Fatal Wound Infection Caused by Chromobacterium violaceum in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Author:

Baker Stephen12,Campbell James I.12,Stabler Richard3,Nguyen Hoang V. M.124,To Diep S.4,Nguyen Dung V.4,Farrar Jeremy12

Affiliation:

1. Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

2. Centre for Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom

3. London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

4. Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Abstract

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.

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Microbiology (medical)

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