Desiccation-Tolerance of Mycobacterium avium, Mycobacterium intracellulare, Mycobacterium chimaera, Mycobacterium abscessus and Mycobacterium chelonae [PDF]
Pathogens, 2022 Desiccation-tolerance of cells of four strains of Mycobacterium chimaera and individual strains of Mycobacterium avium, Mycobacterium intracellulare, Mycobacterium abscessus, and Mycobacterium chelonae were measured by two methods.
Joseph O. Falkinham, Myra D. Williams
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In vitro activity of SPR719 against Mycobacterium ulcerans, Mycobacterium marinum and Mycobacterium chimaera. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2021 Nontuberculosis mycobacterial (NTM) infections are increasing in prevalence across the world. In many cases, treatment options for these infections are limited.
Sacha J Pidot +3 more
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Disseminated Mycobacterium chimaera Presenting as Vertebral Osteomyelitis [PDF]
Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, 2017 Mycobacterium chimaera, a member of the Mycobacterium avium complex, is a slow-growing, nontuberculous mycobacterium associated with outbreaks in cardiac-surgery patients supported on heart-lung machines.
Daphne M. Moutsoglou +2 more
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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 +5 more
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Genomic analysis of cardiac surgery-associated Mycobacterium chimaera infections in Italy. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2020 One hundred and twenty-two Mycobacterium chimaera strains isolated in Italy from cardiac surgery-related patients, cardiac surgery-unrelated patients and from heater-cooler units, were submitted to whole-genome sequencing and to subsequent SNP analysis ...
Arash Ghodousi +11 more
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Mycobacterium chimaera chorioretinitis preceding central nervous system lesions: a case report and review of the literature [PDF]
BMC Ophthalmology, 2022 Background Mycobacterium chimaera ocular infection is a rare disease that is linked to bypass devices used during cardiothoracic surgeries. Reported cases in the literature of ocular involvement preceding CNS involvement are based on clinical exam with ...
Aaron Veenis +2 more
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Mycobacterium chimaera: a case report from Italy
Monaldi Archives for Chest DiseaseMycobacterium chimaera is an environmental non-tuberculous mycobacterium belonging to Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC). It has been widely known to be associated with disseminated infection after cardiac surgery, related to heater-cooler units used ...
Martina Maria Seminara +3 more
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A Case of Granulomatous Interstitial Nephritis Associated with Mycobacterium chimaera Disseminated Infection [PDF]
MicroorganismsMycobacterium chimaera infections are becoming increasingly frequent in patients with a history of cardiac surgery. We herein report a case of a patient admitted to the Nephrology Unit of Padua University Hospital with deteriorating kidney function ...
Martina Cacciapuoti +10 more
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Differences in Drug-Susceptibility Patterns between Mycobacterium avium, Mycobacterium intracellulare, and Mycobacterium chimaera Clinical Isolates: Prospective 8.5-Year Analysis by Three Laboratories [PDF]
Antibiotics, 2022 Background: It has been suggested that Mycobacterium avium, Mycobacterium intracellulare, and M. chimaera have differential drug susceptibility patterns.
Mariana Fernandez-Pittol +12 more
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Mycobacterium chimaera: a report of 2 new cases and literature review [PDF]
International Journal of Legal Medicine, 2021 Mycobacterium chimaera is a non-tuberculous mycobacterium, member of the Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC), which has become a global public health concern due to infection following cardiac surgery performed with contaminated heater-cooler units.
Alice Natanti +2 more
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