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PRO/AH/EDR> MDR bacteria – UK, Israel: pets

Antimicrobial resistance -- United KingdomA gene that enables bacteria to be highly resistant to linezolid, an antibiotic that is used as a last resort for treating infections in humans, has been found in bacterial samples from cats and a dog at a small-animal hospital in the UK for the 1st time. The new research is being presented at this year's European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) in Amsterdam, Netherlands (13-16 Apr 2019).Linezolid is licensed for the treatment Read more [...]