Reemergence of Mycobacterium chimaera in Heater-Cooler Units despite Intensified Cleaning and Disinfection Protocol.
Emerg Infect Dis
; 22(10): 1830-3, 2016 10.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-27649345
ABSTRACT
Invasive Mycobacterium chimaera infections after open-heart surgery have been reported internationally. These devastating infections result from aerosols generated by contaminated heater-cooler units used with extracorporeal circulation during surgery. Despite intensified cleaning and disinfection, surveillance samples from factory-new units acquired during 2014 grew nontuberculous mycobacteria after a median of 174 days.
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MEDLINE
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Desinfecção
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Equipamentos e Provisões Hospitalares
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Mycobacterium
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2016
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Article