. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Feb 23.

Published in final edited form as: Clin Infect Dis. 2008 Dec 1;47(Suppl 3):S249–S265.

Table 1.

Effect of tetracycline on mean time to resolution of symptoms in patients with community-acquired pneumonia.

	Patients with confirmed Mycoplasma infection (n = 133)		Patients with no microbiological diagnosis (n = 122)		Patients with confirmed viral infection (n = 35)

Symptom	Placebo group	Tetracycline group	Placebo group	Tetracycline group	Placebo group	Tetracycline group
Fever (temperature >37.2°C [99°F])	10	3^a	7	3^a	6	4

Abnormality on chest radiograph	20	9^a	15	11^a	16	15

Cough	22	10^a	15	9^a	18	14

Fatigue and/or malaise	9	3^a	4	3	4	5

NOTE. Data are mean days to resolution. From [16].

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