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An Unfavorable Outcome of M. chimaera Infection in Patient with Silicosis

Diagnostics, 2022
Mycobacterium chimaera is a slow-growing, nontuberculous mycobacterium (NTM) belonging to the Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC). It was identified as a unique species in 2004.
Ewa Łyżwa, Izabela Siemion-Szcześniak, Małgorzata Sobiecka, Katarzyna Lewandowska, Katarzyna Zimna, Małgorzata Bartosiewicz, Lilia Jakubowska, Ewa Augustynowicz-Kopeć, Witold Tomkowski   +8 more
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Mycobacterium Chimaera: A Rare Presentation [PDF]

Cureus, 2018
Mycobacterium chimaera is an indolent nontuberculous mycobacterium which is abundant in soil, dust, and water. Although lacking recognition garnered by other mycobacteria (i.e., M. tuberculosis), it has been recognized as an emerging opportunistic threat to patients undergoing coronary bypass surgery and open heart procedures requiring extracorporeal ...
Miskoff, Jeffrey A, Chaudhri, Moiuz
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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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Mycobacterium intracellulare subsp. chimaera from Cardio Surgery Heating-Cooling Units and from Clinical Samples in Israel Are Genetically Unrelated

Pathogens, 2021
Non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are opportunistic pathogens that cause illness primarily in the elderly, in the immunocompromised or in patients with underlying lung disease.
Mor Rubinstein, Rona Grossman, Israel Nissan, Mitchell J. Schwaber, Yehuda Carmeli, Hasia Kaidar-Shwartz, Zeev Dveyrin, Efrat Rorman   +7 more
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Aortic Root Pseudoaneurysm Caused by Mycobacterium Chimaera [PDF]

The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 2019
Nontuberculous mycobacteria cause severe pulmonary, vascular graft, and bloodstream infections after cardiac surgery. Patient prognosis remains poor because of delays in diagnosis and treatment. Complicated aortic root infections caused by nontuberculous mycobacteria have been mostly fatal.
Vishal N, Shah, Oleg I, Orlov, Mitchell P, Sternlieb, Konstadinos A, Plestis   +3 more
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Occurrence and Clinical Relevance of Mycobacterium chimaera sp. nov., Germany

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, Oliver Goldenberg, Elvira Richter, Ulf B. Göbel, Annette Petrich, Petra Buchholz, Annette Moter   +6 more
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Mycobacterium chimaera outbreak associated with heater-cooler devices: piecing the puzzle together [PDF]

, 2016
An outbreak of invasive Mycobacterium chimaera infections associated with heater-cooler devices (HCDs) has now affected patients in several countries on different continents.
Diekema, Daniel J, Marschall, Jonas, Hasse, Barbara, Schreiber, Peter W, Sommerstein, Rami, Sax, Hugo, Edmond, Michael B   +6 more
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Investigation of non-tuberculous mycobacteria in a primary hospital from southeastern China

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2019
Introduction: Non-tuberculous mycobacterium (NTM) can colonize the human body, leading to opportunistic infection. This study was conducted to analyze the NTM species composition in a primary hospital and investigate the potential features of the ...
Xinling Pan, Yangxiao Zhou, Zhaoxia Li, Jun Zhang, Li Hong, Yunzhen Shi, Guo-Gang Li   +6 more
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Multiple mutations of Mycobacterium intracellulare subsp. chimaera causing false-negative reaction to the transcription-reverse transcription concerted method for pathogen detection

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2023
Objectives: To report an isolate of Mycobacterium intracellulare subsp. chimaera with multiple mutations in 16S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) gene, resulting in the false-negative reaction to the transcription-reverse transcription concerted (TRC) method for ...
Atsushi Togawa, Kinuyo Chikamatsu, Akiko Takaki, Yuki Matsumoto, Michinobu Yoshimura, Shigeo Tsuchiya, Shota Nakamura, Satoshi Mitarai   +7 more
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Endobronchial Fibroanthracosis Associated With Mycobacterium Chimaera Infection: An Exceptional Case. [PDF]

Open Respir Arch
Garcia-Prieto F, Rodríguez Perojo A, Río Ramírez MT.   +2 more
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