Excluded versus included patients in a randomized controlled trial of infections caused by carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative bacteria: relevance to external validity

Excluded versus included patients in a randomized controlled trial of infections caused by carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative bacteria: relevance to external validity

Abstract Background Population external validity is the extent to which an experimental study results can be generalized from a specific sample to a defined population. In order to apply the results of a study, we should be able to assess its population external validity. We performed an investigato...

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Main Authors: Vered Daitch, Mical Paul, George L. Daikos, Emanuele Durante-Mangoni, Dafna Yahav, Yehuda Carmeli, Yael Dishon Benattar, Anna Skiada, Roberto Andini, Noa Eliakim-Raz, Amir Nutman, Oren Zusman, Anastasia Antoniadou, Giusi Cavezza, Amos Adler, Yaakov Dickstein, Ioannis Pavleas, Rosa Zampino, Roni Bitterman, Hiba Zayyad, Fidi Koppel, Yael Zak-Doron, Inbar Levi, Tanya Babich, Adi Turjeman, Haim Ben-Zvi, Lena E. Friberg, Johan W. Mouton, Ursula Theuretzbacher, Leonard Leibovici
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-03-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Population external validity
Antimicrobial resistance
Antibiotic treatment
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-021-05995-y

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