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 (2016). Reemergence of Mycobacterium chimaera in Heater-Cooler Units despite Intensified Cleaning and Disinfection Protocol. Emerging infectious diseases, 22(10), pp. 1830-1833. U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 10.3201/eid2210.160925
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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.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Haematology, Oncology, Infectious Diseases, Laboratory Medicine and Hospital Pharmacy (DOLS) > Clinic of Infectiology |
UniBE Contributor: |
Sommerstein, Rami |
Subjects: |
600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health |
ISSN: |
1080-6040 |
Publisher: |
U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Annelies Luginbühl |
Date Deposited: |
27 Oct 2016 13:29 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 14:59 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.3201/eid2210.160925 |
PubMed ID: |
27649345 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: |
Mycobacterium chimaera; bacteria; disinfection; heater–cooler units; hospital equipment; hospital infections; nontuberculous mycobacterial infections; nosocomial infections; tuberculosis and other mycobacteria |
BORIS DOI: |
10.7892/boris.89046 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/89046 |
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