Protocol for an embedded randomised controlled trial of Early versus Late Stopping of Antibiotics in children with Febrile Neutropenia (ELSA-FN)

• Coen Butters ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: coen.butters@mcri.edu.au

  Affiliations Department of General Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, John Hunter Children’s Hospital, Newcastle, Australia, Infection, Immunity and Global Health, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Parkville, Australia, Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6499-337X

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• Anneke Grobler,

  Roles Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Parkville, Australia

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• Alannah Rudkin,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Parkville, Australia, Centre for Health Analytics, Melbourne Children’s Campus, Parkville, Australia, Melbourne Children’s Trials Centre, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Parkville, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4282-9648

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• Li-yin Goh,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centre for Health Analytics, Melbourne Children’s Campus, Parkville, Australia

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• Heather Werdenburg,

  Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Children’s Cancer Centre, Royal Children’s Hospital, Parkville, Australia

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• Diane Hanna,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia, Children’s Cancer Centre, Royal Children’s Hospital, Parkville, Australia

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• Theresa Cole,

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Infection, Immunity and Global Health, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Parkville, Australia, Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia, Allergy and Immunology, Royal Children’s Hospital, Parkville, Australia

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• Jim Buttery,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia, Centre for Health Analytics, Melbourne Children’s Campus, Parkville, Australia, Infectious Diseases Unit, Royal Children’s Hospital, Parkville, Australia, Health Informatics Group and SAEFVIC, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Parkville, Australia

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• Karin Thursky,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Infectious Diseases, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Parkville, Australia, National Centre for Antimicrobial Stewardship, Department of Infectious Diseases, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia, Department of Medicine, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia

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• Andrew Davidson,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia, Melbourne Children’s Trials Centre, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Parkville, Australia, Department of Anaesthesia, Royal Children’s Hospital, Parkville, Australia, Department of Critical Care, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia

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• Gabrielle M. Haeusler

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Infection, Immunity and Global Health, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Parkville, Australia, Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia, Infectious Diseases Unit, Royal Children’s Hospital, Parkville, Australia, Department of Infectious Diseases, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Parkville, Australia, National Centre for Antimicrobial Stewardship, Department of Infectious Diseases, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia

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