Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacter spp. in Retail Seafood Imported from Southeast Asia to Canada

Nicol Janecko; Sarah-Lynn Martz; Brent P Avery; Danielle Daignault; Andrea Desruisseau; David Boyd; Rebecca J Irwin; Michael R Mulvey; Richard J Reid-Smith

doi:10.3201/eid2209.160305

Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacter spp. in Retail Seafood Imported from Southeast Asia to Canada

Emerg Infect Dis. 2016 Sep;22(9):1675-7. doi: 10.3201/eid2209.160305.

Authors

Nicol Janecko, Sarah-Lynn Martz, Brent P Avery, Danielle Daignault, Andrea Desruisseau, David Boyd, Rebecca J Irwin, Michael R Mulvey, Richard J Reid-Smith

No abstract available

Keywords: Bangladesh; Canada; Enterobacter aerogenes; Enterobacter cloacae; Enterobacter spp.; Enterobacteriaceae; Southeast Asia; Vietnam; antimicrobial resistance; bacteria; carbapenem resistant; carbapenemase-producing; clams; food chain; gram-negative; imported; resistance; seafood; shrimp.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Asia, Southeastern
Canada
Carbapenems / pharmacology*
Communicable Diseases, Imported*
Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
Enterobacter / classification
Enterobacter / drug effects*
Enterobacter / genetics
Enterobacteriaceae Infections / epidemiology
Enterobacteriaceae Infections / microbiology*
Enterobacteriaceae Infections / transmission*
Food Contamination
Food Microbiology
Foodborne Diseases*
Genome, Bacterial
Humans
Multilocus Sequence Typing
Seafood / microbiology*
Whole Genome Sequencing
beta-Lactam Resistance*

Substances

Carbapenems