Global Health Estimate of Invasive Mycobacterium chimaera Infections Associated with Heater–Cooler Devices in Cardiac Surgery

• DOI: 10.3201/eid2403.171554
• Publication Date: 2018-02-15T19:06:59Z
• Authors: Rami Sommerstein; Barbara Hasse; Jonas Marschall; Hugo Sax; Michele Genoni; Matthias Schlegel; Andreas F. Widmer
• Keywords: Chimera (genetics); Cardiac valve

Investigations of a worldwide epidemic invasive Mycobacterium chimaera associated with heater-cooler devices in cardiac surgery have been hampered by low clinical awareness and challenging diagnoses.Using data from Switzerland, we estimated the burden M. to be 156-282 cases/year 10 major valve replacement market countries.