Study	Reason for exclusion
Berry 1998	The in vitro study compared the efficacy of azithromycin and other macrolides with amoxycillin‐clavulanate against Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae
Bohte 1995	The study compared azithromycin with benzyl penicillin or erythromycin in community‐acquired pneumonia
Bradbury 1993	The study compared azithromycin with clarithromycin
Dimopoulos 2007	A meta‐analysis of various antibiotic comparators including azithromycin versus amoxycillin
Ficnar 1997	The study compared different doses of azithromycin in the treatment of upper and lower respiratory tract infections
Gomez 1996	The comparators were amoxycillin or erythromycin. The data were analysed in overall results that meant we were not able to get the information specific to amoxycillin
Laurent 1996	The study compared azithromycin with roxithromycin
Lauvau 1997	The study included participants with upper respiratory infections
Maimon 2008	A meta‐analysis of various antibiotic comparators not relevant to our compared interventions (azithromycin versus amoxycillin)
Morandini 1993	The study compared azithromycin with roxithromycin
Morris 2010	RCT of single‐dose azithromycin versus 7 days of amoxycillin in treating acute otitis media in Aboriginal children
Rahav 2004	The study compared azithromycin with other antibiotics
Roord 1996	The study compared azithromycin with erythromycin

RCT: randomised controlled trial