Reemergence of Mycobacterium chimaera in heater–cooler units despite intensified cleaning and disinfection protocol

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 1830-1833

  Schreiber, Peter W ^a,b   Kuster, Stefan P ^a,b   Hasse, Barbara ^a,b   Bayard, Cornelia ^a,b   Rüegg, Christian ^a   Kohler, Philipp ^a,b   Keller, Peter M ^b   Bloemberg, Guido V ^b,e   Maisano, Francesco ^a,b   Bettex, Dominique ^a,b   Halbe, Maximilian ^a   Sommerstein, Rami ^c,d   Sax, Hugo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^e Unilabs   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYPOCHLORITE SODIUM; PERACETIC ACID; RNA 16S; STAINLESS STEEL;

ARTICLE; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIUM; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLEANING; DISEASE RE-EMERGENCE; DISINFECTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENERAL DEVICE; HEATER COOLER UNIT; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM CHIMAERA; NONHUMAN; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; WATER CONTAMINATION; AEROSOL; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS INFECTION; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIOSIS;

AEROSOLS; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CROSS INFECTION; DISINFECTION; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; STAINLESS STEEL;

EID: 84988517235     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2210.160925     Document Type: Article

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