Fatal septicaemia due to Chromobacterium violaceum.
Human infection caused by Chromobacterium violaceum is rare but when it occurs, it is associated with a high mortality rate. This is a report of a young adult male who presented as a surgical emergency and succumbed soon after. The most common feature of this infection is sepsis, followed by cutaneous involvement and liver abscesses. Chromobacterium infection as a differential in a case of sepsis is important for clinicians to suspect, especially in tropical countries.
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Bacteriology Division, Department of Pathology, Port-of-Spain General Hospital, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies. smmadhura@yahoo.co.in
D000328:Adult; D002443:Ceftriaxone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002861:Chromobacterium / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008795:Metronidazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D018805:Sepsis / Q000209:etiology*
D008795:Metronidazole; D002443:Ceftriaxone