Fatal Infection Caused by Chromobacterium violaceum: A Case Report from a Tertiary Care Hospital in Bangladesh
Chromobacterium violaceum is a Gram-negative bacterium, found in tropical and subtropical regions. C. violaceum infection rarely occurs, but once occurs, it is associated with significant mortality due to severe systemic infection. Since the first human case from Malaysia in 1927, >150 cases of C...
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| description | Chromobacterium violaceum is a Gram-negative bacterium, found in tropical and subtropical regions. C. violaceum infection rarely occurs, but once occurs, it is associated with significant mortality due to severe systemic infection. Since the first human case from Malaysia in 1927, >150 cases of C. violaceum infection have been reported worldwide. We have described here a fatal case of C. violaceum infection in a tertiary care hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of C. violaceum infection in Bangladesh. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-97cdf3a239f343eaa3a3735d4abdacac2025-02-03T05:50:16ZengWileyCase Reports in Infectious Diseases2090-66252090-66332019-01-01201910.1155/2019/62192956219295Fatal Infection Caused by Chromobacterium violaceum: A Case Report from a Tertiary Care Hospital in BangladeshSadia Sharmin0Aflatun Akter Jahan1S. M. Mostofa Kamal2Protim Sarker3Department of Microbiology, Anwer Khan Modern Medical College, Dhaka, BangladeshIntensive Care Unit, Anwer Khan Modern Medical College Hospital, Dhaka, BangladeshDepartment of Microbiology, Anwer Khan Modern Medical College, Dhaka, BangladeshInfectious Diseases Division, icddr,b, Dhaka, BangladeshChromobacterium violaceum is a Gram-negative bacterium, found in tropical and subtropical regions. C. violaceum infection rarely occurs, but once occurs, it is associated with significant mortality due to severe systemic infection. Since the first human case from Malaysia in 1927, >150 cases of C. violaceum infection have been reported worldwide. We have described here a fatal case of C. violaceum infection in a tertiary care hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of C. violaceum infection in Bangladesh.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/6219295 |
| spellingShingle | Sadia Sharmin Aflatun Akter Jahan S. M. Mostofa Kamal Protim Sarker Fatal Infection Caused by Chromobacterium violaceum: A Case Report from a Tertiary Care Hospital in Bangladesh Case Reports in Infectious Diseases |
| title | Fatal Infection Caused by Chromobacterium violaceum: A Case Report from a Tertiary Care Hospital in Bangladesh |
| title_full | Fatal Infection Caused by Chromobacterium violaceum: A Case Report from a Tertiary Care Hospital in Bangladesh |
| title_fullStr | Fatal Infection Caused by Chromobacterium violaceum: A Case Report from a Tertiary Care Hospital in Bangladesh |
| title_full_unstemmed | Fatal Infection Caused by Chromobacterium violaceum: A Case Report from a Tertiary Care Hospital in Bangladesh |
| title_short | Fatal Infection Caused by Chromobacterium violaceum: A Case Report from a Tertiary Care Hospital in Bangladesh |
| title_sort | fatal infection caused by chromobacterium violaceum a case report from a tertiary care hospital in bangladesh |
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