Study	Reason for exclusion
Amato Neto 1973	Wrong intervention: Oral BCG administration. Non‐randomized trial.
Au 1978	Wrong intervention: BCG used as a therapy in adults for osteogenic sarcoma.
Balkan 1992	Non‐randomized trial.
Bhandari 1980	Observational non‐randomized trial.
Caglayan 1991	Non‐randomized trial.
Cerda de Palou 2003	Case report.
Chavganc 1969	Case series.
De Britto 1997	Wrong intervention: RCT of two BCG doses. Outcome not related to our review.
Easton 1984	Case report.
Ferreira 1996	Case series.
Goraya 2001	Systematic review.
Guld 1955	Case series.
Gur 2002	Study evaluates tuberculin sensitivity, BCG scar and side effects after 0.1 and 0.05 ml of BCG at 3 months of age. No therapies evaluated.
Hanley 1985	Non‐randomized trial.
Hengster 1997	Non‐randomized trial.
Kendrick 1981	Outcome not related to our review: cancer.
Koivisto 1974	Comparative study of 3 BCG vaccines, not therapies for their complications.
Lachmann 1976	Case series.
Mitinskaia 1994	Case series.
Nazir 2005	Case series.
Oguz 1992	Non‐randomized trial.
Rabie 2011	Important study about prevention of BCG‐IRIS. It is a randomized controlled trial evaluating the early initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in HIV‐infected infants versus late ART for reducing the risk of BCG‐IRIS. Not included because it represents a different clinical question, where the condition of BCG‐induced disease (BCG‐IRIS) is the outcome to evaluate and not part of the problem/population. Ideally, the study would compare an intervention with a comparison for treating HIV‐infected infants with BCG‐IRIS.
Samileh 2006	Case control study.
Teulieres 1991	Wrong intervention: Compares two doses of BCG vaccine. Did not evaluate the treatment of BCG‐induced complications.
Thayyil‐Sudhan 1999	Non‐randomized trial. Outcome not related to our review: Measurement of CD4 immunity in premature babies.
Yuan 2001	Non‐randomized trial.