In a recent letter to the editor by Kevin Kain,1 the first sentence of the second paragraph should read as follows: “Unfortunately, artemisinin-based drugs have not been shown to be better than parenteral quinine (the current drug of choice in Canada) in decreasing the mortality associated with severe malaria.2,3”
References
- 1.Kain C. Ammunition against malaria [letter]. CMAJ 2001;165(5):529. [PMC free article] [PubMed]
- 2.Tran TH, Day NP, Nguyen HP, Nguyen TH, Tran TH, Pham PL, et al. A controlled trial of artemether or quinine in Vietnamese adults with severe falciparum malaria. N Engl J Med 1996;335(2):76-83. [DOI] [PubMed]
- 3.Van Hensbroek MB, Onyiorah E, Jaffar S, Schneider G, Palmer A, Frenkel J, et al. A trial of artemether or quinine in children with cerebral malaria. N Engl J Med 1996;335(2):69-75. [DOI] [PubMed]