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.
Not exact matches
But a distressing number
of showerheads contained significant loads
of Mycobacterium avium, a bacterium that can cause
nontuberculous mycobacteria disease, or NTM, a pulmonary infection that can feel like an unshakable flu.
Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) include more than 150 types
of bacteria, found in water and soil, that can infect the lungs when inhaled.