Al Ameen Journal of Medical Sciences (Apr 2011)

Chromobacterium Violaceum Septicaemia-A Case Report

  • Rekha Rai*, Vimal Kumar Karnaker, Veena Shetty and Krishnaprasad MS

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 04, no. 02
pp. 201 – 203

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Chromobacterium violaceum is a rare human pathogen with a high rate of mortality. Since the first case from Malaysia in 1927, about 150 cases have been reported till 2004 in the world literature [1]. We report a case of septicaemia with bronchopneumonia in a young healthy male

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