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Mycobacterium chimaera in heater–cooler devices: an experience in a tertiary hospital in Spain [PDF]

New Microbes and New Infections, 2021
The aim of the study was to describe the Mycobacterium chimaera contamination in heater–cooler devices after the application of a protocol of cleaning and disinfection in a tertiary hospital. It was an observational study at the La Paz-Cantoblanco-Carlos
A. Quintás Viqueira, C. Pérez Romero, C. Toro Rueda, A.M. Sánchez Calles, J.A. Blázquez González, M. Alejandre Leyva   +5 more
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Invasive Mycobacterium chimaera Infections and Heater–Cooler Devices in Cardiac Surgery [PDF]

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2020
To the Editor: In their recent assessment of Mycobacterium chimaera risk in patients undergoing heart valve surgery, Sommerstein et al. compare their findings to our prior risk assessment for UK patients (1,2).
Theresa L. Lamagni, André Charlett, Nick Phin, Maria Zambon, Meera Chand   +4 more
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Global Health Estimate of Invasive Mycobacterium chimaera Infections Associated with Heater–Cooler Devices in Cardiac Surgery [PDF]

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2018
Investigations of a worldwide epidemic of invasive Mycobacterium chimaera associated with heater–cooler devices in cardiac surgery have been hampered by low clinical awareness and challenging diagnoses.
Rami Sommerstein, Barbara Hasse, Jonas Marschall, Hugo Sax, Michele Genoni, Matthias Schlegel, Andreas F. Widmer   +6 more
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A single-center experience with microbiologic surveillance of LivaNova 3T heater-cooler devices (HCDs) [PDF]

Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology, 2023
Background: The global outbreak of Mycobacterium chimaera infections associated with HCDs resulted in new maintenance recommendations. Since 2018, HCDs have been disinfected according to instructions for use (IFU), including twice-monthly bleach ...
Scott Curry, Yosra Alkabab, Danny Nixon, Susan Dorman, Cassandra Salgado   +4 more
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Invasive Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infections among Cardiothoracic Surgical Patients Exposed to Heater–Cooler Devices [PDF]

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2017
Invasive nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) infections may result from a previously unrecognized source of transmission, heater–cooler devices (HCDs) used during cardiac surgery. In July 2015, the Pennsylvania Department of Health notified the Centers for
Meghan M. Lyman, Cheri Grigg, Cara Bicking Kinsey, M. Shannon Keckler, Heather Moulton-Meissner, Emily Cooper, Minn M. Soe, Judith Noble-Wang, Allison Longenberger, Shane R. Walker, Jeffrey R. Miller, Joseph F. Perz, Kiran M. Perkins   +12 more
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A Methodology for Investigating Aerosolization of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria From Contaminated Heater Cooler Devices

Frontiers in Water, 2022
Aerosols inadvertently generated by the bubbling of contaminated water in heater cooler devices (HCDs) have been associated with hundreds of patient infections.
Suvajyoti Guha, David Wolloscheck, Narges Abdali, Catherine Wentz, Nicole Gillette, Kelly A. Bauer, Jon W. Weeks   +6 more
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Aerosolization of Mycobacterium chelonae from heater-cooler-devices: a continuing risk of exposure during cardiac surgery [PDF]

Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control
Background Following identification of widespread Mycobacterium chimaera infections in 2013 associated with aerosolization from Sorin heater-cooler-devices (HCD), microbiological monitoring of HCDs has become mandatory in Switzerland.
Sabine Kuster, Pascal Urwyler, Gioele Capoferri, Matthias Von Rotz, Silvio Ragozzino, Richard Kuehl, Claudia Tesoro, Oliver Reuthebuch, Urs Zenklusen, Simon Scheifele, Friedrich Eckstein, Peter Michael Keller, Pascal Schlaepfer, Sarah Tschudin-Sutter   +13 more
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A cluster of three extrapulmonary Mycobacterium abscessus infections linked to well-maintained water-based heater-cooler devices. [PDF]

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 2023
Background: Various water-based heater-cooler devices (HCDs) have been implicated in nontuberculous mycobacteria outbreaks. Ongoing rigorous surveillance for healthcare-associated M.
Seidelman JL, Baker AW, Lewis SS, Warren BG, Barrett A, Graves A, King C, Taylor B, Engel J, Bonnadonna D, Milano C, Wallace RJ, Stiegel M, Anderson DJ, Smith BA.   +14 more
europepmc   +4 more sources

Mycobacterium chimaera infections in post-operative patients exposed to heater-cooler devices: An overview. [PDF]

Can Commun Dis Rep, 2017
A multi-country outbreak of Mycobacterium chimaera infection associated with contaminated heater-cooler devices (HCDs) has been reported, with more than 70 cases in Europe and the United States and two cases in Canada to date.
Ogunremi T, Taylor G, Johnston L, Amaratunga K, Muller M, Coady A, Defalco K, Dunn K, Johnstone J, Smith S, Embree J, Henry B, Stafford J, Infection Prevention, Control Expert Working Group.   +14 more
europepmc   +4 more sources

Image dataset of environmental non-tuberculous mycobacteria isolated from heater cooler units water by the new NTM Elite agarMendeley Data [PDF]

Data in Brief
This article presents an image dataset of non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) isolated from heater-cooler units (HCU) using the recently developed NTM Elite agar (bioMérieux, Marcy-l’Étoile, France).
Monica Giacomuzzi, Gabriele Memoli, Jacopo Garlasco, Carla M. Zotti, Savina Ditommaso   +4 more
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