[Chromobacterium violaceum septicemia: first case report in the French West Indies].
We report a fatal case of Chromobacterium violaceum septicemia in a 42-year-old farm worker living in the French West Indies. The bacteria found in the muddy soil and the stagnant water of tropical and subtropical regions is rarely a source of human infection.
Grégory
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Laboratoire de biologie, centre hospitalier Louis-Domergue, 97220 Trinité, Martinique.
Ribollet
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Pailla
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Bourgade
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Alma
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D000328:Adult; D002861:Chromobacterium; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008395:Martinique; D018805:Sepsis / Q000175:diagnosis*