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Conor L Mallucci, Michael D Jenkinson, Elizabeth J Conroy, John C Hartley, Michaela Brown, Tracy Moitt, Joanne Dalton, Tom Kearns, Michael J Griffiths, Giovanna Culeddu, Tom Solomon, Dyfrig Hughes, Carrol Gamble & the BASICS study collaboratorsMallucciConor LPrincipal InvestigatorAlder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation TrustLiverpoolUKSolankiGuirishPrincipal InvestigatorBirmingham Children’s HospitalBirminghamUKEdwardsRichardPrincipal InvestigatorFrenchay HospitalBristolUKWilliamsAdamCo-principal InvestigatorFrenchay HospitalBristolUKGarnettMatthewCo-principal InvestigatorAddenbrooke’s HospitalCambridgeUKKoliasAngelosCo-principal InvestigatorAddenbrooke’s HospitalCambridgeUKLeachPaulPrincipal InvestigatorUniversity Hospital of WalesCardiffUKCrimminsDarachPrincipal InvestigatorTemple Street Children’s University HospitalDublinRepublic of IrelandCairdJohnCo-principal InvestigatorTemple Street Children’s University HospitalDublinRepublic of IrelandThompsonDominicPrincipal InvestigatorGreat Ormond Street HospitalLondonUKStrachanRogerPrincipal InvestigatorJames Cook University HospitalMiddleboroughUKZebianBasselPrincipal InvestigatorKing’s College HospitalLondonUKThakurBhaskarCo-principal InvestigatorKing’s College HospitalLondonUKGooddenJohnPrincipal InvestigatorLeeds General InfirmaryLeedsUKTomaAhmedPrincipal InvestigatorNational Hospital for Neurology and NeurosurgeryLondonUKHollimanDamianPrincipal InvestigatorNewcastle General HospitalNewcastle upon TyneUKCoulterIanCo-principal InvestigatorNewcastle General HospitalNewcastle upon TyneUKMacarthurDonaldPrincipal InvestigatorQueen’s Medical CentreNottinghamUKKamalyIanPrincipal InvestigatorRoyal Manchester Children’s HospitalManchesterUKKingAndrewPrincipal InvestigatorSalford Royal HospitalSalfordUKNadigArdashCo-principal InvestigatorSalford Royal HospitalSalfordUKUshewokunzeShunguPrincipal InvestigatorSheffield Children’s Hospital and Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustSheffieldUKSinhaSaurabhCo-principal InvestigatorSheffield Children’s Hospital and Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustSheffieldUKBultersDiederikPrincipal InvestigatorSouthampton General HospitalSouthamptonUKWatersRyanCo-principal InvestigatorSouthampton General HospitalSouthamptonUKJenkinsonMichael DPrincipal InvestigatorWalton CentreLiverpoolUKKandasamyJothyPrincipal InvestigatorWestern General HospitalEdinburghUKHughesMarkCo-principal InvestigatorWestern General HospitalEdinburghUK.

Conor L Mallucci ^1,*, Michael D Jenkinson ^2,3, Elizabeth J Conroy ⁴, John C Hartley ⁵, Michaela Brown ⁴, Tracy Moitt ⁴, Joanne Dalton ⁴, Tom Kearns ⁴, Michael J Griffiths ^6,7, Giovanna Culeddu ⁸, Tom Solomon ^6,9, Dyfrig Hughes ⁸, Carrol Gamble ⁴, ^†

¹ Department of Paediatric Neurosurgery, Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK
² Department of Neurosurgery, The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK
³ Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
⁴ Liverpool Clinical Trials Centre, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
⁵ Department of Microbiology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, UK
⁶ Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
⁷ Department of Paediatric Neurology, Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK
⁸ Centre for Health Economics and Medicines Evaluation, Bangor University, Bangor, UK
⁹ Department of Neurology, The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK
^* Corresponding author Email: cmallucci@me.com

^† The BASICS study collaborators can be found in Appendix 1.