title: Sepsis by Chromobacterium violaceum: first case report from Colombia.
abstract: Chromobacterium violaceum is found in tropical and subtropical regions; it is the only Chromobacterium species pathogenic for humans. Due to its rare presentation, physicians often ignore the importance of this pathogen. We report a fulminant fatal case of bacteremia in a 38-year-old Colombian man. The clinical manifestations were fever, thoracic pain, respiratory failure and death. His condition, from the beginning of clinical diagnosis, went into continuous deterioration, till his death, within a few days after the symptoms began. Two hemocultures isolated C. violaceum. We conclude that doctors should consider this differential diagnosis in patients with systemic inflammatory response syndrome, with continuous deterioration.
authors.affiliation: Militar Hospital Nororiental, Bucaramanga, Santander, Colombia. pat_uis@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Julio Alexander
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Díaz Pérez
authors.forename: Jorge
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: García
authors.forename: Laura Andrea
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Rodriguez Villamizar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D002861:Chromobacterium / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003105:Colombia / Q000453:epidemiology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male