Table 4

Serious adverse events by treatment group

CQ (N = 79)

SP (N = 77)

SP – AS (N = 81)


Patients with any SAE, n (%)

15 (19.0)

10 (13.0)

3 (3.7)

- Severe anaemia

3

2

0

- Acute respiration infection

2

2

3

- Seizure

1

1

0

- Pyomyositis

0

1

0


(% calculated on the total number of patients). ‡ Comparison using Fisher's Exact test for SP-AS vs CQ (p = 0.002) and SP-AS vs SP (p = 0.043)

Nahum et al. Malaria Journal 2007 6:170   doi:10.1186/1475-2875-6-170

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