Emerg Infect Dis. 2018 Mar;24(3):576-578. doi: 10.3201/eid2403.171554.
Investigations of a worldwide epidemic of invasive Mycobacterium chimaera associated with heater-cooler devices in cardiac surgery have been hampered by low clinical awareness and challenging diagnoses. Using data from Switzerland, we estimated the burden of invasive M. chimaera to be 156-282 cases/year in 10 major cardiac valve replacement market countries.
对与心脏手术中热交换器相关的侵袭性奇异变形杆菌全球流行的调查受到临床意识低下和诊断困难的阻碍。利用来自瑞士的数据,我们估计在 10 个主要心脏瓣膜置换市场国家中,侵袭性奇异变形杆菌的负担为每年 156-282 例。