Healthcare-Associated Mycobacterium chimaera Transmission and Infection Prevention Challenges: Role of Heater-Cooler Units as a Water Source in Cardiac Surgery

Clin Infect Dis. 2017 Feb 1;64(3):343-346. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciw755. Epub 2016 Dec 7.

Authors

Hajime Kanamori^{1

2}, David J Weber^{1

2}, William A Rutala^{3

2}

Affiliations

¹ Hospital Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Health Care, and.
² Division of Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill.
³ Hospital Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Health Care, and william.rutala@unchealth.unc.edu.

PMID: 27927869
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciw755

No abstract available

Keywords: Mycobacterium chimaera; cardiac surgery; healthcare-associated infection; heater-cooler unit; outbreak..

Publication types

Editorial
Comment

MeSH terms

Animals
Cardiac Surgical Procedures
Chimera*
Humans
Mycobacterium
Risk
Water*

Substances

Water