International Society of Cardiovascular Infectious Diseases Guidelines for the Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention of Disseminated Mycobacterium chimaera Infection Following Cardiac Surgery with Cardiopulmonary Bypass.

{"article_title":"International Society of Cardiovascular Infectious Diseases Guidelines for the Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention of Disseminated Mycobacterium chimaera Infection Following Cardiac Surgery with Cardiopulmonary Bypass.","author":"Hasse B","journal_title":"The Journal of hospital infection","issn":"1532-2939","isbn":"","publication_date":"2019 Jun","volume":"104","issue":"2","first_page":"214","page_count":"","accession_number":"31715282","doi":"10.1016\/j.jhin.2019.10.009","publisher":"W.B. Saunders For The Hospital Infection Society","doctype":"Journal Article","subjects":"United Kingdom; Cross Infection diagnosis; Cross Infection drug therapy; Cross Infection microbiology; Cross Infection prevention & control; Mycobacterium isolation & purification; Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous diagnosis; Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous drug therapy; Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous prevention & control; Anti-Bacterial Agents therapeutic use; Cardiac Surgical Procedures adverse effects; Cardiac Surgical Procedures methods; Cardiology; Cardiopulmonary Bypass; Communicable Diseases; Equipment Contamination; Humans; Risk Factors; Societies, Medical; United Kingdom","interest_area":["Cardiology"," Pulmonology"," Infectious Disease & Vaccines"],"abstract":"Mycobacterial infection-related morbidity and mortality in patients following cardiopulmonary bypass surgery is high and there is a growing need for a consensus-based expert opinion to provide international guidance for diagnosing, preventing and treating in these patients. In this document the International Society for Cardiovascular Infectious Diseases (ISCVID) covers aspects of prevention (field of hospital epidemiology), clinical management (infectious disease specialists, cardiac surgeons, ophthalmologists, others), laboratory diagnostics (microbiologists, molecular diagnostics), device management (perfusionists, cardiac surgeons) and public health aspects. Copyright \u00a9 2019 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved.","url":"https:\/\/search.ebscohost.com\/login.aspx?direct=true&db=mdl&AN=31715282"}