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Red Book® Errata, 26th Edition (2003)

Last updated: 12/15/03

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Erratum for Scheduling Immunizations.

2003 Red Book Erratum, P. 26

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Page 26: Table 1.6: The minimum interval between Dose 2 and Dose 3 for HepB should be changed from 3 wk (and 16 wk after first dose) to 8 wk (and 16 wk after first dose).


Erratum for Treatment of Anaphylactic Reactions.

2003 Red Book Erratum, P. 64

P. 64: Table 1.11: Under the heading "Intravenous administration," in the third sentence, change 1 mg/kg or 0.01 mL/kg to 0.01 mg/kg or 0.1 mL/kg.

This should now read: An initial bolus of intravenous epinephrine is given to patients not responding to intramuscular epinephrine using a dilution of 1:10 000 rather than a dilution of 1:1000. This dilution can be made using 1 mL of the 1:1000 dilution in 9 mL of physiologic saline solution. The dose is 0.01 mg/kg or 0.1 mL/kg of the 1:10 000 dilution.


Erratum for Blood Safety: Reducing the Risk of Transfusion-Transmitted Infections.

2003 Red Book Erratum, P. 111

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Page 111: Within Viruses: Non-A Through -E Hepatitis Viruses: Second paragraph, last sentence: crytogenic should be cryptogenic


Erratum for Bacterial Vaginosis.

2003 Red Book Erratum, P. 215

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Page 215: Under Treatment: Fourth sentence: the dosage for clindamycin ovules should be changed from 100 g to 100 mg.


Erratum for Cryptococcus neoformans Infections (Cryptococcosis).

2003 Red Book Erratum, P. 255

http://aapredbook.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/2003/1/3.30

Page 255: Under Treatment: Fifth sentence: flucytosine serum concentrations should be changed from between 40 and 60 mg/mL to between 40 and 60 µg (micrograms)/mL.


Erratum for Lyme Disease (Borrelia burgdorferi Infection).

2003 Red Book Erratum, P. 411

http://aapredbook.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/2003/1/3.71/T3.32

Page 411: Table 3.32: Under Drug(s) and Dose for Meningitis or encephalitis, the phrase but for 30-60 days and the preceding comma should be omitted.


Erratum for Pertussis.

2003 Red Book Erratum, P. 474

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Page 474: Under Treatment, second bullet, fifth sentence: maximum dosage for azithromycin dihydrate should be changed from 600 mg/day to 500 mg/day.


Erratum for Pneumococcal Infections.

2003 Red Book Erratum, P. 495

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Page 495: Table 3.45: In footnote 6, the following phrase should be omitted: is not approved for use in patients younger than 12 years of age and. The sentence should read: Drug is not recommended in patients with meningitis because of its potential epileptogenic properties.


Erratum for Pneumococcal Infections.

2003 Red Book Erratum, P. 495

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Page 495: Within Treatment: Otitis Media: Second paragraph, third sentence: the ratio of amoxicillin to clavulanate should be changed from the 7:1 formulation to the 14:1 formulation.


Erratum for Syphilis.

2003 Red Book Erratum, P. 601

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Page 601: Within Treatment: Congenital Syphilis: Newborn Infants: Second sentence should be changed from If the mother's titer is 4 times higher than that of the infant, congenital syphilis still can be present to If the infant's titer is less than 4 times higher than that of the mother, congenital syphilis still can be present.


Erratum for Syphilis.

2003 Red Book Erratum, P. 607

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Page 607: Within Treatment: Indications for Retreatment: Latent syphilis: Second paragraph, first sentence: 2.4 U should be changed to 2.4 million U.


Erratum for Diseases Caused by Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (Atypical Mycobacteria, Mycobacteria Other Than Mycobacterium tuberculosis).

2003 Red Book Erratum, P. 663

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Page 663: Under Treatment: Fourth paragraph, third sentence: younger than 17 years of age should be changed to younger than 18 years of age.


Erratum for Tuberculosis.

2003 Red Book Erratum, P. 659

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Page 659: Within Control Measures: BCG Vaccine: First sentence: The phrase live-virus vaccine should be changed to live vaccine.


Erratum for Tables of Antibacterial Drug Dosages.

2003 Red Book Erratum, P. 708

http://aapredbook.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/2003/1/4.3/T4.2

Page 708: Table 4.2: Under Comments for Ampicillin-sulbactam (Unasyn), the sentence should read Licensed for use in children 1 year of age and older.


Erratum for Antiretroviral Therapy.

2003 Red Book Erratum, P. 733

http://aapredbook.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/2003/1/4.10/T4.9

Page 733: Table 4.9: Under Drug (Abbreviation)/Trade Name for Abacavir (ABC)/Ziagen, Component of Combivir should be changed to Component of Trizivir.


Erratum for Standards for Child and Adolescent Immunization Practices.

2003 Red Book Erratum, P. 796

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Page 796: Under the heading "Assessment of immunization status," the parentheses in item 6 should read (see Precautions and Contraindications, p 45).

Assessment of immunization status

  1.  Health care professionals review the immunization and health status of patients at every encounter to determine which vaccines are indicated (see Fig 1.1, p 24).

  2.  Health care professionals assess for and follow only medically accepted contraindications (see Precautions and Contraindications, p 45).