Table 4.

Recommended treatments for adult inpatients of M. pneumoniae pneumonia.

	Drug	Route of administration	mg/dose	Dose/day
First-line drug	Minocycline (MINO)	Intravenous (drip infusion)	100	2
	Azithromycin (AZM)	Intravenous (drip infusion)	500	1
	Erythromycin (EM)	Intravenous (drip infusion)	300–500	2–3
Second-line drug	Levofloxacin (LVFX)	Intravenous (drip infusion)	500	1
	Ciprofloxacin (CPFX)	Intravenous (drip infusion)	300	2
	Pazufloxacin (PZFX)	Intravenous (drip infusion)	500–1000	2

The table is adapted from the guiding principle of JSM (http://square.umin.ac.jp/jsm/shisin.pdf).