Clinical presentation and treatment of 2 patients with infection caused by Chromobacterium violaceum in Vietnam

BMC Infect Dis. 2024 May 21;24(1):508. doi: 10.1186/s12879-024-09390-1.

Abstract

Chromobacterium violaceum is a rare but severe and often fatal cause of disease in humans. We present 2 clinical cases of sepsis and skin abscesses / cellulitis caused by C. violaceum seen in a referral hospital for infectious diseases in Vietnam. Both patients survived, but appropriate antibiotic treatment was only installed after culture of the organism. We reviewed and summarised the characteristics of C. violaceum infection and treatment.

Keywords: Chromobacter violaceum; Antibiotic; Opportunistic; Pustules; Sepsis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents* / therapeutic use
  • Cellulitis / drug therapy
  • Cellulitis / microbiology
  • Child
  • Chromobacterium* / drug effects
  • Chromobacterium* / isolation & purification
  • Female
  • Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections* / drug therapy
  • Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections* / microbiology
  • Humans
  • Sepsis / drug therapy
  • Sepsis / microbiology
  • Vietnam

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents

Supplementary concepts

  • Chromobacterium violaceum