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

Freitas, Ana R.; Finisterra, Liliana; Tedim, Ana P.; Duarte, Barbara; Novais, Carla; Peixe, Luisa

EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES
2021
VL / 27 - BP / 2221 - EP / 2224
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.

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Gold, Green published

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