Airborne microbial communities in the atmospheric environment of urban hospitals in China

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 349, Issue , 2018, Pages 10-17

  Gao, Xin Lei ^a   Shao, Ming Fei ^a   Wang, Qing ^b   Wang, Li Tao ^b   Fang, Wen Yan ^a   Ouyang, Feng ^a   Li, Ji ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HEBEI UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING   (China)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance genes; Bioaerosols; Environmental risk; High throughput sequencing; Pathogenic

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; AIR QUALITY; ANTIBIOTICS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIOLOGY; DRUG THERAPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES; HEALTH RISKS; HOSPITALS; THROUGHPUT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE GENES; BIOAEROSOLS; ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; PATHOGENIC;

QUALITY CONTROL;

AEROSOL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL SECTOR; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PHENOTYPE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY CONTROL; URBAN AREA;

AEROMONAS VERONII; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARCOBACTER BUTZLERI; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLA GENE; CHINA; CORYNEBACTERINEAE; CORYNEBACTERIUM MINUTISSIMUM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; MASSILIA; MECA GENE; METHYLOBACTERIUM; METHYLOPHILUS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROCOCCINEAE; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOL; SPHINGOMONAS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SAPROPHYTICUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; URBAN AREA; AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENETICS; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA;

CHINA;

AEROMONAS VERONII; ARCOBACTER BUTZLERI; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; CORYNEBACTERIUM MINUTISSIMUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MASSILIA; METHYLOBACTERIUM; METHYLOPHILUS; MICROCOCCINEAE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SPHINGOMONAS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SAPROPHYTICUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

AEROSOLS; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; BACTERIA; CHINA; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENES, BACTERIAL; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS; HOSPITALS, URBAN; MICROBIOTA;

EID: 85041645258     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2018.01.043     Document Type: Article

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