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

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...

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Autores principales: Bottieau, E., Mukendi, D., Kalo, J.-R., Mpanya, A., Lutumba, P., Barbé, B., Chappuis, F., Lunguya, O., Boelaert, M., Jacobs, J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2014
Materias:
First Clinical Case in Emerging Country
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4337932/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25755887
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nmni.2014.10.007
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Sumario: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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