Long time persistence and evolution of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales in the wastewater of a tertiary care hospital in Germany

• Main Authors: Laura Carlsen (Author), Henning Büttner (Author), Martin Christner (Author), Lukas Cordts (Author), Gefion Franke (Author), Armin Hoffmann (Author), Birte Knobling (Author), Marc Lütgehetmann (Author), Jacqueline Nakel (Author), Thomas Werner (Author), Johannes K. Knobloch (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2023-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Worldwide observations revealed increased frequencies of multi-resistant Enterobacterales and resistance genes in hospital wastewater compared to any other type of wastewater. Despite the description of clonal lineages possibly adapted to hospital wastewater, little is known about long t...