Dogs fed raw meat-based diets are vectors of drug-resistant Salmonella infection in humans.

Background: Salmonella enterica serovar 4,[5],12:i:- (S. 4,[5],12:i:-), the monophasic variant of Typhimurium, is among the most prevalent surface antigen subtypes and most frequent carriers of multidrug-resistance in Salmonella worldwide, therefore becoming a prominent public health threat.

Methods: Genomic surveillance data analysis, in addition to human case and animal health investigations and food inspections from Quebec, Canada were conducted to identify the source of an emerging S.

Clinical and Genomic Investigation of an International Ceftriaxone- and Azithromycin-Resistant Shigella sonnei Cluster among Men Who Have Sex with Men, Montréal, Canada 2017-2019.

Multidrug-resistant (MDR) Shigella sonnei have become prevalent among men who have sex with men and have become a global public health concern. From June 2017 to April 2019, 32 men were infected with MDR S. sonnei acquired locally, in Montréal, which was suggestive of an outbreak.

Analysis of an IncR Plasmid Carrying Linked to an Azithromycin Resistance Region in Enterobacter hormaechei Involved in an Outbreak in Quebec.

In the context of a recent rise in prevalence of NDM-encoding carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales (CPE) in the province of QC, Canada, the genetic environment of was investigated. Three NDM-producing clinical isolates of Enterobacter hormaechei recovered from hospitalized patients involved in a putative outbreak were further characterized by whole-genome sequencing (WGS). Two isolates were confirmed by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and WGS to be closely related.

Evaluation of whole-genome sequencing-based subtyping methods for the surveillance of spp. and the confounding effect of mobile genetic elements in long-term outbreaks.

Many public health laboratories across the world have implemented whole-genome sequencing (WGS) for the surveillance and outbreak detection of foodborne pathogens. PulseNet-affiliated laboratories have determined that most single-strain foodborne outbreaks are contained within 0–10 multi-locus sequence typing (MLST)-based allele differences and/or core genome single-nucleotide variants (SNVs). In addition to being a food- and travel-associated outbreak pathogen, most spp.