MedicalResearch.com Interview with:
Jack A Gilbert PhD
Department of Ecology & Evolution
Graduate Program in Biophysical Sciences
University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637
MedicalResearch: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings?
Dr. Gilbert: We have performed extensive analysis of the microbial distribution between humans and home surfaces in peoples houses. And are still exploring how bacteria are distributed around hospitals. Here we wanted to explore how bacteria from humans were distributed into a space in real time. By taking samples every hour post sterilization and seeing how the community stabilized, who remained active and whether they were pathogenic. We found that communities stabilized on a skin-associated microbiome within 5 hours, that staphylococcus remained active and yet none of these were particularly pathogenic. Yet we were able to identify pathogenic MRSA on surfaces around the bathroom, but they were extremely rare.
(more…)MedicalResearch.com Interview with:
Jack A Gilbert PhD
Department of Ecology & Evolution
Graduate Program in Biophysical Sciences
University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637
MedicalResearch: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings?
Dr. Gilbert: We have performed extensive analysis of the microbial distribution between humans and home surfaces in peoples houses. And are still exploring how bacteria are distributed around hospitals. Here we wanted to explore how bacteria from humans were distributed into a space in real time. By taking samples every hour post sterilization and seeing how the community stabilized, who remained active and whether they were pathogenic. We found that communities stabilized on a skin-associated microbiome within 5 hours, that staphylococcus remained active and yet none of these were particularly pathogenic. Yet we were able to identify pathogenic MRSA on surfaces around the bathroom, but they were extremely rare.
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