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Investigating the Origin of Mycobacterium chimaera Contamination in Heater-Cooler Units: Integrated Analysis with Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy and Whole-Genome Sequencing.

open access: yesMicrobiology Spectrum, 2022
Mycobacterium chimaera is ubiquitously spread in the environment, including factory and hospital water systems. Invasive cases of M. chimaera infection have been associated with aerosols produced by the use of heater-cooler units (HCU) during cardiac ...
Carla Nisii   +2 more
exaly   +3 more sources

Biofilm formation by the global outbreak strain of Mycobacterium chimaera results in significantly reduced efficacy of standard disinfectants [PDF]

open access: yesBMC Microbiology
Background In 2013, a global outbreak of Mycobacterium chimaera infections due to contaminated heater-cooler units emerged. This ongoing problem has highlighted the question of whether disinfection recommendations for medical devices containing water ...
Anna Maria Oschmann   +6 more
doaj   +2 more sources

The Global Outbreak of M. chimaera Infection Following Cardiac Surgery: Another Piece of the Puzzle [PDF]

open access: yesPathogens
Invasive cases of Mycobacterium chimaera have been found in Europe, and beyond, and have been associated with the use of heater–cooler units necessary to regulate the temperature of blood in extracorporeal circulation during cardiac surgery, mostly due ...
Savina Ditommaso   +5 more
doaj   +2 more sources

“Spitting Stones” and Broncholithiasis Caused by Mycobacterium chimaera in a Patient Affected by Bronchiectasis: A Rare Clinical Case [PDF]

open access: yesCase Reports in Pulmonology
We describe the case of a 62-year-old woman with underlying bronchiectasis who referred to our respiratory outpatient clinic for hemoptysis and lithoptysis, in addition to difficulty gaining weight over years.
Ambra Migliarini   +8 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Characterization of Biofilm Formation by Mycobacterium chimaera on Medical Device Materials

open access: yesFrontiers in Microbiology, 2021
Non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are widespread in the environment and are a public health concern due to their resistance to antimicrobial agents. The colonization of surgical heater-cooler devices (HCDs) by the slow-growing NTM species Mycobacterium ...
Archana D. Siddam   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

An Updated Greek National Checklist of Chondrichthyans

open access: yesFishes, 2022
Accurate checklists of species are essential for evaluating their conservation status and for understanding more about their distribution, biology and ecology and, therefore, the first step in order to effectively protect them.
Ioannis Giovos   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

Case report of the first cured patient with Mycobacterium Chimaera infection following cardiac valve replacement in the mainland of China

open access: yesAntimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 2021
Background Mycobacterium chimaera infections subsequent to cardiac surgery are related to contaminated heater-cooler devices, with high mortality. Nevertheless, few studies have been reported in Asia.
Di Lu   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Disseminated Mycobacterium chimaera infection in a patient with adult-onset immunodeficiency syndrome: case report

open access: yesBMC Infectious Diseases, 2022
Background Patients with adult-onset immunodeficiency syndrome due to anti-interferon-γ autoantibodies (AIGAs) are susceptible to disseminated Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) infections. M.
Yi-Fu Lin   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Embryonic Environmental Niche Reprograms Somatic Cells to Express Pluripotency Markers and Participate in Adult Chimaeras

open access: yesCells, 2021
The phenomenon of the reprogramming of terminally differentiated cells can be achieved by various means, like somatic cell nuclear transfer, cell fusion with a pluripotent cell, or the introduction of pluripotency genes.
Krystyna Żyżyńska-Galeńska   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Body mass, temperature, and depth shape the maximum intrinsic rate of population increase in sharks and rays

open access: yesEcology and Evolution, 2022
An important challenge in ecology is to understand variation in species' maximum intrinsic rate of population increase, rmax, not least because rmax underpins our understanding of the limits of fishing, recovery potential, and ultimately extinction risk.
Sebastián A. Pardo, Nicholas K. Dulvy
doaj   +1 more source

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