Fatal septicaemia due to Chromobacterium violaceum
Manjunath, M.
West Indian Medical Journal 56(4): 380-381
2007
ISSN/ISBN: 0043-3144 PMID: 18198747 Document Number: 605531
Human infection caused by Chromobacterium violaceum is rare but when it occurs, it is associated with a high mortality rate. This is a report of a young adult male who presented as a surgical emergency and succumbed soon after. The most common feature of this infection is sepsis, followed by cutaneous involvement and liver abscesses. Chromobacterium infection as a differential in a case of sepsis is important for clinicians to suspect, especially in tropical countries.