Reemergence of Mycobacterium chimaera in Heater–Cooler Units despite Intensified Cleaning and Disinfection Protocol [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2016 Invasive Mycobacterium chimaera infections after open-heart surgery have been reported internationally. These devastating infections result from aerosols generated by contaminated heater–cooler units used with extracorporeal circulation during surgery ...
Peter W. Schreiber +12 more
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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 +5 more
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Genomic Analysis of Cardiac Surgery–Associated Mycobacterium chimaera Infections, United States
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2019 A surgical heater–cooler unit has been implicated as the source for Mycobacterium chimaera infections among cardiac surgery patients in several countries. We isolated M. chimaera from heater–cooler units and patient infections in the United States. Whole-
Nabeeh A. Hasan +13 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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Transmission of Mycobacterium chimaera from Heater–Cooler Units during Cardiac Surgery despite an Ultraclean Air Ventilation System [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2016 Heater–cooler units (HCUs) were recently identified as a source of Mycobacterium chimaera causing surgical site infections. We investigated transmission of this bacterium from HCUs to the surgical field by using a thermic anemometer and particle counter,
Rami Sommerstein +5 more
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Etymologia: Mycobacterium chimaera [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2017 Ronnie Henry
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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.
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Pharmacologic Management of Mycobacterium chimaera Infections: A Primer for Clinicians. [PDF]
Open Forum Infect Dis, 2022 Abstract Mycobacterium chimaera, a member of the Mycobacterium avium complex, can cause infections in individuals after open heart surgery due to contaminated heater-cooler units. The diagnosis can be challenging, as the incubation period can be quite variable, and symptoms are nonspecific.
Mason M +5 more
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Searching for new therapeutic options for the uncommon pathogen Mycobacterium chimaera: an open drug discovery approach. [PDF]
Lancet Microbe, 2022 BACKGROUND: Mycobacterium chimaera is a slowly growing non-tuberculous mycobacterium associated with outbreaks of fatal infections in patients after cardiac surgery, and it is increasingly being detected in patients with chronic lung conditions.
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Drug susceptibility distributions of Mycobacterium chimaera and other non-tuberculous mycobacteria. [PDF]
Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 2023 Recent outbreaks of cardiac surgery-associated Mycobacterium chimaera infections have highlighted the importance of species differentiation within the Mycobacterium avium complex and pointed to a lack of antibiotic susceptibility data for M.
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