Study detects multidrug-resistant KPC-producing bacteria in Chilean wastewater for the first time
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Researchers identified three carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales isolates: Klebsiella pasteurii M2/A/C/34, Klebsiella pneumoniae subsp. pneumoniae M3/A/M/3, and Citrobacter freundii sensu stricto M4/A/C/32, using a strategy that integrated environmental sampling, microbiological isolation, phenotypic characterization of resistance, and complete genomic analysis of the isolates.