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Oxazolidinones are one of the most important antimicrobials potentially active against glycopeptide- and β-lactam-resistant Gram-positive pathogens. Linezolid—the first oxazolidinone to be approved for clinical use in 2000 by the US Food and Drug Administration—and the newer molecule in the class, tedizolid, inhibit protein synthesis by suppressing the formation of the 70S ribosomal complex in bacteria. Over the past two decades, transferable oxazolidinone resistance genes, in particular  cfr  and  optrA , have been identified in Firmicutes isolated from healthcare-related infections, livestock, and the environment. Our goals in this study were to investigate the genetic contexts and the transferability of the  cfr  and  optrA  genes and examine genomic features, such as antimicrobial resistance genes, plasmid incompatibility types, and CRISPR-Cas defenses of a linezolid-resistant  Enterococcus faecalis  isolated in feces from a healthy pig during an antimicrobial surveillance program for animal production in Brazil. The  cfr  gene was found to be integrated into a transposon-like structure of 7,759 nt flanked by IS 1216E  and capable of excising and circularizing, distinguishing it from known genetic contexts for  cfr  in  Enterococcus  spp., while  optrA  was inserted into an Inc18 broad host-range plasmid of >58 kb. Conjugal transfer of  cfr  and  optrA  was shown by filter mating. The coexistence of  cfr  and  optrA  in an  E. faecalis  isolated from a healthy nursery pig highlights the need for monitoring the use of antibiotics in the Brazilian swine production system for controlling spread and proliferation of antibiotic resistance.

Coexistence of the Oxazolidinone Resistance–Associated Genes cfr and optrA in Enterococcus faecalis From a Healthy Piglet in Brazil