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Volume 24, Number 3—March 2018
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Global Health Estimate of Invasive Mycobacterium chimaera Infections Associated with Heater–Cooler Devices in Cardiac Surgery

Rami SommersteinComments to Author , Barbara Hasse, Jonas Marschall, Hugo Sax, Michele Genoni, Matthias Schlegel, Andreas F. Widmer, and the Swiss Chimaera Taskforce
Author affiliations: Bern University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland (R. Sommerstein, J. Marschall); University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland (B. Hasse, H. Sax, M. Genoni); Triemli City Hospital, Zurich (M. Genoni); Cantonal Hospital St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland (M. Schlegel); Basel University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland (A.F. Widmer)

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Incidence and prevalence of invasive M. chimaera cases in Switzerland since 2008. A) Yearly incidence per 1 million inhabitants according to the date of index surgery. B) Prevalence per 1,000 valve replacement surgeries according to the date of detection. Numbers of cases are projected on the left y-axis (bars); prevalence and incidence on the right y-axis (red circles). Gray bar indicates no. cases for January–August 2017. Linear regressions (red lines) were modeled for the respective window pe

Figure. Incidence and prevalence of invasive M. chimaera cases in Switzerland since 2008. A) Yearly incidence per 1 million inhabitants according to the date of detection. B) Prevalence per 1,000 valve replacement surgeries according to the date of index sugery. Numbers of cases are projected on the left y-axis (bars); prevalence and incidence on the right y-axis (red circles). Gray bar indicates no. cases for January–August 2017. Linear regressions (red lines) were modeled for the respective window periods of interest; dotted lines indicate 95% CIs.

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1Additional members of the Swiss Chimaera Taskforce are listed at the end of this article.

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