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

BORIS DOI
Publisher DOI
PubMed ID
27649345
Description
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.
Date of Publication
2016-10
Publication Type
Article
Subject(s)
600 - Technology::610 - Medicine & health
Keyword(s)
Mycobacterium chimaera
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bacteria
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disinfection
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heater–cooler units
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hospital equipment
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hospital infections
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nontuberculous mycobacterial infections
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nosocomial infections
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tuberculosis and other mycobacteria
Language(s)
en
Contributor(s)
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
Sax, Hugo
Additional Credits
Universitätsklinik für Infektiologie
Series
Emerging infectious diseases
Publisher
U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases
ISSN
1080-6040
Access(Rights)
open.access
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