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Multicenter Study
. 2017 Oct;23(10):1703-1706.
doi: 10.3201/eid2310.170106.

Macrolide-Resistant Mycoplasma pneumoniae Infection, Japan, 2008-2015

Takaaki Tanaka, Tomohiro Oishi, Ippei Miyata, Shoko Wakabayashi, Mina Kono, Sahoko Ono, Atsushi Kato, Yoko Fukuda, Aki Saito, Eisuke Kondo, Hideto Teranishi, Yuhei Tanaka, Tokio Wakabayashi, Hiroto Akaike, Satoko Ogita, Naoki Ohno, Takashi Nakano, Kihei Terada, Kazunobu Ouchi
Multicenter Study

Macrolide-Resistant Mycoplasma pneumoniae Infection, Japan, 2008-2015

Takaaki Tanaka et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2017 Oct.

Abstract

We evaluated isolates obtained from children with Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection throughout Japan during 2008-2015. The highest prevalence of macrolide-resistant M. pneumoniae was 81.6% in 2012, followed by 59.3% in 2014 and 43.6% in 2015. The prevalence of macrolide-resistant M. pneumoniae among children in Japan has decreased.

Keywords: Japan; Mycoplasma pneumoniae; antimicrobial resistance; bacteria; children; drug resistance; macrolides; real-time PCR.

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Districts of origin for patients with Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection, Japan, 2008–2015: 1, Kyushu; 2, Chugoku-Shikoku; 3, Kinki; 4, Kanto-Chubu; 5, Tohoku-Hokkaido.
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