Journal article
Mycobacterium chimaera spread from heating and cooling units in heart surgery
D Williamson, B Howden, T Stinear
New England Journal of Medicine | MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SOC | Published : 2017
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1612023
Abstract
Molecular analyses show that an international outbreak of Mycobacterium chimaera infection was from contaminated heating and cooling units used in cardiac surgery.