A case of Chromobacterium infection after car accident in Korea.
Chromobacterium violaceum is a gram negative straight rod, 0.8-1.2 by 2.5 to 6.0 m, which is motile by one polar flagella and one to four lateral flagella. The organism inhabits soil and water and is often found in semitropical and tropical climates. Infections in humans are rare. We report a case of infection caused by strains of C. violaceum. A 38-year-old male patient was admitted to KyungHee University Hospital, Seoul, Korea on July 28th, 2003, after a car accident. The patient had multiple trauma and lacerations. He had an open wound in the left tibial area from which C. violaceum was isolated. The strain was resistant to ampicillin, tobramycin, ampicillin/sulbactam, ceftriaxone and cefepime, but was susceptible to amikacin, gentamicin, ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin, trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole and piperacillin/tazobactam. The patient was treated successfully by debridement, cephapirin sodium and astromicine sulfate.
Kim
Myeong Hee
MH
Department of Laboratory Medicine, KyungHee University College of Medicine, #1 Hoeki-dong, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul 130-702, Korea.
Lee
Hee Joo
HJ
Suh
Jin Tae
JT
Chang
Boo Soon
BS
Cho
Kyu Seok
KS
D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000328:Adult; D002861:Chromobacterium / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014946:Wound Infection / Q000209:etiology*