Mycobacterium chimaera Outbreak Associated with Heater-Cooler Devices: Piecing the Puzzle Together

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 103-108

  Sommerstein, Rami ^a   Schreiber, Peter W ^b   Diekema, Daniel J ^c   Edmond, Michael B ^c   Hasse, Barbara ^b   Marschall, Jonas ^a   Sax, Hugo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE INFECTION; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DEVICE MAINTENANCE; DISINFECTION; EPIDEMIC; EXHAUST GAS; GENERAL DEVICE; HEATER COOLER DEVICE; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; MEDICAL DEVICE CONTAMINATION; MYCOBACTERIUM CHIMAERA INFECTION; OPERATING ROOM; PATIENT SAFETY; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WATER SAMPLING; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIUM; CROSS INFECTION; HEART SURGERY; INFECTION CONTROL; PROCEDURES; TRANSMISSION;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, NONTUBERCULOUS; NONTUBERCULOUS MYCOBACTERIA;

EID: 85008700633     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: 15596834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2016.283     Document Type: Review

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