Pathogenic microbes contaminating mobile phones in hospital environment in Northeast India: incidence and antibiotic resistance
Abstract Background The present study attempts to identify and determine the pattern of drug susceptibility of the microorganisms present in mobile phones of health care workers (HCWs) and non-HCWs in a hospital environment. Mobile phones of 100 participants including both genders were randomly swab...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:06b31bd8319e4508b45ac8556a407bd7 2023-05-15T15:10:34+02:00 Pathogenic microbes contaminating mobile phones in hospital environment in Northeast India: incidence and antibiotic resistance Christine Vanlalbiakdiki Sailo Puja Pandey Subhajit Mukherjee Zothan Zami Ralte Lalremruata Lalnun Nemi Nachimuthu Senthil Kumar 2019-12-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1186/s41182-019-0190-5 https://doaj.org/article/06b31bd8319e4508b45ac8556a407bd7 EN eng BMC https://doi.org/10.1186/s41182-019-0190-5 https://doaj.org/toc/1349-4147 doi:10.1186/s41182-019-0190-5 1349-4147 https://doaj.org/article/06b31bd8319e4508b45ac8556a407bd7 Tropical Medicine and Health, Vol 47, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2019) Mobile phones Microorganisms Acinetobacter Toilet Healthcare workers VITEK 2 Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 article 2019 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1186/s41182-019-0190-5 2022-12-31T06:42:09Z Abstract Background The present study attempts to identify and determine the pattern of drug susceptibility of the microorganisms present in mobile phones of health care workers (HCWs) and non-HCWs in a hospital environment. Mobile phones of 100 participants including both genders were randomly swabbed from nine different wards/units and the bacterial cultures were characterized using VITEK 2 system. Results Forty-seven mobile phones were culture positive and a total of 57 isolates were obtained which consisted of 28 Gram-positive organisms and 29 Gram-negative organisms. The predominating organisms were Acinetobacter baumannii and Staphylococcus hominis. Among all the isolates from the mobile phones of HCW and non-HCWs, five isolates had ESBL and three isolates had colistin resistance. Incidentally, MRSA was not found on the mobile phones tested. The isolated organisms showed 100% susceptibility to linezolid, daptomycin, vancomycin, imipenem, meropenem, gentamicin, amikacin, ciprofloxacin and tigecycline, while high resistance was shown against benzylpenicillin (75.0%), cefuroxime and cefuroxime axetil (56.5%). Non-HCWs’ mobile phones were more contaminated as compared to HCWs (P = 0.001) and irrespective of individuals’ gender or toilet habits, both Gram-positive and Gram-negative organisms were present on the mobile phones. Conclusion This study reports for the first time that the mobile phones of non-health care workers harbour more bacterial diversity and are more prone to cause transmission of pathogens. This study can serve to educate the public on personal hand hygiene practices and on maintaining clean mobile phones through antiseptic measures. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Tropical Medicine and Health 47 1 |
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Abstract Background The present study attempts to identify and determine the pattern of drug susceptibility of the microorganisms present in mobile phones of health care workers (HCWs) and non-HCWs in a hospital environment. Mobile phones of 100 participants including both genders were randomly swabbed from nine different wards/units and the bacterial cultures were characterized using VITEK 2 system. Results Forty-seven mobile phones were culture positive and a total of 57 isolates were obtained which consisted of 28 Gram-positive organisms and 29 Gram-negative organisms. The predominating organisms were Acinetobacter baumannii and Staphylococcus hominis. Among all the isolates from the mobile phones of HCW and non-HCWs, five isolates had ESBL and three isolates had colistin resistance. Incidentally, MRSA was not found on the mobile phones tested. The isolated organisms showed 100% susceptibility to linezolid, daptomycin, vancomycin, imipenem, meropenem, gentamicin, amikacin, ciprofloxacin and tigecycline, while high resistance was shown against benzylpenicillin (75.0%), cefuroxime and cefuroxime axetil (56.5%). Non-HCWs’ mobile phones were more contaminated as compared to HCWs (P = 0.001) and irrespective of individuals’ gender or toilet habits, both Gram-positive and Gram-negative organisms were present on the mobile phones. Conclusion This study reports for the first time that the mobile phones of non-health care workers harbour more bacterial diversity and are more prone to cause transmission of pathogens. This study can serve to educate the public on personal hand hygiene practices and on maintaining clean mobile phones through antiseptic measures. |
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Pathogenic microbes contaminating mobile phones in hospital environment in Northeast India: incidence and antibiotic resistance |
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Pathogenic microbes contaminating mobile phones in hospital environment in Northeast India: incidence and antibiotic resistance |
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Pathogenic microbes contaminating mobile phones in hospital environment in Northeast India: incidence and antibiotic resistance |
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