The global pandemic of COVID-19 has been associated with infections and deaths among
health-care workers. This Viewpoint of infectious aerosols is intended to inform appropriate …

Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is an opportunistic pathogen of significant concern to
susceptible patient populations. This pathogen can cause nosocomial and community …

Lung infections with Mycobacterium abscessus, a species of multidrug-resistant
nontuberculous mycobacteria, are emerging as an important global threat to individuals with …

Chronic lower airway infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a major contributor to
morbidity and mortality in individuals suffering from the genetic disease cystic fibrosis (CF) …

Knowing the physicochemical properties of exhaled droplets and aerosol particles is a
prerequisite for a detailed mechanistic understanding and effective prevention of the …

Objective: The concept of aerosol transmission is developed to resolve limitations in
conventional definitions of airborne and droplet transmission. Methods: The method was …

The 2013 Infection Prevention and Control (IP&C) Guideline for Cystic Fibrosis (CF) was
commissioned by the CF Foundation as an update of the 2003 Infection Control Guideline …

Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is an emerging multidrug-resistant global opportunistic
pathogen. The increasing incidence of nosocomial and community-acquired S. maltophilia …

Understanding respiratory pathogen transmission is essential for public health measures
aimed at reducing pathogen spread. Particle generation and size are a key determinant for …

This work focuses on the size distribution of sneeze droplets exhaled immediately at mouth.
Twenty healthy subjects participated in the experiment and 44 sneezes were measured by …