Clinical issues regarding increased macrolide-resistant Mycoplasma pneumoniae in children

Jinho Yu

doi:10.4168/aard.2017.5.1.1

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Allergy, Asthma & Respiratory Disease 2017; 5(1): 1-2.

Published online: 31 January 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4168/aard.2017.5.1.1

Clinical issues regarding increased macrolide-resistant Mycoplasma pneumoniae in children

Jinho Yu

Department of Pediatrics, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Correspondence to: Jinho Yu. Department of Pediatrics, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, 88 Olympic-ro 43-gil, Songpa-gu, Seoul 05505, Korea. Tel: +82-2-3010-3922, Fax: +82-2-3010-6978, jyu3922@gmail.com

Received 7 January 2017 Revised 16 January 2017 Accepted 16 January 2017

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This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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