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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, November 2009, p. 3721-3725, Vol. 47, No. 11
0095-1137/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.01581-09
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Sharing of Escherichia coli Sequence Type ST131 and Other Multidrug-Resistant and Urovirulent E. coli Strains among Dogs and Cats within a Household{triangledown} ,{dagger}

James R. Johnson,1* Sybille Miller,2,{ddagger} Brian Johnston,1 Connie Clabots,1 and Chitrita DebRoy3

VA Medical Center and University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota,1 Veterinary Internal Medicine Practice of Northern Virginia, Manassas, Virginia,2 Escherichia coli Reference Center, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania3

Received 16 August 2009/ Accepted 20 August 2009

A multidrug-resistant (MDR) Escherichia coli strain from a human-associated pulsotype within sequence type ST131 (O25:H4) colonized three of five dogs and cats within a household. Of the four other colonizing strains identified, two were MDR and two colonized multiple hosts. The ST131 strain uniquely exhibited high resistance and virulence scores.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Infectious Diseases (111F), Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 1 Veterans Drive, Minneapolis, MN 55417. Phone: (612) 467-4188. Fax: (612) 727-5995. E-mail: johns007{at}umn.edu

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 26 August 2009.

{dagger} Supplemental material for this article may be found at http://jcm.asm.org/.

{ddagger} Present address: Leesburg Veterinary Internal Medicine, 165 Fort Evans Rd. NE, Leesburg, VA.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, November 2009, p. 3721-3725, Vol. 47, No. 11
0095-1137/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.01581-09
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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