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Periodic Genotype Shifts in Clinically Prevalent Mycoplasma pneumoniae Strains in Japan.
Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology - 1 Jan 2020
Kenri Tsuyoshi, Suzuki Masato, Sekizuka Tsuyoshi, Ohya Hitomi, Oda Yoichiro, Yamazaki Tsutomu, Fujii Hiroyuki, Hashimoto Toru, Nakajima Hiroshi, Katsukawa Chihiro, Kuroda Makoto, Shibayama Keigo
Abstract excerpt
Nationwide increases in Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia cases in Japan were reported in 2011, 2012, 2015, and 2016. In this study, we isolated 554 M. pneumoniae strains in 4 areas in Japan (Kanagawa, Okayama, Osaka, and Saitama) between 2006 and 2019, and performed genotyping analysis. More than 80% of the strains isolated in 2011 and 2012 harbored type 1 p1 adhesin gene; however, strains harboring type 2 or its...
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