Medizinische Universität Graz Austria/Österreich - Forschungsportal - Medical University of Graz
Gewählte Publikation:
Ribitsch,G.
The hospital Microbiome and its Influence on Health and Disease
Humanmedizin; [Diplomarbeit] Medical University of Graz;2019. pp. 83
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- Autor*innen der Med Uni Graz:
- Betreuer*innen:
- Koskinen Mora Kaisa
- Krause Robert
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- Abstract:
- Hospital acquired infections are still a major thread for the patients’ security but our understanding of microbes and the ability to study them has changed over the last decade. The more cost-effective access to molecular methods to undertake microbiome-studies has led to an increase of knowledge of both, the human and the built microbiomes. Rather than being focused on certain pathogens, current research aims to describe the whole microbial community of hospitals with the goal to understand the parameters and factors, influencing it. This work aims to summarize the current knowledge of the hospital microbiome its implications for health and disease of patients as well as possible methods to capitalize of this knowledge and shape microbial communities in a beneficial way.