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 linking isolates from dog food to human cases across Europe.PMID:34287135 | DOI:10.3201/eid2708.204933

Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases - July 21, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Ana R Freitas Liliana Finisterra Ana P Tedim B árbara Duarte Carla Novais Lu ísa Peixe from the ESCMID Study Group on Food- and Water-borne Infections (EFWISG) Source Type: research