Microbiota-associated risk factors for asymptomatic gut colonisation with multi-drug-resistant organisms in a Dutch nursing home.
Quinten R DucarmonElisabeth M TerveerSam NooijMichelle N BloemKaruna E W VendrikMonique A A CaljouwIngrid M J G SandersSofie M van DorpMan C WongRomy D ZwittinkEd J KuijperPublished in: Genome medicine (2021)
Our study provides new evidence for the role of the gut microbiota in colonisation resistance against MDROs in the elderly living in a nursing home setting. Dorea, Atopobiaceae and Lachnospiraceae ND3007 group may be associated with protection against MDRO colonisation. Furthermore, we report a uniquely high abundance of several Bifidobacterium species in multiple residents and excluded the possibility that this was due to probiotic supplementation.