Open AccessInvasive Mycobacterium abscessus Complex Infection After Cardiac Surgery: Epidemiology, Management, and Clinical Outcomes
Author(s) -
Arthur W. Baker,
Eileen K. Maziarz,
Sarah S. Lewis,
Jason E. Stout,
Deverick J. Anderson,
Peter K. Smith,
Jacob N. Schroder,
Mani A. Daneshmand,
Barbara D. Alexander,
Richard J. Wallace,
Daniel J. Sexton,
Cameron R. Wolfe
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases/clinical infectious diseases (online. university of chicago. press)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/ciaa215
Subject(s) - medicine , mycobacterium abscessus , cardiac surgery , interquartile range , tigecycline , amikacin , epidemiology , surgery , nontuberculous mycobacteria , antibiotics , pathology , mycobacterium , tuberculosis , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
We recently mitigated a clonal outbreak of hospital-acquired Mycobacterium abscessus complex (MABC), which included a large cluster of adult patients who developed invasive infection after exposure to heater-cooler units during cardiac surgery. Recent studies have detailed Mycobacterium chimaera infections acquired during cardiac surgery; however, little is known about the epidemiology and clinical courses of cardiac surgery patients with invasive MABC infection.