Fatal wound infection caused by Chromobacterium violaceum in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Baker, Stephen;
Campbell, James I;
Stabler, Richard;
Nguyen, Hoang VM;
To, Diep S;
Nguyen, Dung V;
Farrar, Jeremy;
(2008)
Fatal wound infection caused by Chromobacterium violaceum in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Journal of clinical microbiology, 46 (11).
pp. 3853-3855.
ISSN 0095-1137
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.01068-08
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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.
