Investigating the Origin of Mycobacterium chimaera Contamination in Heater-Cooler Units: Integrated Analysis with Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy and Whole-Genome Sequencing [PDF]
Microbiology 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 ...
F. Bisognin +9 more
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A Case of Cavitary Mycobacterium chimaera. [PDF]
Cureus, 2022 Mycobacterium chimaera is a nontuberculous mycobacterium typically associated with heater-cooler units used in cardiac bypass procedures and is usually of low virulence. Here we present a patient with advanced Mycobacterium chimaera infection without typical risk factors.
Robinson B, Chaudhri M, Miskoff JA.
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Longitudinal increase in the detection rate of Mycobacterium chimaera in heater-cooler device-derived water samples [PDF]
, 2022 Colonization with Mycobacterium chimaera and other nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) has been reported for heater-cooler devices (HCD) produced by several manufacturers.
Peter W. Schreiber +7 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 infection masquerading as a lung mass in a healthcare worker [PDF]
IDCases, 2019 Mycobacterium chimaera, a nontuberculous mycobacterium, is a member of the Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC). This microorganism has recently gained significant notoriety for its association with outbreaks in patients exposed to contaminated heater ...
Christian I. Rosero, Wael E. Shams
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Occurrence and Clinical Relevance of Mycobacterium chimaera sp. nov., Germany [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2008 Retrospective molecular genetic analysis of 166 Mycobacterium intracellulare isolates showed that 143 (86%) strains could be assigned to Mycobacterium chimaera sp. nov. Of 97 patients from whom M. chimaera sp. nov.
Birgitta Schweickert +6 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 Isolates from Heater–Cooler Units, United Kingdom [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2017 In their recent article, Svensson et al. provided results of an investigation into contamination of heater–cooler units (HCU) used in open-chest surgery with Mycobacterium chimaera in Denmark (1). We write to provide further information on the UK isolates included in their study.
Jessica Hedge +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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Characterization of Biofilm Formation by Mycobacterium chimaera on Medical Device Materials [PDF]
Frontiers 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
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