Article
A pilot study to see any Change of the Nasal and Oropharyngeal Microbiota with Prolonged Use of Medical Masks during the COVID-19 Outbreak
2020-08-17
Abstract excerpt
<h4>Background</h4> The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has played havoc on the healthcare system and society. Many international guidelines have put forward various measures to control the spread and, using various quality masks seems to be the most important amongst them. This was a cross-sectional pilot study to see any alterations in the bacterial flora of the nasal and the oropharyngeal (OP) m...
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- Literature Corpus work
- d042f6e2-03b0-597e-b1a8-daa562cf0a6a
- DOI
- 10.1101/2020.08.15.20175067
