NIH launches inside look at hospital germs in patients
NCT ID NCT01933620
First seen Nov 01, 2025 · Last updated Apr 23, 2026 · Updated 27 times
Summary
This study watches how the trillions of bacteria living in and on our bodies change when someone stays in the hospital. Researchers will take daily swabs from the skin, throat, and rectal area, plus stool samples, from 250 patients aged 2 and older. The goal is to learn which germs spread in hospitals and why some patients pick up drug-resistant bacteria. No treatment is given; it is purely observational.
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National Institutes of Health Clinical Center
Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States
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