Los Angeles: Post-surgical Mycobacterium chimaera cases confirmed
by Press Release from Outbreak News Today on (#2BCQ8)
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) has identified three confirmed cases and one suspected case of a non-tuberculous mycobacterial infection, Mycobacterium chimaera, all of which occurred in persons with a history of open-chest cardiac surgery. M. chimaera are slow-growing mycobacteria which can cause infections that occur most often at the surgical ["]
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