Testing for Mycoplasma pneumoniae is generally undertaken for specimens of respiratory secretions from patients with clinical diagnosis of community-acquired pneumonia.
| Month | No. tested | No. positive | % positive | Macrolide resistance (A2063G in 23S rRNA gene) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. tested | No. detected | % | ||||
| January | 250 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| February | 216 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| March | 255 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| April | 286 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| May | 359 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| June | 284 | 1 | 0.4 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 |
| July | 291 | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| August | 269 | 1 | 0.4 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| September | 300 | 4 | 1.3 | 4 | 3 | 75.0 |
| October | 356 | 5 | 1.4 | 5 | 3 | 60.0 |
| November | 339 | 11 | 3.2 | 11 | 6 | 54.5 |
| December | 412 | 23 | 5.6 | 22 | 13 | 59.1 |
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