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Fatal Chromobacterium violaceum septicemia in a South Indian adult

Author(s) -

Rajiv Karthik,

Padmaja Pancharatnam,

Balaji Veeraraghavan

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

the journal of infection in developing countries

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322

H-Index - 49

eISSN - 2036-6590

pISSN - 1972-2680

DOI - 10.3855/jidc.1866

Subject(s) - chromobacterium violaceum , pathogen , septic arthritis , antibiotics , human pathogen , microbiology and biotechnology , medicine , antibiotic therapy , biology , arthritis , immunology , bacteria , quorum sensing , genetics , biofilm

Chromobacterium violaceum is a rare human pathogen that causes potentially fatal infections especially in the tropical regions. Limited awareness about this pathogen and inappropriate antibiotic therapy are some of the factors contributing to the high mortality rate. To date there have been only eight cases reported from India of which only one is an adult. To the best of our knowledge, we report here the first case of a 40-year-old man from South India with septicemic C. Violaceum infection and septic arthritis.

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