Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2012 Apr;78(7):2474-6. doi: 10.1128/AEM.06886-11. Epub 2012 Jan 27.
Staphylococcus aureus in home environments may serve as a reservoir for human colonization, making sampling of indoor surfaces relevant to exposure assessment. Using laboratory experiments and application to homes of asthmatic children in Barbados, we characterize microbiological methods adapted for settings with transportation delays between sampling and initiation of culture.
家庭环境中的金黄色葡萄球菌可能是人类定植的储源,因此对室内表面进行采样对于接触评估具有重要意义。本研究采用实验室实验和在巴巴多斯哮喘儿童家庭中的应用,对在采样和培养开始之间存在运输延迟的环境中适用的微生物学方法进行了特征描述。