Profiling and comprehensive analysis of microbiome and ARGs of nurses and nursing workers in China: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT: Hospital-acquired infection (HAI) and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) represent major challenges in healthcare system. Despite numerous studies have assessed environmental and patient samples, very few studies have explored the microbiome and resistome profiles of medical staff including nursing workers. This cross-sectional study was performed in a tertiary hospital in China and involved 25 nurses (NSs), 25 nursing workers (NWs), and 55 non-medical control (NC). Stool samples from all participants and hand samples (i.e., the microbiome sample from hand skin, which were collected by swabbing both hands with a sponge-swab soaked with neutralized buffer and centrifuging the liquid buffer) from NSs and NWs were collected for metagenomic analysis. Metagenomic analysis revealed that medical staf

SUBMITTER: Liu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11682234 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature