Rebuttal from Dr Jain et al

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine and Pediatrics, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL. Electronic address: m-jain@northwestern.edu.
² Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University Medical Center, Department of Infection Prevention and Control, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY.
³ Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice, Geisel School of Medicine, Lebanon, NH.
⁴ Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Disease, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI.

Comment

Manu Jain et al. Chest. 2014 Apr.

. 2014 Apr;145(4):683-684.

doi: 10.1378/chest.13-2405.

¹ Department of Medicine and Pediatrics, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL. Electronic address: m-jain@northwestern.edu.
² Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University Medical Center, Department of Infection Prevention and Control, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY.
³ Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice, Geisel School of Medicine, Lebanon, NH.
⁴ Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Disease, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI.

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Comment in

Rebuttal from Mr Shepherd et al.
Shepherd SL, Goodrich EJ, Desch J, Quinton PM. Shepherd SL, et al. Chest. 2014 Apr;145(4):684-685. doi: 10.1378/chest.13-2407. Chest. 2014. PMID: 24136087 No abstract available.

Point: does the risk of cross infection warrant exclusion of adults with cystic fibrosis from cystic fibrosis foundation events? Yes.
Jain M, Saiman LM, Sabadosa K, LiPuma JJ. Jain M, et al. Chest. 2014 Apr;145(4):678-680. doi: 10.1378/chest.13-2404. Chest. 2014. PMID: 24135971 No abstract available.
Counterpoint: does the risk of cross infection warrant exclusion of adults with cystic fibrosis from cystic fibrosis foundation events? No.
Shepherd SL, Goodrich EJ, Desch J, Quinton PM. Shepherd SL, et al. Chest. 2014 Apr;145(4):680-683. doi: 10.1378/chest.13-2406. Chest. 2014. PMID: 24135999 No abstract available.