Fatal wound infection caused by Chromobacterium violaceum in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

J Clin Microbiol. 2008 Nov;46(11):3853-5. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01068-08. Epub 2008 Sep 17.

Abstract

Chromobacterium violaceum is a proteobacterium found in soil and water in tropical regions which rarely causes infection in humans. Here, we report a fatal bacteremia caused by Chromobacterium violaceum in Vietnam. We describe a number of clinical, microbiological, and molecular aspects associated with this bacterial infection.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Bacteremia / microbiology*
  • Bacteremia / pathology
  • Bacteremia / physiopathology
  • Chromobacterium / isolation & purification*
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / diagnosis
  • Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / microbiology*
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Vietnam
  • Wound Infection / complications*
  • Wound Infection / microbiology*
  • Wound Infection / pathology
  • Wound Infection / physiopathology