New Delhi Metallo-β-Lactamase-5-Producing Escherichia coli in Companion Animals, United States.

ABSTRACT: We report isolation of a New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase-5-producing carbapenem-resistant Escherichia coli sequence type 167 from companion animals in the United States. Reports of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae in companion animals are rare. We describe a unique cluster of bla_NDM-5-producing E. coli in a veterinary hospital.

SUBMITTER: Cole SD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6986821 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature