title: Occurrence of macrolide-resistant Mycoplasma pneumoniae strains in Germany.
abstract: In a total of 167 respiratory tract specimens from adult outpatients with confirmed Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia, sampled between 2003 and 2008, and a further 99 isolates obtained from patients between 1991 and 2009 in Germany, M. pneumoniae was tested for macrolide resistance. Using PCR, real-time PCR and sequencing of the 23S rRNA gene, 1.2% of M. pneumoniae in the respiratory tract samples and 3.0% of the isolates were found to be resistant. The results indicate a limited but not negligible importance of macrolide-resistant M. pneumoniae in the population investigated, which requires the monitoring of macrolide susceptibility of isolates or the testing of respiratory samples by molecular methods.
authors.affiliation: Dresden University of Technology, Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus, Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Dresden. roger.dumke@tu-dresden.de
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dumke
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: von Baum
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Lück
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Jacobs
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D018942:Macrolides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009177:Mycoplasma pneumoniae / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D011019:Pneumonia, Mycoplasma / Q000382:microbiology*; D017354:Point Mutation; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D015995:Prevalence; D012329:RNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D012338:RNA, Ribosomal, 23S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D018942:Macrolides; D012329:RNA, Bacterial; D012338:RNA, Ribosomal, 23S