Notes from the Field : Mycobacterium chimaera Contamination of Heater-Cooler Devices Used in Cardiac...
Notes from the Field : Mycobacterium chimaera Contamination of Heater-Cooler Devices Used in Cardiac Surgery — United States
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In the spring of 2015, investigators in Switzerland reported a cluster of six patients with invasive infection with Mycobacterium chimaera, a species of nontuberculous mycobacterium ubiquitous in soil and water. The infected patients had undergone open-heart surgery that used contaminated heater-cooler devices during extracorporeal circulation (1)....
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Notes from the Field : Mycobacterium chimaera Contamination of Heater-Cooler Devices Used in Cardiac Surgery — United States
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1835414032
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1835414032
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0149-2195
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1545-861X
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10.15585/mmwr.mm6540a6
