Tehran University of Medical Sciences Iranian Journal of Microbiology 2008-3289 12 4 2020 07 31 364 367 Arun Sachu Department of Microbiology, Believers Church Medical College Hospital, Thiruvalla, India Sunil Antony Department of Medicine, Believers Church Medical College Hospital, Thiruvalla, India Philip Mathew Department of Critical Care, Believers Church Medical College Hospital, Thiruvalla, India Sanjo Sunny Department of Critical Care, Believers Church Medical College Hospital, Thiruvalla, India Jency Koshy Department of Medicine, Believers Church Medical College Hospital, Thiruvalla, India Vijaya Kumar Department of Medicine, Believers Church Medical College Hospital, Thiruvalla, India Renu Mathew Department of Microbiology, Believers Church Medical College Hospital, Thiruvalla, India 2019 10 04 2020 07 09 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. https://ijm.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijm/article/view/2350 https://ijm.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijm/article/download/2350/1264