Macrolide-Resistant Mycoplasma pneumoniae Infection, Japan, 2008–2015

Macrolide-Resistant Mycoplasma pneumoniae Infection, Japan, 2008–2015

We evaluated isolates obtained from children with Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection throughout Japan during 2008–2015. The highest prevalence of macrolide-resistant M. pneumoniae was 81.6% in 2012, followed by 59.3% in 2014 and 43.6% in 2015. The prevalence of macrolide-resistant M. pneumoniae among c...

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Main Authors: Takaaki Tanaka, Tomohiro Oishi, Ippei Miyata, Shoko Wakabayashi, Mina Kono, Sahoko Ono, Atsushi Kato, Yoko Fukuda, Aki Saito, Eisuke Kondo, Hideto Teranishi, Yuhei Tanaka, Tokio Wakabayashi, Hiroto Akaike, Satoko Ogita, Naoki Ohno, Takashi Nakano, Kihei Terada, Kazunobu Ouchi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017-10-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
antimicrobial resistance
macrolides
drug resistance
Japan
children
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/23/10/17-0106_article

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