2016-04-28Zeitschriftenartikel
Contamination during production of heater-cooler units by Mycobacterium chimaera potential cause for invasive cardiovascular infections: results of an outbreak investigation in Germany, April 2015 to February 2016
Haller, Sebastian; Höller, C.; Jacobshagen, A.; Hamouda, Osamah; Sin, Muna Abu; Monnet, D. L.; Plachouras, D.; Eckmanns, Tim
Invasive infections with Mycobacterium chimaera were reported in patients with previous open chest surgery and exposure to contaminated heater-cooler units (HCUs). We present results of the surveillance of clinical cases ...