TY - JOUR AU - Ando, Mariko AU - Morozumi, Miyuki AU - Adachi, Yoko AU - Ubukata, Kimiko AU - Iwata, Satoshi T1 - Multilocus Sequence Typing of Mycoplasma pneumoniae, Japan, 2002–2016 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2018 VL - 24 IS - 10 SP - 1895 SN - 1080-6059 AB - In Japan, Mycoplasma pneumoniae resistance to macrolides is high. To compare sequence types (STs) of susceptible and resistant isolates, we performed multilocus sequence typing for 417 isolates obtained in Japan during 2002–2016. The most prevalent ST overall was ST3, for macrolide-resistant was ST19, and for macrolide-susceptible were ST14 and ST7. KW - Mycoplasma pneumoniae KW - multilocus sequence typing KW - MLST KW - macrolide-resistant Mycoplasma pneumoniae KW - macrolide-sensitive Mycoplasma pneumoniae KW - bacteria KW - Japan DO - 10.3201/eid2410.171194 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/24/10/17-1194_article ER - End of Reference