@article{862d2a0ad50748b0a79c89794e8f14fc,
title = "Global health estimate of invasive mycobacterium chimaera infections associated with heater–cooler devices in cardiac surgery",
abstract = "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.",
author = "{the Swiss Chimaera Taskforce} and Rami Sommerstein and Barbara Hasse and Jonas Marschall and Hugo Sax and Michele Genoni and Matthias Schlegel and Widmer, {Andreas F.} and Jolanda Consiglio and Samuel Erny and C{\'e}line Gardiol and Achim H{\"a}ussler and Keller, {Peter M.} and Daniel Koch and Virginie Masserey and Rafael Moreno and Bettina Schulthess and Markus W{\"a}lti",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). All rights reserved.",
year = "2018",
month = mar,
doi = "10.3201/eid2403.171554",
language = "English",
volume = "24",
pages = "576--578",
journal = "Emerging Infectious Diseases",
issn = "1080-6040",
number = "3",
}