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Prolonged Outbreak of Mycobacterium chimaera Infection After Open-Chest Heart Surgery

Sax, Hugo ; Bloemberg, Guido ; Hasse, Barbara ; Sommerstein, Rami ; Kohler, Philipp ; Achermann, Yvonne ; Rössle, Matthias ; Falk, Volkmar ; Kuster, Stefan P. ; Böttger, Erik C. ; Weber, Rainer

In: Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2015, vol. 61, no. 1, p. 67-75

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    Titre
    • Prolonged Outbreak of Mycobacterium chimaera Infection After Open-Chest Heart Surgery
    Auteur
    • Sax, Hugo. Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Zurich
    • Bloemberg, Guido. Institute of Medical Microbiology, National Centre for Mycobacteria, University of Zurich
    • Hasse, Barbara. Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Zurich
    • Sommerstein, Rami. Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Zurich
    • Kohler, Philipp. Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Zurich
    • Achermann, Yvonne. Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Zurich
    • Rössle, Matthias. Institute of Surgical Pathology
    • Falk, Volkmar. Division of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland
    • Kuster, Stefan P.. Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Zurich
    • Böttger, Erik C.. Institute of Medical Microbiology, National Centre for Mycobacteria, University of Zurich
    • Weber, Rainer. Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Zurich
    Type de document
    • Postprint
    Langue
    • Anglais
    Publié dans
    • Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2015, vol. 61, no. 1, p. 67-75. Oxford University Press
    Autre version électronique
    Identifiant OAI-PMH
    • oai:doc.rero.ch:292449
    Summary
    A thorough epidemiological and microbiological investigation of this prolonged outbreak involving 6 open-chest heart surgery patients provided evidence for the airborne transmission of Mycobacterium chimaera, a slow-growing nontuberculous mycobacteria, from contaminated heater-cooler unit water tanks