Chromobacterium violaceum causing deadly sepsis
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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.
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4. Saboo AR, Vijaykumar R, Save SU, Bavdekar SB. A rare nonfatal presentation of disseminated Chromobacterium violaceum sepsis. J Microbiol Immunol Infect 2015;48:574-577.
5. Subithal B, Jeyamurugan T, Gomatheswari SN, Hariprasad G. Rare cause of sepsis – Chromobacterium violaceum - a case report. Int J Curr Microbiol Appl Sci 2017; 6: 1772-1775.
6. Lee J, Kim JS, Nahm CH, Choi JW, Kim J, Pai SH, et al. Two cases of Chromobacterium violaceum infection after injury in a subtropical region. J Clin Microbiol 1999;37:2068-2070.
7. Karthik R, Pancharatnam P, Balaji V. Fatal Chromobacterium violaceum septicemia in a south Indian adult. J Infect Dev Ctries 2012;6:751-755.
8. Schattenberg HJ, Harris WH. Chromobacterium violaceum, Var. Manilae as a pathogenic microörganism. J Bacteriol 1942; 44: 509-521.
9. Jędruszczak A, Węgrzyn-Bąk M, Budzyńska-Nosal R, Maciejewski M, Marczewski K. Sepsis caused by Chromobacterium violaceum – probably the first case in Europe, or Macbeth read anew. Ann Agric Environ Med 2019;26:508-510.
10. Tiwari S, Pattanaik S, Beriha SS. Nonpigmented strain of Chromobacterium violaceum causing neonatal septicemia: A rare case report. Indian J Pathol Microbiol 2017;60:427-429.
11. Batista JH, da Silva Neto JF. Chromobacterium violaceum pathogenicity: updates and insights from genome sequencing of novel Chromobacterium species”. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:2213.
12. Yang CH, Li YH. Chromobacterium violaceum infection: a clinical review of an important but neglected infection. J Chin Med Assoc 2011;74:435-441.
13. Manjunath M. Fatal septicaemia due to Chromobacterium violaceum. West Indian Med J 2007;56:380-381.
14. Scholz HC, Witte A, Tomaso H, Al Dahouk S, Neubauer H. Detection of Chromobacterium violaceum by multiplex PCR targeting the prgI, spaO, invG and sipB genes. Syst Appl Microbiol 2006;29:45-48.
15. Díaz Pérez JA, García J, Rodriguez Villamizar LA. Sepsis by Chromobacterium violaceum: first case report from Colombia. Braz J Infect Dis 2007;11:441-442.
16. Vishnu Kaniyarakkal V, Orvankundil S, Lalitha SK, Thazhethekandi T, Thottathil J. Chromobacterium violaceum septicaemia and urinary tract infection: case reports from a tertiary care hospital in South India. Case Rep Infect Dis 2016;2016: 6795743.
2. Ray P, Sharma J, Marak RS, Singhi S, Taneja N, Garg RK, et al. Chromobacterium violaceum septicaemia from North India. Indian J Med Res 2004;120:523-526.
3. Khadanga S, Karuna T, Dugar D, Satapathy SP. Chromobacterium violaceum- induced sepsis and multiorgan dysfunction, resembling melioidosis in an elderly diabetic patient: A case report with review of literature. J Lab Physicians 2017;9:325-328.
4. Saboo AR, Vijaykumar R, Save SU, Bavdekar SB. A rare nonfatal presentation of disseminated Chromobacterium violaceum sepsis. J Microbiol Immunol Infect 2015;48:574-577.
5. Subithal B, Jeyamurugan T, Gomatheswari SN, Hariprasad G. Rare cause of sepsis – Chromobacterium violaceum - a case report. Int J Curr Microbiol Appl Sci 2017; 6: 1772-1775.
6. Lee J, Kim JS, Nahm CH, Choi JW, Kim J, Pai SH, et al. Two cases of Chromobacterium violaceum infection after injury in a subtropical region. J Clin Microbiol 1999;37:2068-2070.
7. Karthik R, Pancharatnam P, Balaji V. Fatal Chromobacterium violaceum septicemia in a south Indian adult. J Infect Dev Ctries 2012;6:751-755.
8. Schattenberg HJ, Harris WH. Chromobacterium violaceum, Var. Manilae as a pathogenic microörganism. J Bacteriol 1942; 44: 509-521.
9. Jędruszczak A, Węgrzyn-Bąk M, Budzyńska-Nosal R, Maciejewski M, Marczewski K. Sepsis caused by Chromobacterium violaceum – probably the first case in Europe, or Macbeth read anew. Ann Agric Environ Med 2019;26:508-510.
10. Tiwari S, Pattanaik S, Beriha SS. Nonpigmented strain of Chromobacterium violaceum causing neonatal septicemia: A rare case report. Indian J Pathol Microbiol 2017;60:427-429.
11. Batista JH, da Silva Neto JF. Chromobacterium violaceum pathogenicity: updates and insights from genome sequencing of novel Chromobacterium species”. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:2213.
12. Yang CH, Li YH. Chromobacterium violaceum infection: a clinical review of an important but neglected infection. J Chin Med Assoc 2011;74:435-441.
13. Manjunath M. Fatal septicaemia due to Chromobacterium violaceum. West Indian Med J 2007;56:380-381.
14. Scholz HC, Witte A, Tomaso H, Al Dahouk S, Neubauer H. Detection of Chromobacterium violaceum by multiplex PCR targeting the prgI, spaO, invG and sipB genes. Syst Appl Microbiol 2006;29:45-48.
15. Díaz Pérez JA, García J, Rodriguez Villamizar LA. Sepsis by Chromobacterium violaceum: first case report from Colombia. Braz J Infect Dis 2007;11:441-442.
16. Vishnu Kaniyarakkal V, Orvankundil S, Lalitha SK, Thazhethekandi T, Thottathil J. Chromobacterium violaceum septicaemia and urinary tract infection: case reports from a tertiary care hospital in South India. Case Rep Infect Dis 2016;2016: 6795743.
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| Issue | Vol 12 No 4 (2020) | |
| Section | Case Report(s) | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.18502/ijm.v12i4.3941 | |
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| Chromobacterium violaceum; Septicemia | ||
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Sachu A, Antony S, Mathew P, Sunny S, Koshy J, Kumar V, Mathew R. Chromobacterium violaceum causing deadly sepsis. Iran J Microbiol. 2020;12(4):364-367.
