TY - JOUR AU - Schreiber, Peter AU - Kuster, Stefan AU - Hasse, Barbara AU - Bayard, Cornelia AU - Rüegg, Christian AU - Kohler, Philipp AU - Keller, Peter AU - Bloemberg, Guido AU - Maisano, Francesco AU - Bettex, Dominique AU - Halbe, Maximilian AU - Sommerstein, Rami AU - Sax, Hugo T1 - Reemergence of Mycobacterium chimaera in Heater–Cooler Units despite Intensified Cleaning and Disinfection Protocol T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2016 VL - 22 IS - 10 SP - 1830 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Invasive Mycobacterium chimaera infections after open-heart surgery have been reported internationally. These devastating infections result from aerosols generated by contaminated heater–cooler units used with extracorporeal circulation during surgery. Despite intensified cleaning and disinfection, surveillance samples from factory-new units acquired during 2014 grew nontuberculous mycobacteria after a median of 174 days. KW - Mycobacterium chimaera KW - bacteria KW - hospital infections KW - hospital equipment KW - disinfection KW - nontuberculous mycobacterial infections KW - heater–cooler units KW - tuberculosis and other mycobacteria KW - nosocomial infections DO - 10.3201/eid2210.160925 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/22/10/16-0925_article ER - End of Reference