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. 2016 Jun 16;3(3):ofw131.
doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofw131. eCollection 2016 Sep.

Disseminated Mycobacterium chimaera Infection After Cardiothoracic Surgery

Nicholas Tan  1 , Rahul Sampath  2 , Omar M Abu Saleh  2 , Marysia S Tweet  3 , Dragan Jevremovic  4 , Saba Alniemi  5 , Nancy L Wengenack  6 , Priya Sampathkumar  2 , Andrew D Badley  2
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Disseminated Mycobacterium chimaera Infection After Cardiothoracic Surgery

Nicholas Tan et al. Open Forum Infect Dis. .

Abstract

Ten case reports of disseminated Mycobacterium chimaera infections associated with cardiovascular surgery were published from Europe. We report 3 cases of disseminated M chimaera infections with histories of aortic graft and/or valvular surgery within the United States. Two of 3 patients demonstrated ocular involvement, a potentially important clinical finding.

Keywords: Mycobacterium chimaera; cardiac surgery; infection.

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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Color fundus photos demonstrating diffuse bilateral chorioretinal lesions (black arrows) in the right and left eyes (A and B, respectively).
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