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Mycobacterium chimaera infections: An update
Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy, 2020Mycobacterium chimaera is a non-tuberculous mycobacterium belonging to the Mycobacterium avium complex, described for the first time in 2004. It acts as an opportunistic pathogen, with infections, usually respiratory illnesses, occurring more frequently in immunocompromised patients or in patients with underlying respiratory diseases.
Niccolò Riccardi +8 more
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Mycobacterium chimaera and cardiac surgery
Medical Journal of Australia, 2017There is an ongoing investigation into infections with non-tuberculous mycobacteria associated with contaminated heater-cooler units used in cardiac surgery. The overall risk is low, but surgical site and disseminated infections have been reported, including one possible case in Australia, mainly with surgery involving implantation of prosthetic ...
Andrew J, Stewardson +3 more
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Mycobacterium chimaera Hepatitis
American Journal of Surgical Pathology, 2019Mycobacterium chimaera was identified as a species within the Mycobacterium avium complex in 2004. Until recently, it was predominantly seen in immunocompromised patients. In 2015, an outbreak of disseminated M. chimaera disease was described in European patients after undergoing open-heart surgery in which contaminated ...
Nafis, Shafizadeh +4 more
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Clinical and Multimodal Imaging Findings in Disseminated Mycobacterium Chimaera
Ophthalmology Retina, 2021To characterize the ophthalmic clinical and multimodal imaging findings of disseminated Mycobacterium chimaera infection after cardiothoracic surgery.Observational case series.Four patients (8 eyes) with disseminated M. chimaera infection.Patients were evaluated with biomicroscopy, OCT and OCT angiography, fundus autofluorescence, and fluorescein and ...
Jordan D. Deaner +7 more
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Mycobacterium chimaera left ventricular assist device infections
Journal of Cardiac Surgery, 2017A global outbreak of invasive Mycobacterium chimaera infections after cardiac surgery has recently been linked to bioaerosols from contaminated heater-cooler units. The majority of cases have occurred after valvular surgery or aortic graft surgery and nearly half have resulted in death.
Leora B. Balsam +4 more
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Mycobacterium Chimaera Choroiditis
Ophthalmology Retina, 2021Wijak, Kongwattananon +2 more
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Mycobacterium chimaera Infection After Cardiac Surgery: First Canadian Outbreak
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 2017Recently reported in Europe and United States, disseminated Mycobacterium chimaera infection is a novel clinical entity linked to point contamination of Stockert 3T heater-cooler units used for cardiopulmonary bypass. We present here the first two cases in Canada.
Raphael, Hamad +4 more
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Primary Orbital Presentation of Mycobacterium chimaera Infection
Ophthalmic Plastic & Reconstructive SurgeryMycobacterium chimaera (M. chimaera) is a slow-growing nontuberculous mycobacterium, which, in humans, is mainly associated with cardiothoracic surgical infections and rarely presents with ocular involvement. This report describes a unique case of orbital infection presenting as an inflammatory mass in a healthy 66-year-old ...
Gabriella Guevara +3 more
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