Cluster of macrolide-resistant Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections in Illinois in 2012

J Clin Microbiol. 2013 Nov;51(11):3889-92. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01613-13. Epub 2013 Aug 21.

Abstract

Macrolide-resistant Mycoplasma pneumoniae is an increasing problem worldwide but is not well documented in the United States. We report a cluster of macrolide-resistant M. pneumoniae cases among a mother and two daughters.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
  • Child
  • Drug Resistance, Bacterial*
  • Family Health*
  • Female
  • Genotype
  • Humans
  • Illinois / epidemiology
  • Macrolides / pharmacology*
  • Molecular Typing
  • Mycoplasma Infections / epidemiology*
  • Mycoplasma Infections / microbiology*
  • Mycoplasma pneumoniae / drug effects
  • Mycoplasma pneumoniae / isolation & purification*
  • Point Mutation
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 23S / genetics

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Macrolides
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 23S