Increased Macrolide Resistance of Mycoplasma pneumoniae in Pediatric Patients with Community-Acquired Pneumonia
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- 1 January 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
- Vol. 52 (1) , 348-350
- https://doi.org/10.1128/aac.00779-07
Abstract
Among 380 Mycoplasma pneumoniae isolates from 3,678 pediatric patients with community-acquired pneumonia, 50 macrolide-resistant strains had an A2063G transition in domain V of the 23S rRNA, whereas 5 had an A2064G transition. These resistant strains increased rapidly from April 2002 to December 2006.Keywords
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