Testing for Mycoplasma pneumoniae is generally undertaken for specimens of respiratory secretions from patients with clinical diagnosis of community-acquired pneumonia.
| Month | Age (Years) | No. tested | No. positive | % positive | Macrolide resistance (A2063G in 23S rRNA gene) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. tested | No. detected | % | |||||
| January | <18 | - | - | - | 4 | 3 | 75.0 |
| ≥18 | 939 | 4 | 0.4 | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | |
| February | <18 | - | - | - | 4 | 2 | 50.0 |
| ≥18 | 587 | 7 | 1.2 | 7 | 2 | 28.6 | |
| March | <18 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| ≥18 | 631 | 4 | 0.6 | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | |
| April | <18 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 50.0 |
| ≥18 | 318 | 2 | 0.6 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| May | <18 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| ≥18 | 231 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| June | <18 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| ≥18 | 203 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| July | <18 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| ≥18 | 234 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| August | <18 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| ≥18 | 179 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| September | <18 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| ≥18 | 188 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| October | <18 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| ≥18 | 187 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| November | <18 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| ≥18 | 200 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | |
| December | <18 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| ≥18 | 186 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
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