title: Healthcare-Associated Mycobacterium chimaera Transmission and Infection Prevention Challenges: Role of Heater-Cooler Units as a Water Source in Cardiac Surgery.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Health Care, and.|Division of Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill.
authors.forename: Hajime
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kanamori
authors.affiliation: Hospital Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Health Care, and.|Division of Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill.
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Weber
authors.affiliation: Hospital Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Health Care, and william.rutala@unchealth.unc.edu.|Division of Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill.
authors.forename: William A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Rutala
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D002678:Chimera; D006801:Humans; D009161:Mycobacterium; D012306:Risk; D014867:Water
chemical_list: D014867:Water
keywords: 
  Mycobacterium chimaera
  ; cardiac surgery; healthcare-associated infection; heater-cooler unit; outbreak.