Comparison of molecular characteristics of mycoplasma pneumonia specimens collected from the United States and China

Creator(s)

Chao Yan, Capital Institute of Pediatrics
Hongmei Sun, Capital Institute of Pediatrics
Stella Lee, Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Rangaraj Selvarangan, Children's Mercy HospitalFollow
Xuan Qin, Seattle Children's Hospital
Yi Wei Tang, Weill Cornell Medicine
Ken B. Waites, The University of Alabama at Birmingham
Xiaotian Zheng, Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

12-2015

Identifier

DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02468-15; PMCID: PMC4652102

Abstract

© 2015, American Society for Microbiology. Mycoplasma pneumoniae-positive clinical specimens obtained from the United States and China during the same period were studied for their molecular characteristics. We found much more diverse genotypes and a lower prevalence of macrolide resistance in the U.S. specimens. Data from the study also showed an association of the resistance with certain genotypes.

Journal Title

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volume

53

Issue

12

First Page

3891

Last Page

3893

Comments

Grant support

• P30 CA008748/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States

Recommended Citation

Yan C, Sun H, Lee S, et al. Comparison of Molecular Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae Specimens Collected from the United States and China. J Clin Microbiol. 2015;53(12):3891-3893. doi:10.1128/JCM.02468-15