Suspensions of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, at different concentrations, were seeded into an updraft nebulizer connected to a continuous tubing circuit attached to a volume ventilator and cultures were taken at the spirometer exit port. Pseudomonas aeruginosa was recovered in this air in concentrations directly proportional to those of the seeding suspensions.
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