Nursing-home residents’ skin is a source of transmitted harmful and drug-resistant microbes
Nature, Published online: 26 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00306-wGenomic sequencing has revealed that individual strains of life-threatening, antibiotic-resistant bacteria and Candida auris fungi reside on human skin and can be commonly transmitted between residents of nursing homes.
Nature, Published online: 26 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00306-wGenomic sequencing has revealed that individual strains of life-threatening, antibiotic-resistant bacteria and Candida auris fungi reside on human skin and can be commonly transmitted between residents of nursing homes.
