Long-Term Follow-Up after Mycobacterium Chimaera Infection Following Cardiac Surgery: Single-Center Experience.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Disseminated Mycobacterium chimaera (M. chimaera) infection following cardiac surgery has been associated with a high mortality. The long-term impact of surgery and the appropriate surgical approach are still matters of debate.

Methods

From 2015 to 2019, seven patients with M. chimaera infection following cardiac surgery were isolated.

Results

The median incubation time was 30 months (IQR 18-38). Echocardiography was unremarkable in three patients (43%). We decided to redo cardiac surgery in all patients and explanted all previously implanted prosthetic material. All explant cultures yielded M. chimaera. One patient (14%) died in-hospital seven months after the redo surgery. After a median follow-up of 59.6 months (IQR 39.

SUBMITTER: Schaeffer T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9917935 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature