In Vitro Activities of 11 Antimicrobial Agents against Macrolide-Resistant Mycoplasma pneumoniae Isolates from Pediatric Patients: Results from a Multicenter Surveillance Study
In Vitro Activities of 11 Antimicrobial Agents against Macrolide-Resistant Mycoplasma pneumoniae Isolates from Pediatric Patients: Results from a Multicenter Surveillance Study
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DOI:
10.7883/yoken.65.535
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发表时间:
2012-11-01
影响因子:
2.2
通讯作者:
Ouchi, Kazunobu
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作者:
Akaike, Hiroto;Miyashita, Naoyuki;Ouchi, Kazunobu
Macrolide-resistant Mycoplasma pneumoniae is emerging in several countries, and it is mainly observed in children. To our knowledge, we conducted the first multicenter prospective epidemiological study of macrolide-resistant M. pneumoniae in order to investigate regional differences in the susceptibility of macrolide-resistant M. pneumoniae to antibacterial agents. The in vitro activities of 11 antimicrobial agents against macrolide-resistant M. pneumoniae isolates from 5 different areas of Japan were investigated. Among 190 M. pneumoniae isolates from pediatric patients, 124 (65.2%) isolates showed macrolide resistance and possessed an A2063G transition in domain V of the 23S rRNA. These isolates showed high resistance to erythromycin, clarithromycin, and azithromycin with minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) >= 16 mu g/ml. Conversely, quinolones such as garenoxacin, moxifloxacin, tosufloxacin, and levofloxacin exhibited potent antimycoplasmal activity. No regional differences were observed with respect to the MICs among the 5 areas in Japan.