ArticlePathogens (Basel, Switzerland)2026
High-Touch, High-Risk: An Exploratory Microbiome Analysis of Hospital Wheelchairs.
Luca Dalle Carbonare, Anna Vareschi, Kevin Dervishi, Michela Deiana, Elena Locatelli, Arianna Minoia, Francesca Cristiana Piritore, Alessandra Ruggiero, Ilda Czobor Barbu, Donato Zipeto and 2 more
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Luca Dalle CarbonareDepartment of Engineering for the Innovation Medicine, University of Verona, 37100 Verona, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3263-6671 Anna VareschiDepartment of Engineering for the Innovation Medicine, University of Verona, 37100 Verona, Italy.
Kevin DervishiDepartment of Neurosciences, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, 37100 Verona, Italy.
Michela DeianaDepartment of Infectious, Tropical Diseases and Microbiology, IRCCS Sacro Cuore Don Calabria Hospital, 37024 Negrar di Valpolicella, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7595-2346 Elena LocatelliDepartment of Infectious, Tropical Diseases and Microbiology, IRCCS Sacro Cuore Don Calabria Hospital, 37024 Negrar di Valpolicella, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8682-7089 Arianna MinoiaDepartment of Engineering for the Innovation Medicine, University of Verona, 37100 Verona, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4610-1168 Francesca Cristiana PiritoreDepartment of Neurosciences, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, 37100 Verona, Italy.ORCID 0009-0003-2096-9441 Alessandra RuggieroDepartment of Neurosciences, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, 37100 Verona, Italy.
Ilda Czobor BarbuDepartment of Botany and Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, University of Bucharest, 030018 Bucharest, Romania.
Donato ZipetoDepartment of Neurosciences, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, 37100 Verona, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2168-4144 Chiara PiubelliDepartment of Infectious, Tropical Diseases and Microbiology, IRCCS Sacro Cuore Don Calabria Hospital, 37024 Negrar di Valpolicella, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5739-3795 Maria Teresa ValentiDepartment of Neurosciences, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, 37100 Verona, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1166-8033 Funding
Ministry of Health Fondi Ricerca Corrente" - L3P6University of Verona FUR LDCUniversity of Verona FUR MTV
6 · The paper itselfAbstract
In this exploratory pilot study, quantitative analyses were performed on seven leather wheelchairs and the protective barrier was evaluated on three leather wheelchairs, while shotgun metagenomic sequencing (Illumina and Oxford Nanopore) was conducted on pooled samples obtained from seven leather and three fabric wheelchairs to characterize microbial DNA recovered from wheelchair surfaces under routine clinical conditions. Microbial DNA and biomass were detected on all sampled surfaces, with median DNA concentrations of approximately 0.015 ng/µL, median cell counts of approximately 4.8 × 10
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BacteriaMicrobiotaWheelchairsDNA, BacterialEquipment ContaminationHumansPilot ProjectsDNA, Bacterialhigh-touch surfaceshospital wheelchairsinfection controlmicrobial contaminationnext-generation sequencing (NGS)protective barrier
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PMCPMC13416314
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