Characterization of Clinically Relevant Antimicrobial Resistance and Virulence Determinants in Environmental Enterobacterales
This study characterizes the Cooum River in Chennai as a significant environmental reservoir for multidrug-resistant and hypervirulent *Klebsiella pneumoniae*, highlighting the critical public health risks posed by the high prevalence of colistin-resistant strains carrying key virulence genes in urban aquatic ecosystems.