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Forty-two\n                    <jats:italic>S. pseudintermedius<\/jats:italic>\n                    and four\n                    <jats:italic>S. delphini<\/jats:italic>\n                    were obtained. Isolates were characterized by a polyphasic approach, which included antimicrobial susceptibility testing, molecular identification and characterization by\n                    <jats:italic>rpoB\/nuc<\/jats:italic>\n                    sequencing, PCRs, DNA-based microarray, genotyping via\n                    <jats:italic>spa<\/jats:italic>\n                    and MLVA, and whole-genome sequencing of selected isolates. Resistance to penicillin, penicillin\/tetracycline, and tetracycline alone was observed.\n                    <jats:italic>Spa<\/jats:italic>\n                    typing resulted either in novel types or in isolates that were non\u2011typeable. Twenty-nine MLVA types were detected. Multi-locus sequence typing revealed four STs: ST453 (previously described) and three novel STs: ST3046\u22128) among\n                    <jats:italic>S. pseudintermedius<\/jats:italic>\n                    and various virulence-associated genes were detected. 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