Integrated metagenomic and culture-dependent profiling reveals electric shavers as selective reservoirs for multidrug-resistant opportunistic pathogens
Yi Zhang
IntroductionPersonal care items are commonly viewed as passive vehicles for microbial transfer; however, the physicochemical stresses they impose may actively shape microbial persistence, community composition, and the distribution of resistance-associated determinants. Electric shavers may therefore constitute an underrecognized anthropogenic niche for the enrichment of clinically relevant antimicrobial resistance traits.MethodsWe sampled electric shavers from 10 individuals at early (day 2) an