Kuyucu 1998

Methods	Randomized controlled trial Duration: 7 months, from June 1996 to January 1997
Participants	Number: 45 enrolled infants (30 included in this review) Inclusion criteria: ipsilateral axillar or supraclavicular lymphadenitis (>1.5 cm) without suppuration Exclusion criteria: abscess formation
Interventions	Group 1: erythromycin (40 mg/kg/day PO for one month) Group 2: locally instilled streptomycin (20 mg/kg) ‐ group not included in this review Group 3: no intervention
Outcomes	Clinical failure (regression of the lesion not achieved)
Notes	Location: Turkey Setting: community‐based trial Source of funding: not described
Risk of bias
Bias	Authors' judgement	Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias)	Unclear risk	Not described
Allocation concealment (selection bias)	Unclear risk	Not described
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) All outcomes	High risk	Open study
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) All outcomes	Unclear risk	Outcome assessment not blinded but measured in centimetres
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes	Low risk	No patients were lost to follow‐up
Selective reporting (reporting bias)	Unclear risk	Insufficient information to permit judgement
Other bias	Unclear risk	There was insufficient information to assess whether an important risk of bias exists