The results of a study presented today at the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology (EULAR) 2017 have shown a link between newly - diagnosed Sjögren's syndrome (SjS) and previous infection with nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM). (sciencedaily.com)
On October 13, 2016 a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Health Advisory and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Safety Communication announced that Stöckert 3T heater / cooler devices by LivaNova PLC (formerly the Sorin Group) may have been contaminated with Mycobacterium chimaera (M. chimaera), a rare type of nontuberculous mycobacterium (NTM), during manufacturing. (mottchildren.org)
As recommended by the CDC, UMHS is working to alert any adult or pediatric patients who underwent a surgical procedure with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB), including cardiac surgery, general thoracic surgery or vascular surgery, in the past several years about the very small risk of infection with nontuberculous mycobacterium, or NTM. (umcvc.org)