Mycobacterium chimaera infections associated with heater-cooler units in cardiac surgery

Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 388-394

  Schreiber, Peter W ^a   Sax, Hugo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

heater cooler device; heater cooler unit; mycobacterium chimaera; nontuberculous mycobacteria

Indexed keywords

ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLONAL VARIATION; DECONTAMINATION; DEVICE INFECTION; ENDOCARDITIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GRAFT INFECTION; HEART SURGERY; HEATER COOLER UNIT; HUMAN; MEDICAL DEVICE CONTAMINATION; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX; MYCOBACTERIUM CHIMAERA; MYCOBACTERIUM CHIMAERA INFECTION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SURGICAL INFECTION; AIR CONDITIONING; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CLASSIFICATION; DEVICES; HEATING; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRANSMISSION; VASCULAR SURGERY;

AIR CONDITIONING; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HEATING; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 85019602402     PISSN: 09517375     EISSN: 14736527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QCO.0000000000000385     Document Type: Review

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