Transmission of bacteria in bronchiectasis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Low burden of cough aerosols.
Rebecca Elizabeth StockwellMelanie ChinGraham R JohnsonMichelle ELizabeth WoodLaura J SherrardEmma L BallardPeter O'RourkeKay A RamsayTimothy J KiddNassib JabbourRachel M ThomsonLuke D KnibbsLidia MorawskaScott Cameron BellPublished in: Respirology (Carlton, Vic.) (2019)
Low viable count of P. aeruginosa cough aerosols and a lack of shared P. aeruginosa strains observed suggest that aerosol transmission of P. aeruginosa is an unlikely mode of respiratory infection spread in patients with bronchiectasis and COPD.