Study Status: Recruiting
Recruit Status: Recruiting
Study Type: Interventional
Official Title: Low Dose Versus High Dose Methylprednisolone for Children With Severe Mycoplasma Pneumoniae Pneumonia : a Multicenter Randomized Blinded Trial
Brief Summary: The study is designed to investigate difference in percentage of presentation of atelectasis, bronchiectasis, bronchiolitis obliterans, or consolidation in 6 months after discharge in those treated with a low dose regimen of methylprednisolone initiated with 2 or 4 mg/kg/d for 3 days followed by tapering, combined with sequential treatment with azithromycin versus a high dose regimen of methylprednisolone initiated with 10 mg/kg/d for 3 days followed by tapering, combined with sequential treatment with azithromycin.