New Microbes and New Infections (Jan 2015)

Fatal Chromobacterium violaceum bacteraemia in rural Bandundu, Democratic Republic of the Congo

  • E. Bottieau,
  • D. Mukendi,
  • J.-R. Kalo,
  • A. Mpanya,
  • P. Lutumba,
  • B. Barbé,
  • F. Chappuis,
  • O. Lunguya,
  • M. Boelaert,
  • J. Jacobs

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nmni.2014.10.007
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 3, no. C
pp. 21 – 23

Abstract

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We describe the first case of bacteraemia caused by Chromobacterium violaceum in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. This diagnosis was made in an apparently healthy adult who was admitted to a rural hospital of the province of Bandundu with severe community-acquired sepsis. The patient developed multi-organ failure and died; to our knowledge, this is the first reported fatal case in an adult in Africa.

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