Microbial context predicts SARS-CoV-2 prevalence in patients and the hospital built environment

Synergistic effects of bacteria on viral stability and transmission are widely documented but remain unclear in the context of SARS-CoV-2. We collected 972 samples from hospitalized ICU patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), their health care providers, and hospital surfaces before, during, and after admission. We screened for SARS-CoV-2 using RT-qPCR, characterized microbial communities using 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing, and contextualized the massive microbial diversity in this dataset in a meta-analysis of over 20,000 samples. Sixteen percent of surfaces from COVID-19 patient rooms were positive, with the highest prevalence in floor samples next to patient beds (39%) and directly outside their rooms (29%). Although bed rail samples increasingly resembled the patient microbiome throughout their stay, SARS-CoV-2 was less frequently detected there (11%). Despite surface contamination in almost all patient rooms, no health care workers providing COVID-19 patient care contracted the disease. SARS-CoV-2 positive samples had higher bacterial phylogenetic diversity across human and surface samples, and higher biomass in floor samples. 16S microbial community profiles allowed for high classifier accuracy for SARS-CoV-2 status in not only nares, but also forehead, stool and floor samples. Across these distinct microbial profiles, a single amplicon sequence variant from the genus Rothia was highly predictive of SARS-CoV-2 across sample types, and had higher prevalence in positive surface and human samples, even when comparing to samples from patients in another intensive care unit prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. These results suggest that bacterial communities contribute to viral prevalence both in the host and hospital environment.

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UpdateIn: Microbiome. 2021 Jun 8;9(1):132. - PMID 34103074

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E-Artikel

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2020

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2020

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2020

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medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences - (2020) vom: 22. Nov.

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Englisch

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Marotz, Clarisse [VerfasserIn]
Belda-Ferre, Pedro [VerfasserIn]
Ali, Farhana [VerfasserIn]
Das, Promi [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Shi [VerfasserIn]
Cantrell, Kalen [VerfasserIn]
Jiang, Lingjing [VerfasserIn]
Martino, Cameron [VerfasserIn]
Diner, Rachel E [VerfasserIn]
Rahman, Gibraan [VerfasserIn]
McDonald, Daniel [VerfasserIn]
Armstrong, George [VerfasserIn]
Kodera, Sho [VerfasserIn]
Donato, Sonya [VerfasserIn]
Ecklu-Mensah, Gertrude [VerfasserIn]
Gottel, Neil [VerfasserIn]
Garcia, Mariana C Salas [VerfasserIn]
Chiang, Leslie Y [VerfasserIn]
Salido, Rodolfo A [VerfasserIn]
Shaffer, Justin P [VerfasserIn]
Bryant, MacKenzie [VerfasserIn]
Sanders, Karenina [VerfasserIn]
Humphrey, Greg [VerfasserIn]
Ackermann, Gail [VerfasserIn]
Haiminen, Niina [VerfasserIn]
Beck, Kristen L [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Ho-Cheol [VerfasserIn]
Carrieri, Anna Paola [VerfasserIn]
Parida, Laxmi [VerfasserIn]
Vázquez-Baeza, Yoshiki [VerfasserIn]
Torriani, Francesca J [VerfasserIn]
Knight, Rob [VerfasserIn]
Gilbert, Jack A [VerfasserIn]
Sweeney, Daniel A [VerfasserIn]
Allard, Sarah M [VerfasserIn]

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Date Revised 04.11.2023

published: Electronic

UpdateIn: Microbiome. 2021 Jun 8;9(1):132. - PMID 34103074

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

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10.1101/2020.11.19.20234229

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NLM318027348