Wang 2004.
Methods | Prospective comparative randomized trial | |
Participants | Chinese children between 3 months and 6 years of age | |
Interventions | Ceftriaxone 50 mg/kg single intramuscular dose versus amoxicillin/clavulanate 45 mg/kg/day 3 times daily for 10 days | |
Outcomes | Absence or improvement of signs and symptoms at day 11 and day 28 after study entry | |
Notes | — | |
Risk of bias | ||
Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
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 | |
Selective reporting (reporting bias) | Low risk | |
Other bias | Unclear risk | Funding not reported |
d: day; GI: gastrointestinal; RCT: randomized controlled trial