出版社：European HIV/AIDS and Infectious Diseases Academy
摘要：The recent publication on “Bacterial contamination of mobile phones” is very interesting.1 Kõljalg et al. concluded that “our study showed high level contamination of secondary school students’ mobile phones with potentially pathogenic bacteria to be common, and we hypothesize that this may play a role in the spread of infectious agents in the community.”1 We would like to point out the fact that bacterial contamination of mobile phones can be expected since the phone is frequently touched by unclean hand and comes into contact with saliva during its use. However, whether the contamination can be the source of disease transmission is a matter that warrants further discussion. Indeed, if one has no open wounds, the direct bacterial invasion from touching the mobile phone is unlikely. The problem might be expected in some uncommon cases such as contamination in the immunocompromised
