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Case Reports
. 2013 Nov;51(11):3889-92.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.01613-13. Epub 2013 Aug 21.

Cluster of macrolide-resistant Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections in Illinois in 2012

Victoria Tsai  1 , Bernard B Pritzker, Maureen H Diaz, Jonas M Winchell, Lauri A Hicks, Brianna Petrone, Alvaro Benitez, Bernard J Wolff, Kenneth L Soyemi
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Cluster of macrolide-resistant Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections in Illinois in 2012

Victoria Tsai et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2013 Nov.

Abstract

Macrolide-resistant Mycoplasma pneumoniae is an increasing problem worldwide but is not well documented in the United States. We report a cluster of macrolide-resistant M. pneumoniae cases among a mother and two daughters.

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High-resolution melt (HRM) profiles of M. pneumoniae present in nasopharyngeal specimen collected from patient 3 and in macrolide-resistant and susceptible reference strains. The presence of macrolide-resistant M. pneumoniae is evident from the distinct melting profile. Specimens from patient 3 displayed HRM profiles consistent with that of the macrolide-resistant M. pneumoniae reference strain.
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