Sommerstein, Rami; Hasse, Barbara; Marschall, Jonas; Sax, Hugo; Genoni, Michele; Schlegel, Matthias; Widmer, Andreas F (2018). Global Health Estimate of Invasive Mycobacterium chimaera Infections Associated with Heater-Cooler Devices in Cardiac Surgery. Emerging infectious diseases, 24(3), pp. 576-578. U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 10.3201/eid2403.171554
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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/year in 10 major cardiac valve replacement market countries.
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, Marschall, Jonas |
Subjects: |
600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health |
ISSN: |
1080-6040 |
Publisher: |
U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Annelies Luginbühl |
Date Deposited: |
24 Apr 2018 13:50 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 15:11 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.3201/eid2403.171554 |
PubMed ID: |
29460746 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: |
Mycobacterium chimaera Switzerland bacteria cardiac surgery endocarditis global health heater–cooler devices incidence prevalence prosthetic valve surgical site infection tuberculosis and other mycobacteria |
BORIS DOI: |
10.7892/boris.112092 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/112092 |
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