Reemergence of Mycobacterium chimaera in Heater–Cooler Units despite Intensified Cleaning and Disinfection Protocol

Schreiber, Peter W.; Kuster, Stefan P.; Hasse, Barbara; Bayard, Cornelia; Rüegg, Christian; Kohler, Philipp; Keller, Peter M.; Bloemberg, Guido V.; Maisano, Francesco; Bettex, Dominique; Halbe, Maximilian; Sommerstein, Rami; Sax, Hugo

doi:10.3201/eid2210.160925

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Reemergence of Mycobacterium chimaera in Heater–Cooler Units despite Intensified Cleaning and Disinfection Protocol

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Oct 2016

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http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2210.160925 New Site Icon

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Emerg Infect Dis. 22(10):1830-1833.

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Schreiber, Peter W. ; Kuster, Stefan P. ; Hasse, Barbara ; Bayard, Cornelia ; Rüegg, Christian ; ... More ▼

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27649345

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PMC5038437

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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. Despite intensified cleaning and disinfection, surveillance samples from factory-new units acquired during 2014 grew nontuberculous mycobacteria after a median of 174 days.

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