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Linezolid- and Multidrug-Resistant Enterococci in Raw Commercial Dog Food,Europe, 2019–2020 |
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| Authors: | Ana R. Freitas,Liliana Finisterra,Ana P. Tedim,Bá rbara Duarte,Carla Novais,Luí sa Peixe,from the ESCMID Study Group on Food- Water-borne Infections (EFWISG) |
| Abstract: | 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 linking isolates from dog food to human cases across Europe. |
| Keywords: | raw dog food multidrug resistance enterococci linezolid resistance optrA poxtA cfrD ampicillin resistance cgMLST bacteria Portugal Spain Europe |