International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences |
ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 2 Number 7 (2013) pp. 245-249 |
A first case report in tertiary care hospital, Navi Mumbai, India - Chromobacterium violaceum septicaemia in a child |
Harapriya Kar, Vijay Mane, A.D Urhekar, Samir Pachpute, Anahita Hodiwala, Sharawari Samant, Asha Kore, Maya Kale, Dipashri Khiste, Bhaskar Das and Nitin Goel Insan |
Department of Microbiology, MGM Medical College Kamothe, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India- 410209. *Corresponding author e-mail: vijayshreemane14@gmail.com |
ABSTRACT |
Chromobacterium violaceum is a proteobacterium found in soil and water in
tropical regions. The organism rarely causes infection in humans, can cause a
severe systemic infection by entering the bloodstream via an open wound. Chromobacterium violaceum is a rare human pathogen with a high rate of mortality. The first case was reported from Malaysia in 1927; about 150 cases have been reported till 2007 in the world literature. The present case study report of septicaemia was reported in male child. |
Keywords |
Proteo- bacterium; Systemic infection; C.violaceum; Septicemia. |