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. 2015 Oct 24;2015(10):CD003478. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD003478.pub5

Aydemir 2011b.

Methods Randomised controlled trial
Participants 187 VLBW infants.
Interventions Oral nystatin 100,000 U/ml 8 hourly (N = 94) versus fluconazole 3 mg/kg (N = 93) every third day versus until the 30th day after birth (or 45th day in ELBW infants)
Outcomes Fungal colonisation and invasive infection
Death prior to hospital discharge
Emergence of fungi with native azole resistance
 Adverse drug reactions
Notes Setting: Zekai Tahir Burak Maternity Hospital, Ankara, Turkey; 2008 to 2009
The same infants form the oral nystatin group in both Aydemir 2011a and Aydemir 2011b
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Low risk Computer‐generated allocation
Blinding (performance bias and detection bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Report states placebo‐controlled but unclear how this was achieved
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Report states placebo‐controlled but unclear how this was achieved
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Report states placebo‐controlled but unclear how this was achieved
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk Complete follow‐up