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Surveillance of macrolide-resistant Mycoplasma pneumoniae in Beijing, China, from 2008 to 2012.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Mar 2013
Zhao Fei, Liu Gang, Wu Jiang, Cao Bin, Tao Xiaoxia, He Lihua, Meng Fanliang, Zhu Liang, Lv Min, Yin Yudong, Zhang Jianzhong
Abstract excerpt
Macrolide resistance rates of Mycoplasma pneumoniae in the Beijing population were as high as 68.9%, 90.0%, 98.4%, 95.4%, and 97.0% in the years 2008 to 2012, respectively. Common macrolide-resistant mobile genetic elements were not detected with any isolate. These macrolide-resistant isolates came from multiple clones rather than the same clone. No massive aggregation of a particular clone was found in a...
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