In Japan, Mycoplasma pneumoniae resistance to macrolides is high. To compare sequence types (STs) of susceptible and resistant isolates, we performed multilocus sequence typing for 417 isolates obtained in Japan during 2002-2016. The most prevalent ST overall was ST3, for macrolide-resistant was ST19, and for macrolide-susceptible were ST14 and ST7.
Keywords: Japan; MLST; Mycoplasma pneumoniae; bacteria; macrolide-resistant Mycoplasma pneumoniae; macrolide-sensitive Mycoplasma pneumoniae; multilocus sequence typing.