“…Forty-one percent of the studies 13,17,[20][21][22]24,26,27,29,30,[38][39][40][41][42]45,50,52,53 provided information about the use of antibiotics before or during the sampling procedure. In four studies, 14,16,25,33 it was unclear whether the patients received antibiotics before or during sampling. Fifty percent of the studies 10,11,13,14,17,[22][23][24][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33]36,38,39,42,45,47,49 provided information about culture methods.…”