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J. Clin. Microbiol. · Nov 2008
Case ReportsFatal wound infection caused by Chromobacterium violaceum in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
- Stephen Baker, James I Campbell, Richard Stabler, Hoang V M Nguyen, Diep S To, Dung V Nguyen, and Jeremy Farrar.
- Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, 190 Ben Ham Tu, Quan 5, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. sbaker@oucru.org
- J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 Nov 1; 46 (11): 3853-5.
AbstractChromobacterium 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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