Multiple-Locus Variable-Number Tandem-Repeat Analysis of Mycoplasma pneumoniae Isolates between 2004 and 2014 in Yamagata, Japan: Change in Molecular Characteristics during an 11-year Period - Suzuki, Yu; Seto, Junji; Shimotai, Yoshitaka; Itagaki, Tsutomu; Katsushima, Yuriko; Katsushima, Fumio; Ikeda, Tatsuya; Mizuta, Katsumi; Hongo, Seiji; Matsuzaki, Yoko (Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2017)
Keywords: DNA, Bacterial; History, 21st Century; Humans; Japan - epidemiology; Loci; macrolide resistance; Macrolides - pharmacology; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Minisatellite Repeats; MLVA; molecular epidemiology; Multilocus Sequence Typing; Mutation; Mycoplasma pneumoniae; Mycoplasma pneumoniae - classification; Mycoplasma pneumoniae - drug effects; Mycoplasma pneumoniae - genetics; Mycoplasma pneumoniae - isolation & purification; P1 type; Pneumonia, Mycoplasma - epidemiology; Pneumonia, Mycoplasma - history; Pneumonia, Mycoplasma - microbiology; Prevalence; Public Health Surveillance; Typing; VNTR; Japan; P1 type; molecular epidemiology; MLVA; VNTR; macrolide resistance