Emerging Infectious Diseases (Jul 2023)

Isolation of Elizabethkingia spp. from Diagnostic Specimens from Dogs and Cats, United States, 2019–2021

  • J. Scott Weese,
  • Kurtis E. Sobkowich,
  • Zvonimir Poljak,
  • Theresa M. Bernardo

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2907.230218
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 29, no. 7
pp. 1488 – 1489

Abstract

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We retrospectively reviewed Elizabethkingia spp. culture and susceptibility results from 86 veterinary diagnostic laboratory results from US dogs and cats. We noted 26 E. menigoseptica, 1 E. miricola, and 59 unspeciated Elizabethkingia isolates from 9 US states (2–22 isolates per state). Elizabethkingia infections in animals might increase risks to humans.

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