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. 2013 Mar;57(3):1521-3.
doi: 10.1128/AAC.02060-12. Epub 2012 Dec 21.

Surveillance of macrolide-resistant Mycoplasma pneumoniae in Beijing, China, from 2008 to 2012

Fei Zhao  1 , Gang Liu, Jiang Wu, Bin Cao, Xiaoxia Tao, Lihua He, Fanliang Meng, Liang Zhu, Min Lv, Yudong Yin, Jianzhong Zhang
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Surveillance of macrolide-resistant Mycoplasma pneumoniae in Beijing, China, from 2008 to 2012

Fei Zhao et al. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2013 Mar.

Abstract

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 specific period.

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