Table 2.

Duration of fever and hospitalization of patients with refractory M. pneumoniae pneumonia

Patient	Clinically day at start of steroid therapy	Duration of fever		Duration of hospitalization
		Before admission (day)	After steroid therapy (h)	Total (day)	After steroid therapy (day)
1	10	5	6	17	12
2	11	5	4	12	6
3	15	6	4	13	4
4	8	5	5	11	8
5	10	7	14	7	4
6	7	3	4	6	3

The first clinical day is defined as the first day of fever.