Individuals who are immunocompromised (with a weakened immune system) should consider wearing shoes, gloves, and clothing to cover exposed skin when working in the soil. Prevention of skin infections is important in keeping this population healthy.
Preventive treatment using antibiotics to prevent infections may be prescribed to those individuals who have had an organ transplant or who are at extremely high risk of developing a bacterial infection.
In the hospital setting, outbreaks of aerobic actinomycetes are rare. Infection prevention and control practices monitor settings for possible implications. CDC has reported that a few outbreaks have been linked to individuals (patients or healthcare workers) and the release of bacteria into the air during hospital construction work/renovation.67
