Relationship between macrolide resistance mutations in Mycoplasma pneumoniae and its genotype / 中华微生物学和免疫学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To analyze the relationship between macrolide resistance mutations in My-coplasma pneumoniae (Mp) and its genotype by multiple-locus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis (MLVA). Methods One hundred and forty-three Mp-positive specimens were collected in Beijing(54 col-lected at the Affiliated Children′s Hospital of the Capital Institute of Pediatrics),the United States(59 col-lected at four different geographical locationsKansas City,Missouri;Seattle,Washington;New York,New York;Chicago,Illinois) and Australia(30 provided by the diagnostic laboratory at the Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Laboratory Services,Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research,West-mead Hospital,Sydney). Nested PCR was used to detect mutations in 23S rRNA. A capillary electrophore-sis-based single tube multiplex PCR (mPCR-CE) was used to analyze the MLVA types of Mp in those sam-ples. Results A2063G mutation was identified in 57 specimens including 49 from Beijing,seven from the United States and one from Australia. The 143 Mp-positive specimens were typed into 10 distinct MLVA types. Fifty-four specimens collected in Beijing belonged to four MLVA types, which were M4-5-7-2 (44/54,81.5%),M3-5-6-2 (7/54,13.0%), M4-5-6-2 (2/54,3.70%) and M4-5-5-2 (1/54,1.85%). Fifty-nine specimens collected in the United States belonged to six MLVA types including M4-5-7-2(27/59, 45.8%),M3-5-6-2 (18/59,30.5%),M3-6-6-2 (11/59,18.6%),M3-5-6-1 (1/59,1.69%),M4-5-7-3 (1/59,1.69%) and M5-5-7-2 (1/59,1.69%). Thirty specimens of Mp from Australia were grouped to five types with M3-5-6-2 (12/30, 40.0%) and M4-5-7-2 (10/30, 33.3%) and M3-5-7-2 (5/30, 16.7%) being the predominant types. Macrolide resistance mutations were detected in 57 out of 143 speci-mens (49 from Beijing,seven from the United States and one from Sydney) and 50 of them were MLVA type of M4-5-7-2. Conclusion The MLVA type of M4-5-7-2 is associated with macrolide resistance in Mp.