TY - JOUR AU - Plate, Andreas AU - Kohl, Thomas AU - Keller, Peter AU - Majer, Sabine AU - Fulchini, Rosamaria AU - Strahm, Carol AU - Medugno, Cristoforo AU - Rancic, Zoran AU - Husmann, Lars AU - Sax, Hugo AU - Niemann, Stefan AU - Hasse, Barbara T1 - Aortic Endograft Infection with Mycobacterium chimaera and Granulicatella adiacens, Switzerland, 2014 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2018 VL - 24 IS - 9 SP - 1700 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We describe an aortic endograft infection caused by Mycobacterium chimaera and Granulicatella adiacens, successfully treated with prolonged antimicrobial drug therapy after complete explantation of the infected endoprosthesis and extra-anatomical reconstruction. Whole-genome sequencing analysis did not indicate a close relationship to bacterial strains known to cause infections after cardiac surgery. KW - Mycobacterium chimaera KW - Granulicatella adiacens KW - abdominal aortic endograft infection KW - cardiac surgery outbreak KW - whole genome sequencing KW - tuberculosis and other mycobacteria KW - nontuberculous mycobacteria KW - bacteria KW - Switzerland DO - 10.3201/eid2409.180247 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/24/9/18-0247_article ER - End of Reference