Mycobacterium chimaera spread from heating and cooling units in heart surgery

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 376, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 600-602

  Williamson, Deborah ^a   Howden, Benjamin ^a   Stinear, Timothy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE INFECTION; AUSTRALIA; BODY TEMPERATURE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; LETTER; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM CHIMAERA; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; THERMOREGULATION; AIR CONDITIONING; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; GENETICS; HEATING; MICROBIOLOGY; OPERATING ROOM; TRANSMISSION;

AIR CONDITIONING; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HEATING; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, NONTUBERCULOUS; OPERATING ROOMS; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 85012848206     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1612023     Document Type: Letter

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