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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Published in:Emerg Infect Dis
Main Authors: Freitas, Ana R., Finisterra, Liliana, Tedim, Ana P., Duarte, Bárbara, Novais, Carla, Peixe, Luísa
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2021
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Research Letter
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8314808/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34287135
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2708.204933
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