Table 1.
Findings of the 15 patients living in the Puglia region of Italy whose swab, sputum, or BAL samples were positive for M. pneumoniae in January 2013 to April 2015.
| Patient no. | Age, years (sex) | Sample type | Hospitalized | Susceptibility to macrolides (SNP) | MLVA type | MLVA profile | P1 gene type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 65 (F) | BALa | yes | wt | - | - | 1 |
| 2 | 80 (M) | sputum | no | wt | - | - | 2 |
| 3 | 87 (F) | sputum | no | wt | - | - | - |
| 4 | 44 (M) | BALa | yes | wt | J | (3/4/5/7/2) | 1 |
| 5 | 32 (M) | NPSb | no | R (A2063G) | NCc | (3/0/6/6/2) | 2 |
| 6 | 62 (M) | NPS | no | wt | NCc | (0/0/5/6/2) | 2 |
| 7 | 61 (F) | NPS | no | wt | A | (1/4/5/7/2) | 1 |
| 8 | 20 (M) | sputum | yes | wt | NCc | (5/0/5/6/2) | 2 |
| 9 | 49 (M) | NPS | no | wt | NCc | (7/0/6/5/2) | 2 |
| 10 | 37 (F) | BALc | yes | R (A2063G) | Z | (7/4/5/7/2) | 1 |
| 11 | 37 (F) | NPS | no | wt | - | - | 1 |
| 12 | 18 (M) | NPS | yes | wt | - | - | 1 |
| 13 | 52 (M) | NPS | no | wt | - | - | 2 |
| 14 | 23 (F) | sputum | no | wt | NCc | (3/0/6/7/2) | 1 |
| 15 | 31 (F) | NPS | no | R (A2064G) | - | - | 2 |
a Bronchoalveolar Lavage.
b Nasopharyngeal swab.
c Not classifiable using the scheme proposed by Degrangè et al. (2009).
MLVA: multiple-locus variable-number tandem repeat analysis; R: resistant; SNP: single nucleotide polymorphism; wt: wild type.