Title of article :
Chromobacterium violaceum causing deadly sepsis
Author/Authors :
Sachu ، Arun Department of Microbiology - Believers Church Medical College Hospital , Antony ، Sunil Department of Medicine - Believers Church Medical College Hospital , Mathew ، Philip Department of Critical Care - Believers Church Medical College Hospital , Sunny ، Sanjo Department of Critical Care - Believers Church Medical College Hospital , Koshy ، Jency Department of Medicine - Believers Church Medical College Hospital , Kumar ، Vijaya Department of Medicine - Believers Church Medical College Hospital , Mathew ، Renu Department of Microbiology - Believers Church Medical College Hospital
Abstract :
Infections caused by Chromobacterium violaceum are extremely rare but can be relatively fatal in septicemia. We report a case of a 76 year old female who presented with pustules in the skin and later developed into septicemia. She succumbed to the illness despite escalating the antibiotic therapy to meropenem. To the best of our knowledge this is the 16th case report from India.
Keywords :
Chromobacterium violaceum , Septicemia
Journal title :
IJM Iranian Journal of Microbiology
Journal title :
IJM Iranian Journal of Microbiology
