Volume 24, Number 3—March 2018
Dispatch
Global Health Estimate of Invasive Mycobacterium chimaera Infections Associated with Heater–Cooler Devices in Cardiac Surgery
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 |
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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.
1Additional members of the Swiss Chimaera Taskforce are listed at the end of this article.