Airborne severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus concentrations in a negative-pressure isolation room. |
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Authors: | Ying-Huang Tsai Gwo-Hwa Wan Yao-Kuang Wu Kuo-Chien Tsao |
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Affiliation: | Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, 259 Wen-Hwa 1st Road, Kwei-Shan, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan, Republic of China. |
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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. |
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