Surveillance of Macrolide-Resistant Mycoplasma pneumoniae in Beijing, China, from 2008 to 2012

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Fei Zhao · National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention

Gang Liu · Capital Medical University

Jiang Wu · Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control

Bin Cao · Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital

Xiaoxia Tao · National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention

Lihua He · Chinese Center For Disease Control and Prevention

Fanliang Meng

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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Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections Microbial infections and disease research Respiratory viral infections research

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Published in: Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volume 57, Issue 3, pp. 1521-1523

DOI: 10.1128/aac.02060-12

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Surveillance of Macrolide-Resistant Mycoplasma pneumoniae in Beijing, China, from 2008 to 2012

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