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P1 gene of Mycoplasma pneumoniae isolated from 2016 to 2019 and relationship between genotyping and macrolide resistance in Hokkaido, Japan.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Jun 2021
Ishiguro Nobuhisa, Sato Rikako, Kikuta Hideaki, Nakanishi Masanori, Aoyagi Hayato, Mori Toshihiko, Nagano Naoko, Tabata Yuichi, Hazama Kyosuke, Konno Mutsuko, Yamanaka Tatsuru, Azuma Katsumi, Tanaka Hiroshi, Narita Mitsuo, Morita Keisuke, Odagawa Yasuhisa, Ishizaka Akihito, Tsuchida Akira, Sasaki Satoshi, Horino Atsuko, Kenri Tsuyoshi, Togashi Takehiro, Manabe Atsushi
Abstract excerpt
We characterized 515 Mycoplasma pneumoniae specimens in Hokkaido. In 2013 and 2014, the p1 gene type 1 strain, mostly macrolide-resistant, was dominant and the prevalence of macrolide resistance was over 50 %. After 2017, the p1 gene type 2 lineage, mostly macrolide-sensitive, increased and the prevalence of macrolide resistance became 31.0 % in 2017, 5.3 % in 2018 and 16.3 % in 2019.
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