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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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 +8 more
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Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Clinical and Environmental Mycobacterium chimaera Isolates [PDF]
Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 2019 Mycobacterium chimaera is a slow-growing nontuberculous Mycobacterium species belonging to the Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC). It has been identified globally as the cause of a large outbreak of cardiovascular infections following open heart surgery, but it can also cause ...
Simone Mok +2 more
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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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The global Mycobacterium chimaera outbreak
Microbiologia Medica, 2019 Infections due to Mycobacterium chimaera associated with a heater-cooler device used during the open-heart surgery have been reported worldwide. These cases represent the first outbreak caused by a non-tuberculous mycobacterium at a global level. Salient
Enrico Tortoli
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Biofilm formation by the global outbreak strain of Mycobacterium chimaera results in significantly reduced efficacy of standard disinfectants [PDF]
BMC MicrobiologyBackground In 2013, a global outbreak of Mycobacterium chimaera infections due to contaminated heater-cooler units emerged. This ongoing problem has highlighted the question of whether disinfection recommendations for medical devices containing water ...
Anna Maria Oschmann +6 more
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Identification of Mycobacterium chimaera in heater-cooler units in China [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2018 AbstractA global outbreak of infections due to Mycobacterium chimaera has been linked to the LivaNova (formerly Sorin) 3 T heater-cooler units (HCUs). We performed a study to investigate M. chimaera from HCUs in China. Water samples were collected from all 3 T HCUs (n = 5) at our hospital in May 2017.
Xiaoxia Zhang +5 more
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Case report: Mycobacterium chimaera-induced lymph node infection in a patient with chronic myeloproliferative neoplasm misdiagnosed as tuberculous lymphadenitis [PDF]
Frontiers in Public HealthHerein, we report a case of lymphadenitis caused by Mycobacterium chimaera. A 54-year-old woman with chronic myeloproliferative neoplasm was admitted to the hospital with cervical lymphadenopathy.
Yingqian Sun +4 more
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“Spitting Stones” and Broncholithiasis Caused by Mycobacterium chimaera in a Patient Affected by Bronchiectasis: A Rare Clinical Case [PDF]
Case Reports in PulmonologyWe describe the case of a 62-year-old woman with underlying bronchiectasis who referred to our respiratory outpatient clinic for hemoptysis and lithoptysis, in addition to difficulty gaining weight over years.
Ambra Migliarini +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 .
Achermann, Yvonne +8 more
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