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Therapeutic efficacy of macrolides, minocycline, and tosufloxacin against macrolide-resistant Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia in pediatric patients.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 May 2013
Kawai Yasuhiro, Miyashita Naoyuki, Kubo Mika, Akaike Hiroto, Kato Atsushi, Nishizawa Yoko, Saito Aki, Kondo Eisuke, Teranishi Hideto, Ogita Satoko, Tanaka Takaaki, Kawasaki Kozo, Nakano Takashi, Terada Kihei, Ouchi Kazunobu
Abstract excerpt
The importance of macrolide-resistant (MR) Mycoplasma pneumoniae has become much more apparent in the past decade. We investigated differences in the therapeutic efficacies of macrolides, minocycline, and tosufloxacin against MR M. pneumoniae. A total of 188 children with M. pneumoniae pneumonia confirmed by culture and PCR were analyzed. Of these, 150 patients had a strain with an MR gene and 134 had one with an...
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