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
DOIAbstract
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
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