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

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.

SUBMITTER: Freitas AR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8314808 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature