Global Health Estimate of Invasive Mycobacterium chimaera Infections Associated with Heater–Cooler Devices in Cardiac Surgery

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Sommerstein, Rami ; Hasse, Barbara ; Marschall, Jonas ; Sax, Hugo ; Genoni, Michele ; Schlegel, Matthias ; Widmer, Andreas F.
• Corporate Authors:
  Swiss Chimaera Taskforce
• Description:
  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. Using data from Switzerland, we estimated the burden of invasive M. chimaera to be 156-282 cases/year in 10 major cardiac valve replacement market countries.
• Subjects:
  Bacteria Cardiac Surgery Dispatch Endocarditis Global Health Global Health Estimate Of Invasive Mycobacterium Chimaera Infections Associated With Heater–Cooler Devices In Cardiac Surgery Heater–cooler Devices Incidence Mycobacterium Chimaera Prevalence Prosthetic Valve Surgical Site Infection Switzerland Tuberculosis And Other Mycobacteria

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 24(3):576-578.
• Pubmed ID:
  29460746
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5823345
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  24
• Issue:
  3
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:9fb3a1ef9aeb16169064cf96717c8cd921a5a96a2ad7f173b4a8dcc1e3ac8973
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/52194/cdc_52194_DS1.pdf
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