Linezolid- and Multidrug-Resistant Enterococci in Raw Commercial Dog Food, Europe, 2019–2020

Linezolid- and Multidrug-Resistant Enterococci in Raw Commercial Dog Food, Europe, 2019–2020

We describe enterococci in raw-frozen dog food commercialized in Europe as a source of genes encoding resistance to the antibiotic drug linezolid and of strains and plasmids enriched in antibiotic-resistance and virulence genes in hospitalized patients. Whole-genome sequencing was fundamental to lin...

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Main Authors: Ana R. Freitas, Liliana Finisterra, Ana P. Tedim, Bárbara Duarte, Carla Novais, Luísa Peixe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2021-08-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
raw dog food
multidrug resistance
enterococci
linezolid resistance
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Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/27/8/20-4933_article

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