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Volume 32, Number 3—March 2026

Research

Genetically Similar High-Risk Strains of Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacterales in Humans and Companion Animals, United States

Lingzi Xiaoli, Allison E. JamesComments to Author , Anna L. Stahl, Maho Okumura, Stephen D. Cole, Jaclyn M. Dietrich, Molly M. Leeper, Jordan K. Putney, Maroya Spalding Walters, and Richard A. Stanton
Author affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (L. Xiaoli, A.E. James, A.L. Stahl, M.M. Leeper, J.K. Putney, M.S. Walters, R.A. Stanton); University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (M. Okumura, S.D. Cole, J.M. Dietrich); Applied Science Research and Technology, Inc., Smyrna, Georgia, USA (J.K. Putney); US Public Health Service, Rockville, Maryland, USA (M.S. Walters)

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Workflow for identification and inclusion of genetically related US companion animal and human CP-CRE isolates using the NCBI Pathogen Detection database used in study of genetically similar high-risk strains of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales in humans and companion animals, United States. CP-CRE, carbapenemase-producing carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales; IMP, imipenemase metallo-β-lactamase; KPC, K. pneumoniae carbapenemase; NCBI, National Center for Biotechnology Information; NDM, New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase; OXA, oxacillinase; VIM, Verona integron-encoded metallo-β-lactamase.

Figure 1. Workflow for identification and inclusion of genetically related US companion animal and human CP-CRE isolates using the NCBI Pathogen Detection database used in study of genetically similar high-risk strains of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales in humans and companion animals, United States. CP-CRE, carbapenemase-producing carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales; IMP, imipenemase metallo-β-lactamase; KPC, K. pneumoniae carbapenemase; NCBI, National Center for Biotechnology Information; NDM, New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase; OXA, oxacillinase; VIM, Verona integron-encoded metallo-β-lactamase.

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