Reemergence of Mycobacterium chimaera in Heater–Cooler Units despite Intensified Cleaning and Disinfection Protocol

Invasive Mycobacterium chimaera infections after open-heart surgery have been reported internationally. These devastating infections result from aerosols generated by contaminated heater–cooler units used with extracorporeal circulation during surgery. Despite intensified cleaning and disinfection,...

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Autores principales: Schreiber, Peter W., Kuster, Stefan P., Hasse, Barbara, Bayard, Cornelia, Rüegg, Christian, Kohler, Philipp, Keller, Peter M., Bloemberg, Guido V., Maisano, Francesco, Bettex, Dominique, Halbe, Maximilian, Sommerstein, Rami, Sax, Hugo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2016
Materias:
Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5038437/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27649345
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2210.160925
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Sumario:Invasive Mycobacterium chimaera infections after open-heart surgery have been reported internationally. These devastating infections result from aerosols generated by contaminated heater–cooler units used with extracorporeal circulation during surgery. Despite intensified cleaning and disinfection, surveillance samples from factory-new units acquired during 2014 grew nontuberculous mycobacteria after a median of 174 days.

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