Emergence of macrolide-resistant strains during an outbreak of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections in children

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 734-737

  Chironna, M ^a   Sallustio, A ^a   Esposito, S ^b   Perulli, M ^c   Chinellato, I ^c   di Bari, C ^c   Quarto, M ^a   Cardinale, F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c Pediatric Hospital Giovanni XXIII   (Italy)

Author keywords

23S rRNA; Antimicrobial resistance epidemiology; LRTIs; Macrolides; Subtyping

Indexed keywords

MACROLIDE; RIBOSOME RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ITALY; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MACROLIDE RESISTANT MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; ITALY; MACROLIDES; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PNEUMONIA, MYCOPLASMA; POINT MUTATION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 79952780070     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkr003     Document Type: Article

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