Epidemiological and Molecular Investigation of the Heater-Cooler Unit (HCU)-Related Outbreak of Invasive <i>Mycobacterium chimaera</i> Infection Occurred in Italy.

Cannas, Angela; Campanale, Antonella; Minella, Daniela; Messina, Francesco; Butera, Ornella; Nisii, Carla; Mazzarelli, Antonio; Fontana, Carla; Lispi, Lucia; Maraglino, Francesco; Di Caro, Antonino; Sabbatucci, Michela

Epidemiological and Molecular Investigation of the Heater-Cooler Unit (HCU)-Related Outbreak of Invasive Mycobacterium chimaera Infection Occurred in Italy.

Cannas, Angela; Campanale, Antonella; Minella, Daniela; Messina, Francesco; Butera, Ornella; Nisii, Carla; Mazzarelli, Antonio; Fontana, Carla; Lispi, Lucia; Maraglino, Francesco; Di Caro, Antonino; Sabbatucci, Michela.

Afiliação

Cannas A; National Institute for Infectious Diseases Lazzaro Spallanzani IRCCS, 00149 Rome, Italy.
Campanale A; Unit 5, Directorate General of Medical Devices and Pharmaceutical Service, Ministry of Health, 00144 Rome, Italy.
Minella D; Unit 5, Directorate General of Medical Devices and Pharmaceutical Service, Ministry of Health, 00144 Rome, Italy.
Messina F; National Institute for Infectious Diseases Lazzaro Spallanzani IRCCS, 00149 Rome, Italy.
Butera O; National Institute for Infectious Diseases Lazzaro Spallanzani IRCCS, 00149 Rome, Italy.
Nisii C; National Institute for Infectious Diseases Lazzaro Spallanzani IRCCS, 00149 Rome, Italy.
Mazzarelli A; National Institute for Infectious Diseases Lazzaro Spallanzani IRCCS, 00149 Rome, Italy.
Fontana C; National Institute for Infectious Diseases Lazzaro Spallanzani IRCCS, 00149 Rome, Italy.
Lispi L; Unit 5, Directorate General of Medical Devices and Pharmaceutical Service, Ministry of Health, 00144 Rome, Italy.
Maraglino F; Unit 5, Directorate General Health Prevention Communicable Diseases and International Prophylaxis, Ministry of Health, 00144 Rome, Italy.
Di Caro A; Department of Microbiology, Unicamillus International University of Medicine, 00131 Rome, Italy.
Sabbatucci M; Unit 5, Directorate General Health Prevention Communicable Diseases and International Prophylaxis, Ministry of Health, 00144 Rome, Italy.