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Table 1: Comparison of disinfection methods with neutral pH electrolyzed superoxidation solution and orthophthalaldehyde.
Disinfection method
Neutral pH superoxide electrolyzed solutions (SES)				Orthophthalaldehyde (OPA)
Mask ID	Patient diagnosis	CFU (103)/mL	Bacterial death (%)	Mask ID	Patient diagnosis	CFU (103)/mL	Bacterial death (%)
1	Obesity- hypoventilation syndrome	4.6	100	2	Asthmatic crisis	80	100
5	Obesity- hypoventilation syndrome	110	100	3	Left pleural effusion	68	100
21	Interstitial pneumonia	40	100	4	Left pleural effusion	0	100
25	Lung mass	0	100	8	Left pulmonary tumor	0	100
27	Exacerbated COPD	26	100	12	Multiloculated empyema	4	100
31	Obesity- hypoventilation syndrome	110	100	13	COPD	6	100
34	Nosocomial pneumonia	18	100	17	Multiloculated empyema	290	100
36	Atypical pneumonia	4.2	100	18	Respiratory failure type II	1.3	100
39	Diffuse interstitial pneumonia	380	100	20	Lung cancer	0	100
40	Lung mass	2.8	100	23	Diffuse interstitial pneumonia	45	100
44	Mixed respiratory failure	280	100	26	Obesity- hypoventilation syndrome	98	100
46	Respiratory failure type II	0.4	100	29	Exacerbated COPD	0	100
47	Pneumonia	6.1	100	30	Exacerbated COPD, respiratory insufficiency type II	2,100	100
48	Pneumonia	13	100	33	COPD	1.7	100
59	Venous thrombosis	0	100	38	COPD / respiratory insufficiency type II	120	100
64	Interstitial pneumonia	300	100	45	COPD	230	100
68	COPD	420	100	50	Pneumonia	8.5	100
71	Pulmonary multinodular disease	0	100	51	Lung tumor	460	100
72	Pneumonia	600	100	52	Diffuse interstitial pneumonia	140	100
73	Pneumonia	680	100	53	Unspecified	11	100
75	Respiratory failure type II	1.1	100	54	Pulmonary hypertension	250	100
83	Pneumonia	22	100	57	Pneumonia	9.6	100
				58	Pneumonia	8.5	100
				61	Diffuse interstitial pneumonia	68	100
				62	Diffuse interstitial pneumonia	0	100
				67	Diffuse interstitial lung disease	0	100
				77	COPD	2	100
ID = identification. CFU = colony forming units. COPD = chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.