title: Fatal Chromobacterium violaceum bacteraemia in rural Bandundu, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
abstract: We describe the first case of bacteraemia caused by Chromobacterium violaceum in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. This diagnosis was made in an apparently healthy adult who was admitted to a rural hospital of the province of Bandundu with severe community-acquired sepsis. The patient developed multi-organ failure and died; to our knowledge, this is the first reported fatal case in an adult in Africa.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bottieau
authors.affiliation: Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mukendi
authors.affiliation: Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
authors.forename: J-R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Kalo
authors.affiliation: Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mpanya
authors.affiliation: Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lutumba
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Barbé
authors.affiliation: Division of International and Humanitarian Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals and University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Chappuis
authors.affiliation: Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Lunguya
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Boelaert
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium ; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jacobs
keywords: Bacteraemia; Bandundu province; Central Africa; Chromobacterium violaceum; DRC