Title |
The strength of coughing may forecast the likelihood of spread of multi-drug resistant microorganisms from the respiratory tract of colonized patients
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Published in |
Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control, December 2014
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DOI | 10.1186/s13756-014-0038-z |
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Authors |
Magda Diab-Elschahawi, Luigi Segagni Lusignani, Peter Starzengruber, Dieter Mitteregger, Andrea Wagner, Ojan Assadian, Elisabeth Presterl |
Abstract |
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 of surfaces adjacent to patients may contribute to transmission. Hence, isolation measures for patients colonized or infected with MDRO at their respiratory tract are intended to interrupt such transmission. However, the potential for microbial shedding in patients with MDRO-positive microbiological reports from their respiratory tract and factors justifying the need for single room isolation are viewed controversially. |
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