Surgical Face Masks Worn by Patients with Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis: Impact on Infectivity of Air on a Hospital Ward

Rationale: Drug-resistant tuberculosis transmission in hospitals threatens staff and patient health. Surgical face masks used by patients with tuberculosis (TB) are believed to reduce transmission but have not been rigorously tested. Objectives: We sought to quantify the efficacy of surgical face ma...

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Glavni autori: Dharmadhikari, Ashwin S., Mphahlele, Matsie, Stoltz, Anton, Venter, Kobus, Mathebula, Rirhandzu, Masotla, Thabiso, Lubbe, Willem, Pagano, Marcello, First, Melvin, Jensen, Paul A., van der Walt, Martie, Nardell, Edward A.
Format: Artigo
Jezik:Inglês
Izdano: American Thoracic Society 2012
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Online pristup:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3359891/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22323300
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1164/rccm.201107-1190OC
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