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

Emerg Infect Dis. 2020 Feb;26(2):381-383. doi: 10.3201/eid2602.191221.

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 blaNDM-5-producing E. coli in a veterinary hospital.

Keywords: Escherichia coli; New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase-5; One Health; United States; antimicrobial resistance; bacteria; carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae; cats; companion animals. dogs; pets; public health; veterinary medicine.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
  • Carbapenems / pharmacology
  • Cat Diseases / microbiology*
  • Cats
  • Dog Diseases / microbiology*
  • Dogs
  • Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
  • Escherichia coli / drug effects
  • Escherichia coli / isolation & purification*
  • Escherichia coli / metabolism
  • Escherichia coli Infections / microbiology
  • Escherichia coli Infections / veterinary*
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Records / veterinary
  • Retrospective Studies
  • United States
  • beta-Lactamases / metabolism

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Carbapenems
  • beta-Lactamases
  • beta-lactamase NDM-1