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The strength of coughing may forecast the likelihood of spread of multi-drug resistant microorganisms from the respiratory tract of colonized patients

BACKGROUND: Current recommendations indicate that patients who are coughing and have multidrug resistant microorganisms (MDROs) in their sputum are considered to be shedders and should be cared for in single room isolation at least until symptoms resolve. Airborne spread and subsequent contamination...

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Autores principales: Diab-Elschahawi, Magda, Lusignani, Luigi Segagni, Starzengruber, Peter, Mitteregger, Dieter, Wagner, Andrea, Assadian, Ojan, Presterl, Elisabeth
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4271473/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25530847
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13756-014-0038-z