1.2 Million, Not 12 Million, Units

Abstract

A dosage error occurred in the ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION, "Rheumatic Fever in Mississippi: 104 Cases Seen Over a Decade," published in the March 8 issue (<b>215</b>:1626-1630, 1971). In column one, page 1629, under the side headPROPHYLACTIC Therapy, the correct monthly intramuscular injection of benzathine penicillin G was<b>1.2</b>million units (not 12 million units, as published).