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 | 203 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 50.0 |
| February | 184 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| March | 117 | 3 | 2.6 | 3 | 1 | 33.3 |
| April | 96 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| May | 88 | 4 | 4.5 | 4 | 2 | 50.0 |
| June | 161 | 4 | 2.5 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 |
| July | 131 | 1 | 0.8 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| August | 123 | 7 | 5.7 | 7 | 3 | 42.9 |
| September | 151 | 17 | 11.3 | 17 | 6 | 35.3 |
| October | 190 | 21 | 11.1 | 20 | 5 | 25.0 |
| November | 188 | 8 | 4.3 | 8 | 2 | 25.0 |
| December | 187 | 13 | 7.0 | 13 | 5 | 38.5 |
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