Molecular Characterization of Mycoplasma pneumoniae Isolates in the United States from 2012 to 2018
Li Xiao, Amy E. Ratliff, Donna M. Crabb, Emily Mixon, Xuan Qin, Rangaraj Selvarangan, Yi‐Wei Tang, Xiaotian Zheng, Jennifer Dien Bard, Tao Hong, Mark N. Prichard, Edward G. Brooks, Steve Dallas, Lynn B. Duffy, Karen B. Fowler, T. Prescott Atkinson, Ken B. Waites
Abstract
Mycoplasma pneumoniae is a major cause of community-acquired pneumonia. There are limited data in the United States on the molecular epidemiological characteristics of M. pneumoniae . We collected 446 M. pneumoniae -positive specimens from 9 states between August 2012 and October 2018. Culture, antimicrobial susceptibility testing, P1 subtyping, and multilocus VNTR (variable-number tandem repeats) analysis (MLVA) were performed to characterize the isolates.
Topics & Concepts
Mycoplasma pneumoniaeMultiple Loci VNTR AnalysisSubtypingBiologyVariable number tandem repeatPneumoniaMicrobiologyMolecular epidemiologyBurkholderia pseudomalleiVirologyGeneticsMedicineGenotypeBacteriaGeneInternal medicineComputer scienceProgramming languagePneumonia and Respiratory InfectionsMicrobial infections and disease researchRespiratory viral infections research