Unusual Violet Coloured Pigment Produced by Burkholderia cepacia Complex – A Report of Five Cases from a Tertiary Care Hospital in Mumbai

Abstract

Burkholderia cepacia complex (BCC) represent a group of opportunistic organisms that cause a wide variety of infections including the nosocomial. The organism is found to cause sepsis and is also reported to cause blood stream infections in malignancy. Here, we present a case series of five patients with sepsis in which an unsual violet pigment producing BCC was isolated. Keywords: Violet pigment, Burkholderia, Sepsis, Malignancy