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. 2010 Sep 8;2010(9):CD001095. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD001095.pub2

Arguedas 1997.

Methods RCT
Participants Children 6 months to 12 years old seen at an ambulatory unit in Costa Rica
Interventions Azithromyzin 10 mg/kg once daily for 3 days 
 versus 
 clarithromycin 15 mg/kg/day twice daily for 10 days
Outcomes Resolution of symptoms with or without the presence of middle ear fluid at 10 to 11 days and 28 to 32 days after study entry
Notes
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Low risk  
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Low risk  
Blinding (performance bias and detection bias) 
 Treatment failure at 1 month or less High risk  
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 Treatment failure at 1 month or less Low risk  
Other bias Low risk Industry funding