Study	Reason for exclusion
Arrietta 2006	Published as Queiroz‐Telles 2008.
Arrietta 2007	Published as Queiroz‐Telles 2008.
Bodhe 2002	The authors were contacted for data from the included paediatric cases (11th May 2009). Data were not available.
Bowden 2002	The authors were contacted for data from the included paediatric cases (18th November 2008). Data were not available.
Cornely 2007	The authors were contacted for data from the included paediatric cases (18th November 2008). Data were not available.
Driessen 1996	Neonatal study: Age limit of those included was 0‐30 days.
Ellis 1995	Not a randomised controlled trial.
Ellis 1998	The authors were contacted for data from the included paediatric cases (18th November 2008). Data were not available.
Galgiani 2000	The authors were contacted for data from the included paediatric cases (18th November 2008). Data were not available.
Herbrecht 2002	Authors contacted for data from included neonatal and paediatric cases (18th November 2008). Data was not available.
Khayat 2005	Retrospective comparison therefore excluded.
Kim 2007	No contact details were available for authors. Insufficient data in abstract for analysis.
Kullberg 2005	The authors were contacted for data from the included paediatric cases (18th November 2008). Data were not available.
Pizzo 1982	The authors were contacted for data from the included paediatric cases (18th November 2008). Data were not available.
Rex 1994	The authors were contacted (18th November 2008). No children included in study.
Shikanai‐Yasuda 2002	The authors were contacted for data from the included paediatric cases (11th May 2009). Data were not available.
Viscoli 1996	The authors were contacted for data from the included paediatric cases (5th December 2008). Data were not available.
Walsh 2002	The authors and pharmaceutical company were contacted for data from the included paediatric cases (11th March 2009). Data were not available.
Wang 2007	Manuscript was translated from Chinese to English. Paediatric subgroup analysis was not reported in manuscript.
Wheat 2001	Not a randomised controlled trial.
Wingard 2000	The authors were contacted for data from the included paediatric cases (4th December 2008). Data was not available.
Winston 2000	The authors were contacted for data from the included paediatric cases (5th December 2008). Data were not available.
Yao 2000	Not a randomised controlled trial.