Study detects multidrug-resistant KPC-producing bacteria in Chilean wastewater for the first time

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Source: MELISA Institute

A team of Chilean researchers has identified, for the first time in the country, the presence of KPC-type carbapenemase-producing bacteria in wastewater samples from the Greater Concepción Metropolitan Area. 

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