Clinical and Histopathologic Ocular Findings in Disseminated Mycobacterium chimaera Infection after Cardiothoracic Surgery
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Disseminated Mycobacterium chimaera Infection After Cardiothoracic Surgery
Ten case reports of disseminated Mycobacterium chimaera infections associated with cardiovascular surgery were published from Europe. We report 3 cases of disseminated M chimaera infections with histories of aortic graft and/or valvular surgery within the United States. Two of 3 patients demonstrated ocular involvement, a potentially important clinical finding.
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عنوان ژورنال: Ophthalmology
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0161-6420
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2016.09.032