title: Fatal septicemia caused by Chromobacterium violaceum in a child from Colombia.
abstract: A 4-year old child living in Colombia presented with a history of fever and severe abdominal pain for four days. The patient developed pneumonia, septic shock, multiple organ failure and died on the fifth day of hospitalization. Chromobacterium violaceum was isolated from admission blood cultures and was resistant to ampicillin, cephalosporins, carbapenems and aminoglycosides.
authors.affiliation: Tropical Biological Research Institute, University of Cordoba, Monteria, Colombia. pjmartinezr@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Pedro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Martinez
authors.forename: Salim
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mattar
mesh_terms: D016470:Bacteremia / Q000382:microbiology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002861:Chromobacterium / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans