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. 2016 Jun 22;7:974. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.00974

Table 2.

Prevalence of macrolide resistance in M. pneumoniae clinical isolates (continents and countries are presented in alphabetical order).

Country Year % of macrolide resistance (number of resistant strains or M. pneumoniae-positive specimens/total strains or specimens tested) 23S rRNA mutations (%) References
AMERICA
Canada (Ontario) 2010–2012 12.1% (11/91) A2058G (91%) Eshaghi et al., 2013
A2059G (18%)
USA (14 states) 2006–2013 10.8% (19/176) ND Diaz et al., 2015b
USA (St. Louis, Missouri) 2010–2012 8.2% (4/49) A2058G (100%) Yamada et al., 2012
USA (3 states) 2010–2012 3.5% (7/202) A2058G (85.7%) Diaz et al., 2015a
A2059G (14.3%)
USA (6 states) 2012–2014 13.2% (12/91) A2058G (100%) Zheng et al., 2015
ASIA
China (Beijing) 2003–2006 92% (46/50) A2058G (86.9%) Xin et al., 2009
A2058C (2.2%)
A2059G (10.9%)
China (Shanghai) 2005–2009 90.1% (137/152) ND Liu et al., 2012
China (Beijing) 2008–2009 69% (46/67) A2058G (89.1%) Cao et al., 2010
A2059G (8.7%)
A2058T (2.2%)
China (Shanghai) 2008–2009 90% (90/100) A2058G (98%) Liu et al., 2010
A2058T (1%)
A2059G (1%)
China (Beijing) 2008–2011 88.1% (177/201) A2058G (96.6%) Zhao et al., 2013a
A2059G (2.8%)
A2059T (0.6%)
China (Beijing) 2008–2012 90.7% (280/309) A2058G (97.1%) Zhao et al., 2013b
A2059G (2.5%)
A2058T (0.4%)
China (Beijing) 2009 91% (58/64) A2058G (98.3%) Lin et al., 2010
A2058T (1.7%)
China (Beijing) 2010–2012 90.8% (59/65) A2058G (100%) Sun et al., 2013
China (Beijing, Dongcheng, Xicheng) 2011 95% (38/40) A2058G (97%) Zhao et al., 2011
A2059G (3%)
China (Zhejiang province) 2012–2014 100% (71/71) A2058G (100%) Zhou et al., 2015
China (Beijing) 2013 98.5% (128/130) A2058G (100%) Yan et al., 2014
Hong-Kong 2011 13.6% (3/22) A2058G (100%) Ho et al., 2015
2012 30.7% (23/75)
2013 36.6% (34/93)
2014 47.1% (24/51)
Japan (65 institutions) 2008 56% (9/16) A2058G (95.9%)* Kawai et al., 2013
2009 69% (9/13) A2058T (3.2%)
2010 71% (79/110) A2059G (0.5%)
2011 63% (176/281) A2058C (0.2%)
2012 82% (288/349) C2611G (0.2%)
Japan (Fukuoka prefecture) 2010–2011 89.2% (58/65) A2058G (53%) Matsuda et al., 2013
A2058T (47%)
Japan (5 institutions) 2011 87.1% (176/202) A2058G (90.9%) Okada et al., 2012
A2058T (6.2%)
A2059G (2.3%)
A2058C (0.6%)
South Korea 2003 2.9% (1/34) A2058G (% ND) Hong et al., 2013
2006 14.7% (10/68) A2059G (% ND)
2010 47.2% (25/53)
2011 62.9% (44/70)
Taiwan 2010–2011 23.3% (14/60) A2058G (100%) Wu et al., 2013
EUROPE
Denmark 2010–2011 1.6% (6/365) ND Uldum et al., 2012
England and Wales 2010 0% (0/24) - Chalker et al., 2011
England and Wales 2011–2012 0% (0/12) - Chalker et al., 2012
England 2014–2015 9.3 (4/43) A2058G (100%) Brown et al., 2015
France 2005–2007 9.8% (5/51) A2058G (60%) Peuchant et al., 2009
A2059G (20%)
C2611G (20%)
France 2007–2010 3.4% (1/29) A2059G Pereyre et al., 2012
France 2011 8.3% (6/72) A2058G (67%) Pereyre et al., 2013
A2059G (16.5%)
A2062G (16.5%)
Germany 2003–2008 1.2% (2/167) A2058G Dumke et al., 2010
A2058C
Germany 2009–2012 3.6% (3/84) A2058G (100%) Dumke et al., 2013
Germany 2011–2012 3.1% (3/96) A2058G (100%) Dumke et al., 2015
Italy 2010 26% (11/43) A2058G (63.6%) Chironna et al., 2011
A2059G (36.4%)
Slovenia 2006–2014 1% (7/783) A2058G (100%) Kogoj et al., 2015
Switzerland 2011–2013 2% (1/50) A2058G Meyer Sauteur et al., 2014
MIDDLE EAST
Israel 2010 30% (9/30) A2058G (100%) Averbuch et al., 2011
Israel 2010 22% (9/41) A2058G (100%) Pereyre et al., 2012
OCEANIA
Australia (Sydney) 2008–2012 3.3% (1/30) A2059G Xue et al., 2014

ND, not determined.

*

Percentages calculated among the 561 resistant isolates collected over the 5 years.