Frequency and diversity of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales recovered from untreated wastewater impacted by selective media containing cefotaxime and meropenem in Ohio, USA

• Rael J. Too ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: too.4@osu.edu

  Affiliations Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI-Kenya), Nairobi, Kenya, The University of Nairobi (UoN-Kenya), Nairobi, Kenya, The Ohio State University (OSU-OH, USA), Columbus, OH, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6100-9090

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• George C. Gitao,

  Roles Data curation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation The University of Nairobi (UoN-Kenya), Nairobi, Kenya

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• Lilly C. Bebora,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation The University of Nairobi (UoN-Kenya), Nairobi, Kenya

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• Dixie F. Mollenkopf,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation The Ohio State University (OSU-OH, USA), Columbus, OH, United States of America

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• Samuel M. Kariuki,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI-Kenya), Nairobi, Kenya

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3209-9503

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• Thomas E. Wittum

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation The Ohio State University (OSU-OH, USA), Columbus, OH, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9216-1308

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