Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales strains causing infections in companion animals-Portugal.

ABSTRACT: An increase in Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenem-resistant human nosocomial strains is occurring in Europe, namely with the bla_OXA-48-like and bla_KPC-like genes. We determined the prevalence of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales clinical strains in companion animals in Portugal and characterized their mobile genetic elements. Susceptibility data of a consecutive collection of 977 Enterobacterales clinical strains from a Portuguese private veterinary diagnostic laboratory were evaluated (January-December 2020). Additional phenotypical and genotypical assays were performed in a subset of 261 strains with a resistant phenotype. Whole-genome sequencing was performed for carbapenemase-producing strains. The frequency of carbapenemase-producing Ent

SUBMITTER: Moreira da Silva J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10986603 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature