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. 2010 Aug 18;48(10):3551–3557. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01053-10

TABLE 1.

Ability to detect viable aerosols

Concn of BCG (CFU/ml)^a	CFU/m³ air^b
Concn of BCG (CFU/ml)^a	Andersen impactor	BioSampler
10⁴	712 ± 97.6	10,416 ± 2604
10³	169 ± 13.8	2,976 ± 1704
10²	91 ± 5.2	578 ± 501
10	28 ± 12.8	0

^a

A total of 0.8 ml of mixture was aerosolized in each experiment.

^b

Mean and standard deviation of three experiments.