Molecular Analysis of Emerging MT27 Macrolide-Resistant Bordetella pertussis, Kobe, Japan, 2025.

ABSTRACT: We report the emergence and spread of multilocus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis type 27 (MT-27) macrolide-resistant Bordetella pertussis (MRBP) in Kobe, Japan, in 2025. Whole-genome sequencing revealed that MT27-MRBP did not originate from the widely circulating MT27 macrolide-sensitive B. pertussis in Japan but was closely related to MRBP in China.

SUBMITTER: Komatsu S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12872074 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature