Enterobacter cloacae complex ST-171 Isolates Expressing KPC-4 Carbapenemase Recovered from Canine Patients in Ohio, USA [Epidemiology and Surveillance]

Companion animals are likely relevant in the transmission of antimicrobial resistant bacteria in the community. Enterobacter xiangfangensis ST171, a clone that has been implicated in clusters of infections in humans, was isolated from two dogs with clinical disease in Ohio, U.S. The canine isolates contained IncHI2 plasmids encoding bla_KPC-4. Whole genome sequencing was used to put the canine isolates in phylogenetic context with available human ST171 sequences, as well as characterize their bla_KPC-4 plasmids.

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