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- Title
Macrolide Resistance--associated 23S rRNA Mutation in Mycoplasma genitalium, Japan.
- Authors
Shimada, Yasushi; Deguchi, Takashi; Nakane, Keita; Yasuda, Mitsuru; Yokoi, Shigeaki; Ito, Shin-ichi; Nakano, Masahiro; Ito, Shin; Ishiko, Hiroaki
- Abstract
The article discusses a study on macrolide resistance-associated 23S rRNA mutation in Mycoplasma genitalium in Japan. Pretreatment urine specimens were collected from 308 men with nongonoccocal urethritis (NGU) who had visited a urologic clinic in Sendai, Japan. Amino acid changes in L4 and L22 ribosomal proteins were found in Mycoplasma genitalium in nine specimens. The study suggests that strains of Mycoplasma genitalium with high-level macrolide resistance might have already emerged in Japan.
- Subjects
JAPAN; MACROLIDE antibiotics; DRUG resistance; MYCOPLASMA diseases; MYCOPLASMA; URINALYSIS; NONGONOCOCCAL urethritis
- Publication
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2011, Vol 17, Issue 6, p1148
- ISSN
1080-6040
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3201/eid1706.101055