Table 2. Reported mortality from Mycobacterium chimaera infection associated with heater–cooler devices.
| Reference (country / region) | Number of patients diagnosed | Number of deaths (mortality) % |
|---|---|---|
| Kohler et al., 2015 (Europe) (11) | 101 | 4 (40%)2 |
| Chand et al., 2016 (Europe) (29) | 183 | 9 (50%) |
| Appenheimer et al., 2016 (US) (32) | 24 | NR (46%)4 |
| European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, 2016 (Europe) (18) | 52 5 | 10 (<19%)6 |
| Haller et al., 2016 (Germany) (9) | 5 | 1 (20%)7 |
| Tan et al., 2016 (US) (33) | 3 | 2 (67%)6,7 |
| Public Health England, 2017 (Europe) (12) | 26 | 15 (58%) |
| Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, 2017 (Australia) (20) | 3 | 0 (0%) |
Abbreviations: NR, not reported; US, United States; %, percentage 1 Nine cases were confirmed and one was probable 2 An additional death was not linked to M. chimaera infection 3 All cases were probable 4 Number of deaths were not reported 5 Some of these cases have been reported in other publications 6 Cause of death not described or not all deaths attributed to the infection 7 Percent mortality not reported in the study, was calculated for inclusion in this table