Healthcare Derived Smart Watches and Mobile Phones are Contaminated Niches to Multidrug Resistant and Highly Virulent Microbes.

Syrine BoucherabineRania NassarLobna MohamedMatthew OlsenFatma AlqutamiShroque ZaherMahmood Yaseen HachimAbdulmajeed AlkhajehSimon McKirdyRashed AlghafriLotti TajouriAbiola C Senok

Published in: Infection and drug resistance (2022)

This first report on microbial contamination of smart watches using metagenomics next generation sequencing showed similar pattern of contamination with microbes, VFG and antibiotic resistance genes across digital devices. Further studies on microbial contamination of wearable digital devices are urgently needed.

Keyphrases

microbial community
antibiotic resistance genes
drinking water
risk assessment
multidrug resistant
health risk
healthcare
heavy metals
human health
wastewater treatment
acinetobacter baumannii
heart rate
gene expression
climate change
blood pressure
klebsiella pneumoniae