Mycobacterium chimaera infections among cardiothoracic surgery patients associated with heater-cooler devices-Kansas and California, 2019.
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DOI: 10.1017/ice.2021.396
Abstract: BACKGROUND In 2015, an international outbreak of Mycobacterium chimaera infections among patients undergoing cardiothoracic surgeries was associated with exposure to contaminated LivaNova 3T heater-cooler devices (HCDs). From June 2017 to October 2020, the Centers for… read more here.
Keywords: heater cooler; chimaera; chimaera infections; cooler devices ... See more keywords