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Disseminated Mycobacterium chimaera Infection After Cardiothoracic Surgery

2016; Oxford University Press; Volume: 3; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1093/ofid/ofw131

ISSN

2328-8957

Autores

Nicholas Y. Tan, Rahul Sampath, Omar Abu Saleh, Marysia S. Tweet, Dragan Jevremović, Saba T. Alniemi, Nancy L. Wengenack, Priya Sampathkumar, Andrew D. Badley,

Tópico(s)

Infectious Diseases and Mycology

Resumo

Abstract Ten case reports of disseminated Mycobacterium chimaera infections associated with cardiovascular surgery were published from Europe. We report 3 cases of disseminated M chimaera infections with histories of aortic graft and/or valvular surgery within the United States. Two of 3 patients demonstrated ocular involvement, a potentially important clinical finding.

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