Rapid Effectiveness of Minocycline or Doxycycline Against Macrolide-Resistant Mycoplasma pneumoniae Infection in a 2011 Outbreak Among Japanese Children

2012207 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Takafumi Okada · Kitasato University

Miyuki Morozumi · Kitasato University

Takeshi Tajima · Memorial Hospital

Maki Hasegawa · Nihon University

Hiroshi Sakata · Asahikawa Kosei Hospital

S Ohnari

Naoko Chiba · Kitasato University

Abstract

Macrolides are inappropriate as first-choice agents against MRMP in terms of shortening the clinical course and decreasing M. pneumoniae. Control and prevention of MRMP outbreaks in children require early decreases in M. pneumoniae as well as improvement of clinical findings.

Topics & Keywords

Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections Microbial infections and disease research Bacterial Infections and Vaccines

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volume 55, Issue 12, pp. 1642-1649

DOI: 10.1093/cid/cis784

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