe
(37%), 9 studies from China (30%), and 7 studies from North America
(24%) (Table 1). See Supplemental Table S1 for full details of each
included study.