Efficacy of face masks and respirators in preventing upper respiratory tract bacterial colonization and co-infection in hospital healthcare workers - authors' reply

Affiliations

¹ School of Public Health and Community Medicine, UNSW Australia, Australia; National Centre for Immunization Research and Surveillance, Westmead, Sydney, Australia.
² The Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Beijing, China.
³ School of Public Health and Community Medicine, UNSW Australia, Australia.
⁴ School of Public Health and Community Medicine, UNSW Australia, Australia. Electronic address: a.moa@unsw.edu.au.
⁵ Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Laboratory Services, Institute for Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, Westmead Hospital and University of Sydney, Australia.

Comment

C Raina MacIntyre et al. Prev Med. 2014 Aug.

. 2014 Aug:65:154.

doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2014.05.024. Epub 2014 Jun 3.

¹ School of Public Health and Community Medicine, UNSW Australia, Australia; National Centre for Immunization Research and Surveillance, Westmead, Sydney, Australia.
² The Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Beijing, China.
³ School of Public Health and Community Medicine, UNSW Australia, Australia.
⁴ School of Public Health and Community Medicine, UNSW Australia, Australia. Electronic address: a.moa@unsw.edu.au.
⁵ Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Laboratory Services, Institute for Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, Westmead Hospital and University of Sydney, Australia.

No abstract available

Keywords: Bacterial colonization; Healthcare workers; Hospitals; N95 respirators and medical masks.

Comment on

Efficacy of face masks and respirators in preventing upper respiratory tract bacterial colonization and co-infection in hospital healthcare workers.
MacIntyre CR, Wang Q, Rahman B, Seale H, Ridda I, Gao Z, Yang P, Shi W, Pang X, Zhang Y, Moa A, Dwyer DE. MacIntyre CR, et al. Prev Med. 2014 May;62:1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2014.01.015. Epub 2014 Jan 25. Prev Med. 2014. PMID: 24472436 Free PMC article. Clinical Trial.
Efficacy of face masks and respirators in preventing upper respiratory tract bacterial colonization and co-infection in hospital healthcare workers - comment on the article by MacIntyre et al.
Soerokromo NS, Retera LC, Lankhorst NE. Soerokromo NS, et al. Prev Med. 2014 Aug;65:153. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2014.04.020. Epub 2014 May 24. Prev Med. 2014. PMID: 24863729 No abstract available.