title: Fatal septicaemia from Chromobacterium violaceum: case reports and review of the literature.
abstract: Chromobacterium violaceum rarely causes infection in humans and its mechanism of pathogenicity is not well understood. Human infection carries a high mortality rate with a fulminating clinical progression. A high index of suspicion is required for diagnosis, and is based on recovering the organisms from blood cultures or other appropriate specimens. We present three cases of human infection managed in a tertiary referral hospital in Hong Kong with a review of the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong.
authors.forename: A Y B
authors.initials: AY
authors.lastname: Teoh
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hui
authors.forename: K Y
authors.initials: KY
authors.lastname: Ngo
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: K F
authors.initials: KF
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: P B S
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Lai
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D002861:Chromobacterium / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018805:Sepsis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents