Surgical masks reduce airborne spread of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in colonized patients with cystic fibrosis

Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2015 Oct 1;192(7):897-9. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201503-0481LE.

Authors

Koen Vanden Driessche^{1

2

3}, Niel Hens^{3

4}, Peter Tilley¹, Bradley S Quon¹, Mark A Chilvers¹, Ronald de Groot², Mark F Cotton⁵, Ben J Marais⁶, David P Speert¹, James E A Zlosnik¹

Affiliations

¹ 1 The University of British Columbia Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
² 2 Radboudumc Nijmegen, the Netherlands and.
³ 3 Hasselt University Diepenbeek, Belgium.
⁴ 4 University of Antwerp Antwerp, Belgium.
⁵ 5 Stellenbosch University Cape Town, South Africa.
⁶ 6 University of Sydney Sydney, Australia.

PMID: 26426786
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201503-0481LE

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Cystic Fibrosis / microbiology*
Female
Humans
Male
Masks*
Middle Aged
Pseudomonas Infections / prevention & control*
Pseudomonas Infections / transmission
Pseudomonas aeruginosa*
Young Adult