Is a person with a Pseudomonas infection at high risk of transmitting their infection to another healthy individual?
No. Pseudomonas infections occur in individuals who have a particular susceptibility to this bacterium – a susceptibility that is not common to most people. The vast majority of people who come in contact with Pseudomonas will not become infected. If you are a healthy individual with no burns, cystic fibrosis disease, or other condition that may compromise your immune system, you should not fear coming into contact with a person who has a Pseudomonas infection. If you have a child (for example) who has a Pseudomonas infection you should not be worried that your child may pass the infection on to other healthy people who have none of the risk factors mentioned above. Also you do not have to worry that you, if a healthy individual, may be the source/cause of a Pseudomonas infection in someone who is infected.
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