Mycobacterium chimaera and chronic meningitis
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Mycobacterium chimaera and cardiac surgery.
There is an ongoing investigation into infections with non-tuberculous mycobacteria associated with contaminated heater-cooler units used in cardiac surgery. The overall risk is low, but surgical site and disseminated infections have been reported, including one possible case in Australia, mainly with surgery involving implantation of prosthetic material. Mycobacterium chimaera infection should...
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عنوان ژورنال: QJM: An International Journal of Medicine
سال: 2020
ISSN: 1460-2725,1460-2393
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcaa010