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Global Health Estimate of Invasive Mycobacterium chimaera Infections Associated with Heater–Cooler Devices in Cardiac Surgery

Investigations of a worldwide epidemic of invasive Mycobacterium chimaera associated with heater–cooler devices in cardiac surgery have been hampered by low clinical awareness and challenging diagnoses. Using data from Switzerland, we estimated the burden of invasive M. chimaera to be 156–282 cases/...

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Autores principales: Sommerstein, Rami, Hasse, Barbara, Marschall, Jonas, Sax, Hugo, Genoni, Michele, Schlegel, Matthias, Widmer, Andreas F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5823345/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29460746
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2403.171554