| Autor: |
Hiroki Kitagawa, Toshihito Nomura, Yuki Kaiki, Masaki Kakimoto, Tanuza Nazmul, Keitaro Omori, Norifumi Shigemoto, Takemasa Sakaguchi, Hiroki Ohge |
| Rok vydání: |
2022 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases. 126 |
| ISSN: |
1878-3511 |
| Popis: |
This study assessed the concentration of SARS-CoV-2 in the air of hospital rooms occupied by patients with COVID-19 who had viable SARS-CoV-2 in nasopharyngeal (NP) samples in early infection.Between July and October 2021, NP swabs were collected from 20 patients with early SARS-CoV-2 infection admitted to a tertiary hospital in Japan. Air samples were collected from their rooms, tested for SARS-CoV-2 RNA, and cultured to determine potential infectivity.The NP swab samples of 18 patients were positive for viable SARS-CoV-2 (median concentration: 4.0 × 10Viable SARS-CoV-2 can be detected in the air surrounding patients with early SARS-CoV-2 infection. Health care workers should pay attention to infection control when caring for patients with early SARS-CoV-2 infection. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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