Study	Reason for exclusion
Barbaro 1995a	Oesophageal candidiasis
Barbaro 1995b	Oesophageal candidiasis
Blomgren 1998	Not all participants HIV positive.
Fichtenbaum 2000	Patients not randomised
Flynn 1995	Results not given according to stratified groups.
Jandourek 1998	No Randomisation
Lim 1991	Anti‐HIV positive haemophiliacs
Moshi 1998	Authors contacted for additional information to facilitate status of study ‐ no response
Nebavi 1998	Outcome measures
Phillips 1996	No randomisation
Plettenberg 1994	Not a controlled trial. No randomisation
Powderly 1995	Primary endpoint: time to invasive fungal infection
Skiest 2007	Not a randomised controlled trial. High risk of bias. Letter sent to authors to clarify study design.
Smith 2001	Deep fungal infection.
Soubry 1991	Authors contacted for additional information to facilitate status of study ‐ no response
Uberti‐Foppa 1989	Authors contacted for additional information to facilitate status of study ‐ no response