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Characterization of macrolide resistance in Mycoplasma pneumoniae isolated from children in Shanghai, China.
Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease - 1 Aug 2010
Liu Yang, Ye Xinyu, Zhang Hong, Xu Xiaogang, Li Wanhua, Zhu Demei, Wang Minggui
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One hundred Mycoplasma pneumoniae strains were isolated from pediatric patients from March 2008 to July 2009. Of 100 isolates, 90 (90%) were resistant to erythromycin (MICs >128 microg/mL for 88 strains and 64 microg/mL for 2 strains), azithromycin, and clarithromycin. Fluoroquinolones and tetrac...
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