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Prolonged Outbreak of Mycobacterium chimaera Infection After Open-Chest Heart Surgery

Author(s) -

Hugo Sax,

Guido V. Bloemberg,

Barbara Hasse,

Rami Sommerstein,

Philipp Köhler,

Yvonne Achermann,

Matthias Rössle,

Volkmar Falk,

Stefan P. Kuster,

Erik C. Böttger,

Rainer Weber

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1093/cid/civ198

Subject(s) - outbreak , medicine , mycobacterium , cardiac surgery , rapd , mycobacterium chelonae , chimera (genetics) , veterinary medicine , surgery , population , biology , pathology , tuberculosis , biochemistry , environmental health , genetic diversity , gene

Invasive Mycobacterium chimaera infections were diagnosed in 2012 in 2 heart surgery patients on extracorporeal circulation. We launched an outbreak investigation to identify the source and extent of the potential outbreak and to implement preventive measures.

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