Clinical Microbiology, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Infirmary Square, Leicester, LE1 5WW, UK.
Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Haking Wong Building 7/F, Pokfulam Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR, China.
BMC Infect Dis. 2019 Aug 29;19(1):755. doi: 10.1186/s12879-019-4399-z.
Although the title of the Special Issue is 'Airborne Microbiome' the manuscripts received have highlighted a variety of peripheral, yet related aspects of this. The contributions are a mixture of primary research, reviews and commentaries, including: new methods to explore environmental niches where such microbes may grow, their detection and characterisation in the human host, which pathogens are present in the respiratory tract and can be exhaled in human breath to potentially spread via the airborne route, and some strategies for their control. Finally, a historical-to-current overview explores human-microbial interactions, including problems with sampling and detection methods, drug resistance, the role of super-spreaders and issues around research funding.
虽然本特刊的标题是“空气微生物组”，但收到的稿件突出了这方面的各种周边但相关的方面。这些贡献包括基础研究、综述和评论，其中包括：探索这些微生物可能生长的环境小生境的新方法、在人类宿主中检测和描述它们的方法、呼吸道中存在哪些病原体以及可以通过呼气呼出从而通过空气传播的途径传播的方法、以及一些控制它们的策略。最后，从历史到当前的概述探讨了人类微生物相互作用，包括采样和检测方法、耐药性、超级传播者的作用以及研究资金方面的问题。
