New Orleans Children’s Hospital reports cluster of Mycobacterium abscessus infections

Officials with the Children's Hospital in New Orleans are reporting a small group children who developed a surgical site infection suspected to be Mycobacterium abscessus post cardiac surgery. The surgeries were performed in late-May and June this year. The infection is treatable and all patients are currently undergoing successful treatment in this hospital. The investigation into the cluster shows ["]

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