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1 Online Resource 4: Study interventions and definitions Location(s) Randomised Controlled Trials Brack et al, 2012 [1] Cagol et al, 2009[2] Gupta et al, 2009[3] Mullen et al, 1999[4] Orme et al, 2014[5] Paganini et al, 2003 [6] Paganini et al, 2001 [7] Paganini et al, 2000 [8] Petrilli et al, 2000 [9] Santolaya et al, 2004 [10] Shenep et al, 2001 [11] Varan et al, 2005[12] Timing of discharge 9-24 hours 3-16hours 3-16 hours 4 hours 48 hours 48 hours Route(s) OST OST OST OST OST OST OST OST OST Timing of antibiotic change 24 hours 24 hours Antibiotics Risk Tool Fever definition ciprofloxacin + amoxicillin not given ciprofloxacin, co-amoxiclav +oral/ placebos cefipime + oral placebo ofloxacin-clavulanate ceftriaxone ceftazidime ceftriaxone cefipime cefipime ceftriaxone + amikacin, then ciprofloxacin ceftriaxone + amikacin ceftriaxone+ amikacin, then ciprofloxacin ceftriaxone + amikacin, then cefixime ceftriaxone + amikacin, then cefixime ceftriaxone + amikacin ceftriaxone ciprofloxacin ceftrixone + teicoplanin, then cefuroxime ceftrixone +teicoplanin, then cefuroxime 48 hours vancomycin + tobramycin/ticarcillin or ceftazidime, then cefixime vancomycin + tobramycin/ticarcillin or ceftazidime 48 hours 48 hours cefepime then cefixime cefepime then ciprofloxacin + co-amoxiclav Less Less Neutropenia definition Low-grade Compound <1.0 x10 9 /L or Compound Compound <0.5 x10 9 /L or <0.5 x10 9 /L or or Low-grade <0.5 x10 9 /L or Compound Not given Not given Not given

2 Prospective Observational cohorts Abbas et al, 2003 [13] Less Compound < ceftriaxone +amikacin x10 9 /L Aquino et al, 2000[14] ciprofloxacin Bash et al, 1994 then Group A [15] 48 hours stop 48 hours ceftazidime, then oral abx if indicated Bash et al, 1994 then Group B[15] 48 hours stop 48 hours ceftazidime, then oral abx if indicated Dommett et al, 2009 piperacillin/tazobactam + gentamycin, then Compound <1.0 x10 9 /L Group A [16] 48 hours OST 48 hours co-amoxiclav Dommett et al, 2009 piperacillin/tazobactam + gentamycin, then Compound <1.0 x10 9 /L Group B [16] 48 hours OST 48 hours co-amoxiclav Doyle et al, 1996 [17] regime not given, then cefixime and >38 C Not given 24 hours OST 24 hours flucloxacillin Fernandez et al, 2012 [18] Not given Not given 48 hours OST 48 hours Not given Kaplinsky et al, 1994 [19] Less ceftriaxone Karthaus et al, 2000 [20] Less 38.5 C <0.5 x10 9 /L or ceftriaxone Klaassen et al, 2000 piperacillin + gentamycin then cloxacillin + Group A [21] 48 hours OST 48 hours cefixime Klaassen et al, 2000 then Group B [21] 48 hours stop 48 hours piperacillin + gentamycin, then placebo Lau et al, 1994 [22] 12 inpatient, 11 ticarcillin + gentamycin, then cefixime + Not given? Not given outpatient OST cloxacillin Malik, 1997[23] Less or ofloxacin Miedema et al, 2012 [24] Less? Not given 12 hours Nil Mustafa et al, 1996 [25] Less? <0.5 x10 9 /L ceftriaxone Paganini et al, 2001[26] >38 C <0.5 x10 9 /L OST ceftriaxone + amikacin, then cefixime Paganini, 2000 [27] >38 C <0.5 x10 9 /L OST 24 hours ceftriaxone then ciprofloxacin Paganini, 2003 [28] 24 hours OST 24 hours ceftriaxone + amikacin, then cefixime or >38 C <0.5 x10 9 /L

3 ciprofloxacin Park et al, 2003 [29] 48 hours OST 48 hours ceftazidime then ciprofloxacin +amoxicillin Petrilli et al, 2007 [30] gatifloxacin Phillips et al, 2006 [31] piperacillin/tazobactam + tobramycin, then 48 hours OST 48 hours ciprofloxacin Preis et al, 1993 [32] ceftriaxone Quezada et al, 2007 [33] 24 hours OST 24 hours cefepime then ciprofloxacin + azithromycin Sari et al, 2007 [34] cefepime or cefaperazone/sulbactam then Mostly inpatient OST 48 hours co-amoxiclav + ciprofloxacin Shrestha et al, 2009 [35] ofloxacin/amoxy-clav Tordecilla et al, 1998 [36] 96 hours OST 96 hours cloxacillin, amikacin, cefoperazone Wiernikowski et al, 1991 [37] 48 hours multiple Key: - Intravenous, OST Intravenous to Switch of Therapy, not applicable,? - definition unclear or not given, Compound <0.2 x10 9 /L Low-grade <0.5 x10 9 /L or Compound Not given Compound <1.0 x10 9 /L >38.5 C <1.0 x10 9 /L or Not given Not given Not given Compound < x10 9 /L? Not given

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