Airborne severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus concentrations in a negative-pressure isolation room

Ying Huang Tsai, Gwo Hwa Wan*, Yao Kuang Wu, Kuo Chien Tsao

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

This study used a sensitive polymerase chain reaction method coupled with filter sampling to detect the presence of airborne severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) coronavirus in an isolation patient room with a patient with severe acute respiratory syndrome receiving mechanical ventilatory support. Polymerase chain reaction results were negative for SARS coronavirus in room air both before and after patient extubation.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)523-525
Number of pages3
JournalInfection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
Volume27
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 05 2006

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