Correction of the first-line treatment for uncomplicated falciparum malaria in Saudi Arabia.
Ahmed Adeel, College of Medicine, King saud University
25 November 2015
Sir,
Under " Changing malaria treatment practices", the article mentions "AQ-AP" and "AQ-SP".These should be replaced with "AS-SP" .As correctly mentioned in the article elsewhere ,the first-line treatment for uncomplicated falciparum malaria in Saudi Arabia is artesunate-sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine (AS-SP).Amodiaquine (AQ) has not been included in the malaria treatment policy in this country. [1,2]
References: 1:WHO World Malaria Report 2014, Country Profiles, Saudi Arabia.
2:Nzila A and Al-Zahrani I :Drugs for the treatment of malaria in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.Saudi Med J 2013; 34: 569-578.
Prof. Ahmed A. Adeel College of medicine, King Saud University, POBox 2925 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Competing interests
I have no competing interest in the issue discussed in this comment.
Correction of the first-line treatment for uncomplicated falciparum malaria in Saudi Arabia.
25 November 2015
Sir,
Under " Changing malaria treatment practices", the article mentions "AQ-AP" and "AQ-SP".These should be replaced with "AS-SP" .As correctly mentioned in the article elsewhere ,the first-line treatment for uncomplicated falciparum malaria in Saudi Arabia is artesunate-sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine (AS-SP).Amodiaquine (AQ) has not been included in the malaria treatment policy in this country. [1,2]
References:
1:WHO World Malaria Report 2014, Country Profiles, Saudi Arabia.
2:Nzila A and Al-Zahrani I :Drugs for the treatment of malaria in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.Saudi Med J 2013; 34: 569-578.
Prof. Ahmed A. Adeel
College of medicine,
King Saud University,
POBox 2925
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Competing interests
I have no competing interest in the issue discussed in this comment.