In-hospital areas with distinct maintenance and staff/patient traffic have specific microbiome profiles, functions, and resistomes
ABSTRACT Hospitals are subject to strict microbial control. Stringent cleaning and confinement measures in hospitals lead to a decrease in microbial diversity, but an increase in resistance genes. Given the rise of antimicrobial resistances and healthcare-associated infections, understanding the hos...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2024-08-01
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| Series: | mSystems |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/msystems.00726-24 |