Multidrug-resistant infection in a companion cat () in Brazil.

is a fast-growing bacterium and an opportunistic pathogen implicated in human and animal infections. Here we report the first case and genetic characterization of a strain of isolated from skin lesions of a companion cat with atypical cutaneous mycobacteriosis in Brazil. In addition, the genome of this strain was sequenced, representing the first genome of this opportunistic pathogen isolated from an animal infection.

Mycolicibacterium fortuitum genomic epidemiology, resistome and virulome.

Background: Mycolicibacterium fortuitum is an opportunistic pathogen associated with human and animal infection worldwide. Studies concerning this species are mainly represented by case reports, some of them addressing drug susceptibility with a focus on a specific geographic region, so there is a gap in relation to the global epidemiological scenario.

Objectives: We aimed determine the global epidemiological scenario of M.

Endoparasites of household and shelter cats in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Endoparasitic infections are associated with morbidity in cats. This study aimed to investigate the occurrence of endoparasites among cats of different life stages in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The samples were analyzed individually by macroscopic exploration for proglottids and centrifugal-flotation.

The genome of a clinical Klebsiella variicola strain reveals virulence-associated traits and a pl9-like plasmid.

Klebsiella species frequently cause clinically relevant human infections worldwide. We report the draft genome sequence of a Brazilian clinical isolate (Bz19) of the recently recognized species Klebsiella variicola. The comparison of Bz19 genome content with the At-22 (environmental K.