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Volume 24, Number 3—March 2018
Dispatch

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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Table

Numbers of Mycobacterium chimaera case), annual valve replacement procedures, and population in Switzerland, 2008–2017

Year Cases by date of index surgery Cases by date of detection No. aortic valves No. mitral valves Total no. valves Total population
2008 1 0 1,291 341 1,632 7,593,494
2009 2 0 1,238 691 1,929 7,701,856
2010 1 0 1,306 398 1,704 7,785,806
2011 0 2 1,468 274 1,742 7,870,134
2012 2 1 2,032 273 2,305 7,954,662
2013 1 1 2,017 164 2,181 8,039,060
2014 4 2 2,120 441 2,561 8,139,631
2015 0 1 2,039 472 2,511 8,237,666
2016 0 3 2,112 469 2,581 8,327,126
2017 0 1 NA NA NA NA

*NA, not available.

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

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