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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: Patients in the IVMP plus ASA/IVIG group, compared with those in the ASA/IVIG alone group, had a shorter mean duration of fever > / = 38. 3 degrees C after initiation of therapy (1. 0 + / - 1. 3 vs 2. 4 + / - 1. 9 days, mean + / - SD, P =. 012), shorter hospital stays (1. 9 + / - 0. 7 vs 3. 3 + / - 2. 1 days, P =. 010), and at six weeks, lower mean erythrocyte sedimentation rate (11. 1 + / - 5. 7 vs 19. 4 + / - 12. 4, P =. 027) and median c-reactive protein (0. 03 vs 0. 08, P =. 011, Wilcoxon).