Genomic Analysis of Cardiac Surgery–Associated Mycobacterium chimaera Infections, United States

Emerging Infectious Diseases

关键词: Mycobacterium chimaera;    outbreak;    genomics;    nosocomial infection;    cardiac surgery;    heater–cooler unit;   

DOI  :  10.3201/eid2503.181282

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

A surgical heater–cooler unit has been implicated as the source for Mycobacterium chimaera infections among cardiac surgery patients in several countries. We isolated M. chimaera from heater–cooler units and patient infections in the United States. Whole-genome sequencing corroborated a risk for these units acting as a reservoir for this pathogen.

【 授权许可】

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