Table 1.
Patients with confirmed Mycoplasma infection (n = 133) |
Patients with no microbiological diagnosis (n = 122) |
Patients with confirmed viral infection (n = 35) |
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Symptom | Placebo group |
Tetracycline group |
Placebo group |
Tetracycline group |
Placebo group |
Tetracycline group |
Fever (temperature >37.2°C [99°F]) | 10 | 3a | 7 | 3a | 6 | 4 |
Abnormality on chest radiograph | 20 | 9a | 15 | 11a | 16 | 15 |
Cough | 22 | 10a | 15 | 9a | 18 | 14 |
Fatigue and/or malaise | 9 | 3a | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
NOTE. Data are mean days to resolution. From [16].
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