Impacts of silver-coated antimicrobial screen covers on the cell-phone microbiome of resident physicians.
Journal Article (Journal Article)
An antimicrobial screen was applied to the cell phones of 26 resident physicians to determine its effects on the phone microbiome and its potential to serve as a selective agent for antibiotic or silver resistance genes. No increase of these genes was observed now was there a shift in the overall microbial community.
Full Text
Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- McCumber, AW; Volkoff, SJ; Anderson, DJ; Gunsch, CK
Published Date
- December 2019
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 40 / 12
Start / End Page
- 1427 - 1429
PubMed ID
- 31631832
Pubmed Central ID
- PMC7147993
Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)
- 1559-6834
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1017/ice.2019.280
Language
- eng
Conference Location
- United States