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Assessment of the microbial load of airway clearance devices used by a cohort of children with cystic fibrosis

BACKGROUND: Positive expiratory pressure (PEP) devices are an important element of the management of cystic fibrosis, and of other respiratory diseases. Whereas there have been reports in the literature of contamination of airway clearance devices and their surfaces by microbial pathogens, there is...

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Autores principales: Linnane, B., O'Connell, N.H., Obande, E., Dunne, S.S., Clancy, C., Kiernan, M.G., McGrath, D., O'Sullivan, K.J., O'Sullivan, L., Dunne, C.P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8498708/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34647008
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.infpip.2021.100153