Chromobacterium violaceum causing deadly sepsis

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 t...

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Main Authors: Arun Sachu, Sunil Antony, Philip Mathew, Sanjo Sunny, Jency Koshy, Vijaya Kumar, Renu Mathew
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2020-07-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Microbiology
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Online Access:https://ijm.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijm/article/view/2350