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

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

• New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase-5
• lactamases
• Escherichia coli
• bacteria
• carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae
• pets