About the Authors
- Kate Birnie
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Affiliation School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
- Alastair D. Hay
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Affiliation Centre for Academic Primary Care, NIHR School of Primary Care Research, School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
- Mandy Wootton
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Affiliation Specialist Antimicrobial Chemotherapy Unit, Public Health Wales Microbiology Cardiff, University Hospital Wales, Cardiff, United Kingdom
- Robin Howe
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Affiliation Specialist Antimicrobial Chemotherapy Unit, Public Health Wales Microbiology Cardiff, University Hospital Wales, Cardiff, United Kingdom
- Alasdair MacGowan
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Affiliation North Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, United Kingdom
- Penny Whiting
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Affiliations School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom, Kleijnen Systematic Reviews Ltd, York, United Kingdom
- Michael Lawton
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Affiliation School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
- Brendan Delaney
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Affiliation NIHR Biomedical Research Centre at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust and King’s College London, Department of Primary Care and Public Health Sciences, London, United Kingdom
- Harriet Downing
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Affiliation Centre for Academic Primary Care, NIHR School of Primary Care Research, School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
- Jan Dudley
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Affiliation Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, University Hospitals Bristol, NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, United Kingdom
- William Hollingworth
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Affiliation School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
- Catherine Lisles
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Affiliation South East Wales Trials Unit (SEWTU), Institute for Translation, Innovation, Methodology and Engagement, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom
- Paul Little
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Affiliation Primary Care and Population Sciences Division, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
- Kathryn O’Brien
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Affiliation Cochrane Institute of Primary Care & Public Health, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom
- Timothy Pickles
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Affiliation South East Wales Trials Unit (SEWTU), Institute for Translation, Innovation, Methodology and Engagement, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom
- Kate Rumsby
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Affiliation Primary Care and Population Sciences Division, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
- Emma Thomas-Jones
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Affiliation South East Wales Trials Unit (SEWTU), Institute for Translation, Innovation, Methodology and Engagement, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom
- Judith Van der Voort
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Affiliation Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, United Kingdom
- Cherry-Ann Waldron
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Affiliation South East Wales Trials Unit (SEWTU), Institute for Translation, Innovation, Methodology and Engagement, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom
- Kim Harman
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Affiliation Primary Care and Population Sciences Division, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
- Kerenza Hood
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Affiliation South East Wales Trials Unit (SEWTU), Institute for Translation, Innovation, Methodology and Engagement, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom
- Christopher C. Butler
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Affiliations Cochrane Institute of Primary Care & Public Health, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
- Jonathan A. C. Sterne
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* E-mail: jonathan.sterne@bristol.ac.uk
Affiliation School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
Competing Interests
None for all except for P. Little who is a member of the NIHR Journals Library Board and has provided consultancy work to Bayer Pharmaceuticals. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceptualization: AH CB JS RH MW AM BD K. Hood PL JD WH KOB PW JV. Data curation: HD K. Harman KR ETJ CAW. Formal analysis: KB. Funding acquisition: AH CB JS BD JD WH K. Hood RH PL AM KOB JV PW. Methodology: JS KB AH MW RH AM CB. Supervision: JS AH CB. Writing – original draft: JS KB AH MW RH CB. Writing – review & editing: KB AH MW RH AM PW ML BD HD JD WH CL PL KOB TP KR ETJ JV CAW K. Harman K. Hood CB JS.