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

• Published in: Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases Vol. 70; no. 6; pp. 642 - 646
• Main Authors: Shimotai, Yoshitaka, Itagaki, Tsutomu, Mizuta, Katsumi, Suzuki, Yu, Ikeda, Tatsuya, Hongo, Seiji, Seto, Junji, Matsuzaki, Yoko, Katsushima, Fumio, Katsushima, Yuriko
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Japan National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases Editorial Committee 2017; Japan Science and Technology Agency
• Subjects: 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

Multiple-locus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis (MLVA) typing was performed for Mycoplasma pneumoniae strains isolated between 2004 and 2014 in Yamagata, Japan. The results were examined by considering the combination of the P1 type and prevalence of macrolide resistance-associated mutations....