Aerosol Transmission of Aspergillus fumigatus in Cystic Fibrosis Patients in the Netherlands

We collected sputum samples and cough plates from 15 cystic fibrosis patients in the Netherlands who were colonized with Aspergillus fumigatus; we recovered A. fumigatus of the same genotype in cough aerosols and sputum samples from 2 patients. The belief that transmission of A. fumigatus from cysti...

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Autores principales: Engel, Tobias G.P., Erren, Ellen, Vanden Driessche, Koen S.J., Melchers, Willem J.G., Reijers, Monique H., Merkus, Peter, Verweij, Paul E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6433022/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30882308
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2504.181110
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Sumario:We collected sputum samples and cough plates from 15 cystic fibrosis patients in the Netherlands who were colonized with Aspergillus fumigatus; we recovered A. fumigatus of the same genotype in cough aerosols and sputum samples from 2 patients. The belief that transmission of A. fumigatus from cystic fibrosis patients does not occur should be reconsidered.

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