Volume 23, Number 5—May 2017
Research
Invasive Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infections among Cardiothoracic Surgical Patients Exposed to Heater–Cooler Devices1
Table 5
Description | Sample type | Species identified |
---|---|---|
Patient isolates | ||
Case-patient 3 | Blood | M. chimaera |
Case-patient 4 | Blood | M. chimaera |
Case-patient 9 |
Blood |
M. chimaera |
Environmental samples | ||
HCD 1 | Water | M. chimaera |
HCD 2 | Water/swab specimen | M. chimaera |
HCD 3 | Water | M. chimaera |
Ice machine | Ice | M. mucogenicum/M. phocaicum; M. gastri |
Scrub sink | Water | M. avium |
Air sampling of HCD exhaust | Air | M. chimaera |
*HCD, heater–cooler device; NTM, nontuberculous mycobacteria.
1Preliminary results from this study were presented at the Epidemic Intelligence Service conference, May 2–5, 2016, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; and the American Society for Microbiology Microbe conference, June 16–20, 2016, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
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