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Volume 24, Number 9—September 2018
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Aortic Endograft Infection with Mycobacterium chimaera and Granulicatella adiacens, Switzerland, 2014

Andreas PlateComments to Author , Thomas A. Kohl, Peter M. Keller, Sabine Majer, Rosamaria Fulchini, Carol Strahm, Cristoforo Medugno, Zoran Rancic, Lars Husmann, Hugo Sax, Stefan Niemann, and Barbara Hasse
Author affiliations: University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland (A. Plate, Z. Rancic, L. Husmann, H. Sax, B. Hasse); Research Center Borstel–Leibniz-Center for Medicine and Biosciences, Borstel, Germany (T.A. Kohl, S. Niemann); German Center for Infection Research, Borstel (T.A. Kohl, S. Niemann); National Center for Mycobacteria, University of Zurich, Zurich (P.M. Keller); Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of Zurich, Zurich (P.M. Keller); Cantonal Hospital Münsterlingen, Münsterlingen, Switzerland (S. Majer); Cantonal Hospital St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland (R. Fulchini, C. Strahm); Cantonal Hospital Frauenfeld, Frauenfeld, Switzerland (C. Medugno)

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Microbiologic test results of air and water samples from the operating room where an abdominal aortic endograft was performed on a patient later diagnosed with Mycobacterium chimaera and Granulicatella adiacens infection, Switzerland, 2014

Sample no.
 Type
 Place of sampling
 Result
1 Water NaCl heater machine Negative
2 Water Respirator 1, suction water tank ID 3393 Negative
3 Water Respirator 1, breathing hose Negative
4 Water Respirator 2, suction water tank Negative
5 Water Respirator 2, breathing hose Negative
6 Water Operating pre-theater, wash basin, siphon M. intracellulare*
7 Water Operating pre-theater, wash basin, cold water Negative
8 Water Operating pre-theater, wash basin, hot water Negative
9 Water Operating pre-theater, sink, siphon Negative
10 Water Operating pre-theater, sink, cistern Negative
11 Water Operating pre-theater, sink, cold water M. paragordonae
12 Water Scrub room 2, right side, wash basins 1–3, siphon water Negative
13 Water Scrub room 2, right side, wash basins 1–3, after flushing Negative
14 Water Scrub room 2, left side, wash basins 4–6, siphon water Negative
15 Water Scrub room 2, left side, wash basins 4–6, after flushing Negative
16 Water Operating pre-theater, sink, warm water Negative
17 Air Air sample 1 Negative
18 Air Air sample 2 Negative
19 Air Air sample 3 Negative
20 Air Air sample 4 Negative
21 Air Air sample 5 Negative

*Misidentification of M. chimaera excluded by partial 16S rDNA sequencing.

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