In a recent letter to the editor by Kevin Kain,1 the first sentenceof the second paragraph should read as follows: "Unfortunately,artemisinin-based drugs have not been shown to be better thanparenteral quinine (the current drug of choice in Canada) indecreasing the mortality associated with severe malaria.2,3"
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Kain C. Ammunition against malaria [letter]. CMAJ 2001;165(5):529.[Free Full Text]
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.[Abstract/Free Full Text]
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. [Abstract/Free Full Text]