[Chromobacterium violaceum septicemia: first case report in the French West Indies].

Abstract:

:We report a fatal case of Chromobacterium violaceum septicemia in a 42-year-old farm worker living in the French West Indies. The bacteria found in the muddy soil and the stagnant water of tropical and subtropical regions is rarely a source of human infection.

journal_name

Med Mal Infect

authors

Grégory A,Ribollet D,Pailla K,Bourgade M,Alma S

doi

10.1016/j.medmal.2006.08.004

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2007-09-01 00:00:00

pages

613-5

issue

9

eissn

0399-077X

issn

1769-6690

pii

S0399-077X(06)00280-0

journal_volume

37

pub_type

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