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  • Revealing microbial population complexity on hospital textiles using DHPLC [Elektronski vir]
    Rozman, Urška, 1981- ...
    Hospital environment provides an important ecological niche that can serve as a reservoir for potentially pathogenic microorganisms. Hospital textiles together with moisture and heat create the right ... conditions for growth, dissemination and long-term survival of many microorganisms, which may results in transmission of nosocomial infections. Therefore, understanding of total microbial population on hospital textiles is an important part for assessment of public health risks. In the present work, we tested the suitability of DHPLC for estimation of total microbial population on hospital textiles. All of the identified bacteria belonged to the phyla Actinobacteria, Firmicutes and Proteobacteria and up to 63 bacterial genera/species were identified. Mostly abundant species important in perspective of HCAI were Acinetobacter spp., Corynebacterium spp., Staphylococcus spp., Sphingomonas mucosissima and Stenotrophomonas maltophilia. Microbial diversity on hospital textiles was extensive and partly coincides with the intensive care units bacterial communities and pathogens obtained from clinical samples. This is the first study describing total microbial population complexity on hospital textiles, which are important factors contributing to the hospital microbiome.
    Source: Universal journal of microbiology research [Elektronski vir]. - ISSN 2331-673X (Vol. 6, no. 2, 2018, str. 15-34)
    Type of material - e-article
    Publish date - 2018
    Language - english
    COBISS.SI-ID - 2410916

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    http://www.hrpub.org/journals/article_info.php?aid=7121
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