ArticleInfection control and hospital epidemiology2022
Healthcare microenvironments define multidrug-resistant organism persistence.
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- Human microbiome and microbiota identification for preventing and controlling healthcare-associated infections: A systematic review.Frontiers in public health · 2022Pooled it
- Early detection of nosocomial pathogens in air and surfaces using an innovative genetic approach for surveillance in healthcare settings.Antimicrobial resistance and infection control · 2026Article
- Institutional spillover effects of antimicrobial use on antimicrobial resistance andAntimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology : ASHE · 2026Article
- Hand-to-surface bacterial transfer and healthcare-associated infections prevention: a pilot study on skin microbiome in a molecular biology laboratory.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Spatial and temporal effects on severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) contamination of the healthcare environment.Infection control and hospital epidemiology · 2022Article
- Are There Bad ICU Rooms? Temporal Relationship between Patient and ICU Room Microbiome, and Influence on Vancomycin-ResistantmSphere · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundMultidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) colonizing the healthcare environment have been shown to contribute to risk for healthcare-associated infections (HAIs), with adverse effects on patient morbidity and mortality. We sought to determine how bacterial contamination and persistent MDRO colonization of the healthcare environment are related to the position of patients and wastewater sites.
methodsWe performed a prospective cohort study, enrolling 51 hospital rooms at the time of admitting a patient with an eligible MDRO in the prior 30 days. We performed systematic sampling and MDRO culture of rooms, as well as 16S rRNA sequencing to define the environmental microbiome in a subset of samples.
resultsThe probability of detecting resistant gram-negative organisms, including Enterobacterales,
conclusionsMDRO hot spots can be defined by distance from the patient and from wastewater reservoirs. Evaluating how MDROs are enriched relative to bacterial DNA deposition helps to identify healthcare micro-environments and suggests how targeted environmental cleaning or design approaches could prevent MDRO persistence and reduce infection risk.
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