Disseminated Mycobacterium chimaera Infection After Cardiothoracic Surgery | Zendy

Nicholas Y. Tan | Zendy; Rahul Sampath | Zendy; Omar Abu Saleh | Zendy; Marysia S. Tweet | Zendy; Dragan Jevremović | Zendy; Saba T. Alniemi | Zendy; Nancy L. Wengenack | Zendy; Priya Sampathkumar | Zendy; Andrew D. Badley | Zendy

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Disseminated Mycobacterium chimaera Infection After Cardiothoracic Surgery

Author(s) -

Nicholas Y. Tan,

Rahul Sampath,

Omar Abu Saleh,

Marysia S. Tweet,

Dragan Jevremović,

Saba T. Alniemi,

Nancy L. Wengenack,

Priya Sampathkumar,

Andrew D. Badley

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

open forum infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.546

H-Index - 35

ISSN - 2328-8957

DOI - 10.1093/ofid/ofw131

Subject(s) - medicine , mycobacterium , cardiothoracic surgery , surgery , chimera (genetics) , mycobacterium avium complex , mycobacterium infections , pathology , tuberculosis , biology , biochemistry , gene

Ten case reports of disseminated Mycobacterium chimaera infections associated with cardiovascular surgery were published from Europe. We report 3 cases of disseminated M chimaera infections with histories of aortic graft and/or valvular surgery within the United States. Two of 3 patients demonstrated ocular involvement, a potentially important clinical finding.

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