Mycobacterium chimaera infections in cardiothoracic surgery patients exposed to heating and cooling devices despite infection control measures

• Egile Nagusiak: Jensie Burton (Egilea), Yosra Alkabab (Egilea), Susan Dorman (Egilea), Jeremy D. Moore (Egilea), Danny Nixon (Egilea), Cassandra Salgado (Egilea), Scott Curry (Egilea)
• Formatua: Liburua
• Argitaratua: Cambridge University Press, 2023-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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Background: LivaNova 3T heating and cooling devices (HCDs) have been associated with Mycobacterium chimaera, a Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare (MAIC) species, infections after cardiothoracic surgery. We describe our outbreak, which persisted despite escalating infection control measures. Methods:...