Gut Microbiota Features on Nursing Home Admission Are Associated With Subsequent Acquisition of Antibiotic-resistant Organism Colonization

Nursing home (NH) patients often acquire colonization with antibiotic-resistant organisms (AROs). We show that patients exposed to broad-spectrum antibiotics during previous hospitalizations have elevated enterococcal relative abundances on NH admission and higher risk of subsequent ARO acquisition. Our findings suggest that interventions preventing ARO spread should extend beyond NH doors.

This repository contains mothur-generated 16S datasets and analysis scripts for generating figures in the mansucript published in Clinical Infectious Diseases in 2020.

16S sequences are available from BioProject PRJNA627982.