Multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae clones from wild chimpanzees and termites in Senegal.
Antibiotic resistance genes are widely found in the environment far from human usage. Here, we investigated multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae, a common pathogen of chimpanzees and humans, in chimpanzee stool samples and in termite mound samples, a major source of protein for these apes.