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ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2022

Bacterial and fungal communities in indoor aerosols from two Kuwaiti hospitals.

Nazima Habibi, Saif Uddin, Montaha Behbehani, Fadila Al Salameen, Nasreem Abdul Razzack, Farhana Zakir, Anisha Shajan, Faiz Alam

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Article in Frontiers in microbiology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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11citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Aerosol-Mediated Spread of Antibiotic Resistance Genes: Biomonitoring Indoor and Outdoor Environments.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024
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  9. Spatial Variations in the Nasal Microbiota of Staff Working in a Healthcare-Associated Research Core Facility.Medical principles and practice : international journal of the Kuwait University, Health Science Centre · 2024
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  10. Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Aerosols: Baseline from Kuwait.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Nazima HabibiEnvironment and Life Science Research Centre, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Kuwait City, Kuwait.
Saif UddinEnvironment and Life Science Research Centre, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Kuwait City, Kuwait.
Montaha BehbehaniEnvironment and Life Science Research Centre, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Kuwait City, Kuwait.
Fadila Al SalameenEnvironment and Life Science Research Centre, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Kuwait City, Kuwait.
Nasreem Abdul RazzackEnvironment and Life Science Research Centre, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Kuwait City, Kuwait.
Farhana ZakirEnvironment and Life Science Research Centre, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Kuwait City, Kuwait.
Anisha ShajanEnvironment and Life Science Research Centre, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Kuwait City, Kuwait.
Faiz AlamEnvironment and Life Science Research Centre, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Kuwait City, Kuwait.
Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research · KW

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The airborne transmission of COVID-19 has drawn immense attention to bioaerosols. The topic is highly relevant in the indoor hospital environment where vulnerable patients are treated and healthcare workers are exposed to various pathogenic and non-pathogenic microbes. Knowledge of the microbial communities in such settings will enable precautionary measures to prevent any hospital-mediated outbreak and better assess occupational exposure of the healthcare workers. This study presents a baseline of the bacterial and fungal population of two major hospitals in Kuwait dealing with COVID patients, and in a non-hospital setting through targeted amplicon sequencing. The predominant bacteria of bioaerosols were

Indexed as

bacteriabioaerosolexhaled airfungivirus

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PMID35966680
PMCPMC9366136
OpenAlexW4288077413

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