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Emergence of macrolide-resistant Mycoplasma pneumoniae with a 23S rRNA gene mutation.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Jun 2005
Morozumi Miyuki, Hasegawa Keiko, Kobayashi Reiko, Inoue Nagako, Iwata Satoshi, Kuroki Haruo, Kawamura Naohisa, Nakayama Eiichi, Tajima Takeshi, Shimizu Kouichi, Ubukata Kimiko
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A total of 195 Mycoplasma pneumoniae strains were isolated from 2,462 clinical specimens collected between April 2002 and March 2004 from pediatric outpatients with respiratory tract infections. Susceptibilities to six macrolide antibiotics (ML), telithromycin, minocycline, levofloxacin, and sitafloxacin were determined by the microdilution method using PPLO broth. A total of 183 M. pneumoniae isolates were...
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