title: A large-volume nebulizer would not be an infectious source for severe acute respiratory syndrome.
abstract: We attempted to detect the presence of airborne SARS-coronavirus (CoV) in a healthcare setting when a patient with SARS used a humidifier or a large-volume nebulizer (LVN). All of the air samples from the humidifier and LVN were found to have negative SARS-CoV-specific DNA products.
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Care, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taiwan, Republic of China.
authors.forename: Gwo-Hwa
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Wan
authors.forename: Ying-Huang
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Tsai
authors.forename: Yao-Kuang
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Kuo-Chien
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Tsao
mesh_terms: D000336:Aerosols; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D004866:Equipment Contamination; D006801:Humans; D009330:Nebulizers and Vaporizers / Q000382:microbiology*; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D045169:Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / Q000635:transmission*
chemical_list: D000336:Aerosols; D004279:DNA, Viral