Macrolide-Resistant Mycoplasma pneumoniae, United States1

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Zheng, Xiaotian ; Lee, Stella ; Selvarangan, Rangaraj ; Qin, Xuan ; Tang, Yi-Wei ; Stiles, Jeffrey ; Hong, Tao ; Todd, Kathleen ; Ratliff, Amy E. ; Crabb, Donna M. ; Xiao, Li ; Atkinson, T. Prescott ; Waites, Ken B.
• Description:
  Macrolide-resistant Mycoplasma pneumoniae (MRMP) is highly prevalent in Asia and is now being reported from Europe. Few data on MRMP are available in the United States. Using genotypic and phenotypic methods, we detected high-level MRMP in 13.2% of 91 M. pneumoniae--positive specimens from 6 US locations.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Aged Anti-Bacterial Agents Child Child, Preschool Dispatch Drug Resistance, Bacterial Humans Infant Macrolides Microbial Sensitivity Tests Middle Aged Mycoplasma Pneumoniae Pneumonia, Mycoplasma

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 21(8):1470-1472.
• Pubmed ID:
  26196107
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4517703
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  21
• Issue:
  8
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:a9948b6dc51d8754161c41b7d9242f01b996014fcccea18a7297006b8ad203bf
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/32669/cdc_32669_DS1.pdf
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