Mycoplasma pneumoniae isolated from patrents with respiratory infection in Kanagawa prefecture in 1976-2006: Emergence of macrolide-resistant strains

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 325-326

  Okazaki, Norio ^a   Ohya, Hitomi ^a   Sasaki, Tuguo ^b  

^a KANAGAWA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; JOSAMYCIN; KITASAMYCIN; MACROLIDE; MIDECAMYCIN; MINOCYCLINE; OLEANDOMYCIN; SPIRAMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; THROAT CULTURE;

DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; JAPAN; MACROLIDES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PNEUMONIA, MYCOPLASMA;

EID: 34948895653     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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