A novel sampling method to detect airborne influenza and other respiratory viruses in mechanically ventilated patients: a feasibility study

Annals of Intensive Care

Table 3 Airborne viruses in patients’ ventilator filters

^aInfected patients refer to pneumonia patients in whom a bacterium was identified by culture or a respiratory virus was identified either by PCR assay on respiratory secretions (e.g. nasopharyngeal swap, bronchoalveolar lavage fluid) or by serology on serum samples