Molecular characterization of macrolide resistance of a Mycoplasma pneumoniae strain that developed during therapy of a patient with pneumonia

The development of macrolide resistance that occurred during 3 days of therapy with azithromycin to treat Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia in a paediatric patient is reported. After extended molecular characterization of strains, the parallel occurrence of clones showing the non-mutated wild-type 23...

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Main Authors: Roger Dumke, Simone Stolz, Enno Jacobs, Thomas Juretzek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-12-01
Series:International Journal of Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971214015999