Aerosolization of < em > Mycobacterium tuberculosis < /em > by Tidal Breathing

CONCLUSIONS: Assuming the number of viable Mtb organisms released offers a reliable proxy of patient infectiousness, our observations imply that TiBr and inter-individual variability in Mtb release might be significant contributors to TB transmission among active cases. This article is open access and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).PMID:35584342 | DOI:10.1164/rccm.202110-2378OC

Source: Respiratory Care - May 18, 2022 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Ryan Dinkele Sophia Gessner Andrea McKerry Bryan Leonard Juane Leukes Ronnett Seldon Digby F Warner Robin Wood Source Type: research