Are There Bad ICU Rooms? Temporal Relationship between Patient and ICU Room Microbiome, and Influence on Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus Colonization
Abstract
This study found that intensive care unit (ICU) room microbial signatures diverged from their baseline quickly: within 2 weeks, individual ICU rooms had lost distinguishing characteristics and were as similar to other ICU rooms as they were to their former selves. Patient turnover within rooms accelerated this drift.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Feb 23, 2022
- Source ID
- 10.1128/msphere.01007-21
Entities
People
- Daniel E Freedberg
- Elissa Lynch
- Harris H. Wang
- Jacky Cheung
- Mary Nattakom
- Miles Richardson
- Philip Zachariah
Organizations
- Columbia University
- National Science Foundation
- United States Department of Defense