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. 2016 May 23;7:693. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.00693

Table 3.

Recommended treatments for adult outpatients of M. pneumoniae pneumonia.

Drug Route of administration mg/dose Dose/day
First-line drug Clarithromycin (CAM) Oral 200 2
Azithromycin (AZM) (Slow-release formulation) Oral 2000 1 (1 day)
Azithromycin (AZM) Oral 500 1 (3 days)
Erythromycin (EM) Oral 200 4–6
Second-line drug Minocycline (MINO) Oral 100 2
Levofloxacin (LVFX) Oral 500 1
Garenoxacin (GRNX) Oral 400 1
Moxifloxacin (MFLX) Oral 400 1
Sitafloxacin (STFX) Oral 100 2
Oral 200 1
Tosufloxacin (TFLX) Oral 150 2–3

The table is adapted from the guiding principle (Chiryo–Shishin) issued by the Japanese Society of Mycoplasmology (JSM). http://square.umin.ac.jp/jsm/shisin.pdf.

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