Epidemiology and clinical manifestations of children with macrolide-resistant Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia in Southern Taiwan

• Main Authors: Chih-Hao Chang (Author), Chang-Ku Tsai (Author), Ti-An Tsai (Author), Sui-Ching Wang (Author), Yi-Chen Lee (Author), Chih-Min Tsai (Author), Ta-Yu Liu (Author), Kuang-Che Kuo (Author), Chih-Cheng Chen (Author), Hong-Ren Yu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2021-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Mycoplasma pneumoniae is a pneumonia-causing pathogen commonly found in pediatric patients in Taiwan. Recently, macrolide-resistant (MR) strains have been emerging globally. The prevalence of pneumonia due to MR-M. pneumoniae (hereafter, MPP) in northern Taiwan before 2017 has been repor...