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.

Invasive Mycobacterium chimaera infections after open-heart surgery have been reported internationally. These devastating infections result from aerosols generated by contaminated heater-cooler units used with extracorporeal circulation during surgery. Despite intensified cleaning and disinfection, surveillance samples from factory-new units acquired during 2014 grew nontuberculous mycobacteria...

introduction: Cosmetic surgery tourism has become increasingly popular despite many associated risks. Outbreaks of atypical mycobacterium surgical site infections in various countries have been particularly notable. While these difficult-to-treat infections are concerning to patients and providers, their economic impact is not well-defined in the literature. We sought to investigate the patient...

In Japan, the rate of pulmonary nontuberculous mycobacteriosis (NTM) (atypical mycobacterial diseases) in the total pulmonary mycobacteriosis is continously increasing, in 1994 it reached 14.0% in newly admitted mycobacteriosis cases in 211 sanatoriums throughout Japan (1), and NTMbecame considered an important chest disease. This increase is mainly dependent uponthe recent rapid decrease of tu...

Skin and soft tissue infections caused by rapidly growing non-tuberculous mycobacteria (RG-NTM) have become a growing clinical concern over the past decades. These RG-NTM are ubiquitous environmental organisms and most are resistant to traditional antituberculous agents. In this report, we describe 3 cutaneous infections caused by RG-NTM, namely, Mycobacterium abscessus, M. chelonae, and M. con...

introduction: Cosmetic surgery tourism has become increasingly popular despite many associated risks. Outbreaks of atypical mycobacterium surgical site infections in various countries have been particularly notable. While these difficult-to-treat infections are concerning to patients and providers, their economic impact is not well-defined in the literature. We sought to investigate the patient...

Mycobacterium thermoresistibile is a non-tuberculous mycobacterium strongly associated with human infections. Since 1966, there have only been six reports of its isolation from clinical samples. We report on the first case from Europe and review all the previous cases. Identification was achieved with sequencing of the 16S rRNA and hsp65 genes. This study presents its phenotypic and biochemical...

Skin infections by Mycobacterium marinum are quite rare in our environment and, therefore, little studied. The majority of the lesions appear three weeks after traumas in aquariums, beaches and fish tanks. Lymph node drainage and systematization of the disease are rare and most lesions disappear in about three years. This case aims to show the effectiveness of the treatment used (lymecycline 15...

Systemic mycobacteriosis was diagnosed in a group of ornamental fish. Although a large number of acid-fast bacterial rods were identified in the kidneys, liver, and muscles of each fish, no granulomas were observed in internal organs. Mycobacterium peregrinum was identified using the GenoType Mycobacterium CM assay. This study illustrates a considerable risk of atypical mycobacteriosis in humans.