Increased macrolide resistance of Mycoplasma pneumoniae in France directly detected in clinical specimens by real-time PCR and melting curve analysis

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 52-58

  Peuchant, O ^a   Menard A ^a   Renaudin, H ^a   Morozumi, M ^b   Ubukata, K ^b   Bebear C M ^a   Pereyre, Sabine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

23S rRNA; Antimicrobial resistance epidemiology; Laboratory methods; Low respiratory tract infections; LRT; Target gene mutation

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; MACROLIDE; RNA 23S;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; FRANCE; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MELTING CURVE ANALYSIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM;

EID: 67249101092     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkp160     Document Type: Article

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