Schreiber, Peter WPeter WSchreiberKuster, Stefan PStefan PKusterHasse, BarbaraBarbaraHasseBayard, CorneliaCorneliaBayardRüegg, ChristianChristianRüeggKohler, PhilippPhilippKohlerKeller, Peter MPeter MKellerBloemberg, Guido VGuido VBloembergMaisano, FrancescoFrancescoMaisanoBettex, DominiqueDominiqueBettexHalbe, MaximilianMaximilianHalbeSommerstein, RamiRamiSommerstein0000-0003-1011-6878Sax, HugoHugoSax2024-10-242024-10-242016-10https://boris-portal.unibe.ch/handle/20.500.12422/145566Invasive 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.enMycobacterium chimaerabacteriadisinfectionheater–cooler unitshospital equipmenthospital infectionsnontuberculous mycobacterial infectionsnosocomial infectionstuberculosis and other mycobacteria600 - Technology::610 - Medicine & healthReemergence of Mycobacterium chimaera in Heater-Cooler Units despite Intensified Cleaning and Disinfection Protocol.article10.7892/boris.890462764934510.3201/eid2210.160925