Global outbreak of severe Mycobacterium chimaera disease after cardiac surgery: a molecular epidemiological study.

Global outbreak of severe Mycobacterium chimaera disease after cardiac surgery: a molecular epidemiological study.

<h4>Background</h4> <p>Since 2013, over 100 cases of Mycobacterium chimaera prosthetic valve endocarditis and disseminated disease were notified in Europe and the USA, linked to contaminated heater–cooler units (HCUs) used during cardiac surgery. We did a molecular epidemiological...

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Main Authors: van Ingen, J, Kohl, T, Kranzer, K, Hasse, B, Keller, P, Katarzyna Szafrańska, A, Hillemann, D, Chand, M, Schreiber, P, Sommerstein, R, Berger, C, Genoni, M, Rüegg, C, Troillet, N, Widmer, A, Becker, S, Herrmann, M, Eckmanns, T, Haller, S, Höller, C, Debast, S, Wolfhagen, M, Hopman, J, Kluytmans, J, Langelaar, M, Notermans, D, Ten Oever, J, van den Barselaar, P, Vonk, A, Vos, M, Ahmed, N, Brown, T, Crook, D, Lamagni, T, Phin, N, Smith, E, Zambon, M, Serr, A, Götting, T, Ebner, W, Thürmer, A, Utpatel, C, Spröer, C, Bunk, B, Nübel, U, Bloemberg, G, Böttger, E, Niemann, S, Wagner, D, Sax, H
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017

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