TABLE 2.
Side effects by treatment group in a controlled study of 3-day quinine-clindamycin treatment versus 7-day quinine treatment in patients returning to France from the tropics with uncomplicated falciparum malariaa
| Side effect | No. of patients
|
|
|---|---|---|
| 7 day quinine treatment (n = 55) | 3-day quinine-clindamycin treatment (n = 53) | |
| Total | 32 | 24 |
| Nausea | 14 | 10 |
| Vomiting | 5 | 3 |
| Abdominal pain | 6 | 3 |
| Diarrhea | 4 | 3 |
| Pruritus | 1 | 3 |
| Rash | 1 | 2 |
| Hypacusis | 13 | 7 |
| Tinnitus | 11 | 8 |
| Other | 8 | 7 |
a
The overall incidence rates were not significantly different between the two groups (P = 0.2).