The prevalence of multi-drug-resistant (MDR) bacteria in 48 air samples from indoor environments, surgical rooms, dental surgery and waste management plants has been investigated. A total of 280 bacterial strains belonging to different genera were isolated, and the operating rooms were the most contaminated ones (107 isolates), with all the isolates belonging to Gram-positive cocci (51.5 % Micrococcus spp., 48.5 % Staphylococcus spp.). Only 5 % of the isolates was sensitive to all the antibiotics tested, while the remaining strains resulted resistant to three (13 %), four (14 %), five (9 %) and six (10 %) antibiotics. Correlation between the resistance patterns and the environmental source of MDR bacteria isolates also emerged from the present investigation. This study confirms the high presence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in air samples, finding that represents a threat for the possible transfer of resistance genes to pathogenic bacteria.

Prevalence of multi-drug-resistant (MDR) bacteria in air samples from indoor and outdoor environments / Messi, Patrizia; Sabia, Carla; Anacarso, Immacolata; Condo', Carla; Iseppi, Ramona; Stefani, Sara; DE NIEDERHAUSERN, Simona; Bondi, Moreno. - In: AEROBIOLOGIA. - ISSN 0393-5965. - ELETTRONICO. - 31:3(2015), pp. 381-387. [10.1007/s10453-015-9371-9]

Prevalence of multi-drug-resistant (MDR) bacteria in air samples from indoor and outdoor environments

MESSI, Patrizia
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SABIA, Carla;ANACARSO, Immacolata;CONDO', CARLA;ISEPPI, Ramona;STEFANI, SARA;DE NIEDERHAUSERN, Simona;BONDI, Moreno
2015

Abstract

The prevalence of multi-drug-resistant (MDR) bacteria in 48 air samples from indoor environments, surgical rooms, dental surgery and waste management plants has been investigated. A total of 280 bacterial strains belonging to different genera were isolated, and the operating rooms were the most contaminated ones (107 isolates), with all the isolates belonging to Gram-positive cocci (51.5 % Micrococcus spp., 48.5 % Staphylococcus spp.). Only 5 % of the isolates was sensitive to all the antibiotics tested, while the remaining strains resulted resistant to three (13 %), four (14 %), five (9 %) and six (10 %) antibiotics. Correlation between the resistance patterns and the environmental source of MDR bacteria isolates also emerged from the present investigation. This study confirms the high presence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in air samples, finding that represents a threat for the possible transfer of resistance genes to pathogenic bacteria.
2015
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381
387
Prevalence of multi-drug-resistant (MDR) bacteria in air samples from indoor and outdoor environments / Messi, Patrizia; Sabia, Carla; Anacarso, Immacolata; Condo', Carla; Iseppi, Ramona; Stefani, Sara; DE NIEDERHAUSERN, Simona; Bondi, Moreno. - In: AEROBIOLOGIA. - ISSN 0393-5965. - ELETTRONICO. - 31:3(2015), pp. 381-387. [10.1007/s10453-015-9371-9]
Messi, Patrizia; Sabia, Carla; Anacarso, Immacolata; Condo', Carla; Iseppi, Ramona; Stefani, Sara; DE NIEDERHAUSERN, Simona; Bondi, Moreno
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