<div>Data are expressed as mean±<i>SD</i> . Group A: IVIG retreatment group;
group B:methylprednisolonepulsetherapy</div><div>As shown in Table 1, no significant difference was found between
thetwogroups with regard to age, gender, weight, hospital days and whole
fever time. The duration of fever(&gt;38℃) after additional
treatment in patientstreated with MPT (11±6.3 hours)was significantly
shorter than that in patientstreated with additional IVIG treatment
(18±4.4 hours;<i>P</i> &lt;0.05). A significant difference was
foundin medical cost between the twogroups(¥11261±3564 in Group A versus
¥8218±2145in Group B;<i>P</i> &lt;0.05), but the readmission rate
in patientstreated with MPT(27.5%,11/40)was significantly higher than
that in patientstreated with additional IVIG treatment (10.0%,
4/40;<i>P</i> &lt;0.05).</div><div>Table 2: Laboratory data on additional treatment</div>