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.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2014
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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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author Bottieau, E.
Mukendi, D.
Kalo, J.-R.
Mpanya, A.
Lutumba, P.
Barbé, B.
Chappuis, F.
Lunguya, O.
Boelaert, M.
Jacobs, J.
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Mukendi, D.
Kalo, J.-R.
Mpanya, A.
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description 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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spelling pubmed-43379322015-03-09 Fatal Chromobacterium violaceum bacteraemia in rural Bandundu, Democratic Republic of the Congo Bottieau, E. Mukendi, D. Kalo, J.-R. Mpanya, A. Lutumba, P. Barbé, B. Chappuis, F. Lunguya, O. Boelaert, M. Jacobs, J. New Microbes New Infect First Clinical Case in Emerging Country 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. Elsevier 2014-11-12 /pmc/articles/PMC4337932/ /pubmed/25755887 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nmni.2014.10.007 Text en © 2014 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/).
spellingShingle First Clinical Case in Emerging Country
Bottieau, E.
Mukendi, D.
Kalo, J.-R.
Mpanya, A.
Lutumba, P.
Barbé, B.
Chappuis, F.
Lunguya, O.
Boelaert, M.
Jacobs, J.
Fatal Chromobacterium violaceum bacteraemia in rural Bandundu, Democratic Republic of the Congo
title Fatal Chromobacterium violaceum bacteraemia in rural Bandundu, Democratic Republic of the Congo
title_full Fatal Chromobacterium violaceum bacteraemia in rural Bandundu, Democratic Republic of the Congo
title_fullStr Fatal Chromobacterium violaceum bacteraemia in rural Bandundu, Democratic Republic of the Congo
title_full_unstemmed Fatal Chromobacterium violaceum bacteraemia in rural Bandundu, Democratic Republic of the Congo
title_short Fatal Chromobacterium violaceum bacteraemia in rural Bandundu, Democratic Republic of the Congo
title_sort fatal chromobacterium violaceum bacteraemia in rural bandundu, democratic republic of the congo
topic First Clinical Case in Emerging Country
url 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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