TY - JOUR AU - Guillot, Sophie AU - Descours, Ghislaine AU - Gillet, Yves AU - Etienne, Jérome AU - Floret, Daniel AU - Guiso, Nicole T1 - Macrolide-Resistant Bordetella pertussis Infection in Newborn Girl, France T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2012 VL - 18 IS - 6 SP - 966 SN - 1080-6059 AB - A macrolide antimicrobial drug was administered to a newborn with cough. On day 23 of hospitalization, macrolide-resistant Bordetella pertussis was isolated from nasopharyngeal aspirates. DNA sequencing and PCR–restriction fragment length polymorphism showed a 2047 A-to-G mutation in the 3 copies of the 23S rRNA gene. Monitoring for macrolide resistance is essential in infants <6 months of age. KW - Bordetella pertussis KW - bacteria KW - whooping cough KW - antibacterial drugs KW - antimicrobial resistance KW - respiratory infections KW - infants KW - children KW - adolescents KW - macrolide resistance KW - newborn KW - France DO - 10.3201/eid1806.120091 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/18/6/12-0091_article ER - End of Reference