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Disseminated Mycobacterium chimaera infection favoring the development of Kaposi’s sarcoma: a case report [PDF]

Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials, 2022
Background Disseminated Mycobacterium chimaera infection is an emerging disease in people undergone to cardiothoracic surgery, which need to be suspected also with atypical presentations.
Tommaso Clemente, Vincenzo Spagnuolo, Martina Bottanelli, Marco Ripa, Benedetto Del Forno, Elena Busnardo, Giuseppe Di Lucca, Antonella Castagna, Anna Danise   +8 more
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Differences between Mycobacterium chimaera and tuberculosis Using Ocular Multimodal Imaging: A Systematic Review. [PDF]

J Clin Med, 2021
Due to their non-specific diagnostic patterns of ocular infection, differential diagnosis between Mycobacterium (M.) chimaera and tuberculosis can be challenging.
Zweifel SA, Foa N, Wiest MRJ, Carnevali A, Zaluska-Ogryzek K, Rejdak R, Toro MD.   +6 more
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Mycobacterium chimaera pulmonary infection complicating cystic fibrosis: a case report [PDF]

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2011
Background Mycobacterium chimaera is a recently described species within the Mycobacterium avium complex. Its pathogenicity in respiratory tract infection remains disputed.
Rolain Jean-Marc, Dubus Jean-Christophe, Stremler Nathalie, David Marion, Cohen-Bacrie Stéphan, Drancourt Michel   +5 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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Genome sequence of Mycobacterium yongonense RT 955-2015 isolate from a patient misdiagnosed with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: First clinical detection in Tanzania [PDF]

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2018
Background: Mycobacterium yongonense is a recently described novel species belonging to Mycobacterium avium complex, which is the most prevalent aetiology of non-tuberculous mycobacteria associated with pulmonary infections, and poses tuberculosis ...
Nicholaus Peter Mnyambwa, Dong-Jin Kim, Esther Ngadaya, Jongsik Chun, Sung-min Ha, Pammla Petrucka, Kennedy Kwasi Addo, Rudovick R. Kazwala, Sayoki G. Mfinanga   +8 more
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Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis and Bloodstream Infection Due to Mycobacterium chimaera [PDF]

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 2013
ABSTRACT Prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE) due to fast-growing nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) has been reported anecdotally. Reports of PVE with slowly growing NTM, however, are lacking. We present here one case of PVE and one case of bloodstream infection caused by Mycobacterium chimaera .
Yvonne Achermann, Matthias Rössle, Matthias Hoffmann, Vanessa Deggim, Stefan P. Kuster, Dieter R. Zimmermann, Guido V. Bloemberg, Michael Hombach, Barbara Hasse   +8 more
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Mycobacterium chimaera Genomics With Regard to Epidemiological and Clinical Investigations Conducted for an Open Chest Postsurgical Mycobacterium chimaera Infection Outbreak. [PDF]

Open Forum Infect Dis, 2021
Abstract Background Postsurgical infections due to Mycobacterium chimaera appeared as a novel nosocomial threat in 2015, with a worldwide outbreak due to contaminated heater-cooler units used in open chest surgery.
Lecorche E, Daniau C, La K, Mougari F, Benmansour H, Kumanski S, Robert J, Fournier S, Lebreton G, Carbonne A, Cambau E, CNR-MyRMA .   +11 more
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Long-Term Clinical and Multimodal Imaging Findings in Patients with Disseminated Mycobacterium Chimaera Infection. [PDF]

J Clin Med, 2021
BACKGROUND To analyze long-term ophthalmic clinical and multimodal imaging findings of disseminated Mycobacterium (M.) chimaera infection after cardiothoracic surgery among the Swiss Cohort. METHODS Systemic and multimodal ophthalmic imaging and
Zweifel SA, Wiest MRJ, Toro MD, Hasler P, Maloca P, Hasse B, Khanna N, Rejdak R.   +7 more
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Disseminated Mycobacterium chimaera Infection After Cardiothoracic Surgery [PDF]

Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 2016
Abstract Ten case reports of disseminated Mycobacterium chimaera infections associated with cardiovascular surgery were published from Europe. We report 3 cases of disseminated M chimaera infections with histories of aortic graft and/or valvular surgery within the United States.
Nicholas Y. Tan, Rahul Sampath, Omar Abu Saleh, Marysia S. Tweet, Dragan Jevremović, Saba T. Alniemi, Nancy L. Wengenack, Priya Sampathkumar, Andrew D. Badley   +8 more
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Mycobacterium Chimaera Mimicking Sarcoidosis. [PDF]

Methodist Debakey Cardiovasc J, 2018
Mycobacterium chimaera (M. chimaera) is a slow-growing nontuberculous mycobacteria usually associated with pulmonary infection in immunocompromised patients. Attributed to a specific brand of contaminated heater-cooler units used during cardiac surgery, M.
Ganatra S, Sharma A, D'Agostino R, Gage T, Kinnunen P.   +4 more
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