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Regional Differences in Prevalence of Macrolide Resistance among Pediatric Mycoplasma pneumoniae Infections in Hokkaido, Japan.
Japanese journal of infectious diseases - 20 May 2016
Ishiguro Nobuhisa, Koseki Naoko, Kaiho Miki, Kikuta Hideaki, Togashi Takehiro, Oba Koji, Morita Keisuke, Nagano Naoko, Nakanishi Masanori, Hazama Kyosuke, Watanabe Toru, Sasaki Satoshi, Horino Atsuko, Kenri Tsuyoshi, Ariga Tadashi
Abstract excerpt
Recently, macrolide-resistant (MR) Mycoplasma pneumonia appeared, and prevalence of macrolide resistance among M. pneumoniae infections varies by country. However, reports on regional differences in the prevalence of MR M. pneumonia within a country are scarce. In this study, 617 nasopharyngeal swab samples were collected from 617 pediatric patients, and DNA of M. pneumoniae was identified in 95 samples. In 51 of...
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