Macrolide-Resistant Mycoplasma pneumoniae, United States1

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 loca...

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Main Authors: 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.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4517703/