Mycobacterium Chimaera Infections
Conditions
Keywords
cardiac bypass heater-cooler devices, cardiac surgery
Brief summary
Mycobacterium chimaera infections have occurred in post-cardiac surgery patients in association with contaminated cardiac bypass heater-cooler devices. So far optimal therapeutical concepts are not clear. At the University Hospital Basel Mycobacterium chimaera- infected protheses are replaced to decrease pathogenic burden and to support antibiotic long- term treatment. This study is to analyze the efficacy of this therapeutic approach.
Interventions
OTHERdata collection
retrospective analysis of perioperative data collected from patient medical charts and from a telephone enquiry
Sponsors
University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
RETROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Patients with Mycobacterium chimaera infections after cardiac surgery at University Hospital Basel
Exclusion criteria
* none
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| summary of disease course in patients with Mycobacterium chimaera- infections after cardiac surgery | at baseline | Descriptive statistical analysis of disease course in patients with Mycobacterium chimaera- infections after cardiac surgery |
| summary of therapeutic interventions in patients with Mycobacterium chimaera- infections after cardiac surgery | at baseline | Descriptive statistical analysis of therapeutic interventions in patients with Mycobacterium chimaera- infections after cardiac surgery |
Countries
Switzerland
Outcome results
None listed