Macrolide resistance of Mycoplasma pneumoniae and its detection rate by real-time PCR in primary and tertiary care hospitals

Annals of Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 410-414

  Uh, Young ^a   Hong, Joo Hee ^b   Oh, Ki Jin ^a   Cho, Hyun Mi ^a   Park, Soon Deok ^a   Kim, Juwon ^a   Yoon, Kap Jun ^a  

^a Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Wonju Severance Christian Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

23S rRNA; Antibiotic resistance; Macrolide; Mycoplasma pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; MACROLIDE; RNA 23S;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NASOPHARYNX; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

23S RRNA; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; MACROLIDE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MACROLIDES; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NASOPHARYNX; PNEUMONIA, MYCOPLASMA; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S; TERTIARY HEALTHCARE;

EID: 84888614126     PISSN: 22343806     EISSN: 22343814     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3343/alm.2013.33.6.410     Document Type: Article

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