A rare infection in the tropics that is not uncommon in cases of chronic granulomatous disease

Chromobacterium violaceum is a rare cause of infection in immunocompromised patients in the tropics with a spectrum of disease manifestations, including severe disease. Early identification of this micro-organism is essential for appropriate management. We present a case of C. violaceum septicaemia...

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Autores principales: Bansie, Rakesh, Harkisoen, Soeradj, Lachman, Varsha, Lai A. Fat, Esther, Ramdhani, Navin, van Laar, Jan A. M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Microbiology Society 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7470406/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32974549
http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/acmi.0.000039
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author Bansie, Rakesh
Harkisoen, Soeradj
Lachman, Varsha
Lai A. Fat, Esther
Ramdhani, Navin
van Laar, Jan A. M.
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description Chromobacterium violaceum is a rare cause of infection in immunocompromised patients in the tropics with a spectrum of disease manifestations, including severe disease. Early identification of this micro-organism is essential for appropriate management. We present a case of C. violaceum septicaemia in a patient with chronic granulomatous disease.
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spelling pubmed-74704062020-09-23 A rare infection in the tropics that is not uncommon in cases of chronic granulomatous disease Bansie, Rakesh Harkisoen, Soeradj Lachman, Varsha Lai A. Fat, Esther Ramdhani, Navin van Laar, Jan A. M. Access Microbiol Case Report Chromobacterium violaceum is a rare cause of infection in immunocompromised patients in the tropics with a spectrum of disease manifestations, including severe disease. Early identification of this micro-organism is essential for appropriate management. We present a case of C. violaceum septicaemia in a patient with chronic granulomatous disease. Microbiology Society 2019-06-26 /pmc/articles/PMC7470406/ /pubmed/32974549 http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/acmi.0.000039 Text en © 2019 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.
spellingShingle Case Report
Bansie, Rakesh
Harkisoen, Soeradj
Lachman, Varsha
Lai A. Fat, Esther
Ramdhani, Navin
van Laar, Jan A. M.
A rare infection in the tropics that is not uncommon in cases of chronic granulomatous disease
title A rare infection in the tropics that is not uncommon in cases of chronic granulomatous disease
title_full A rare infection in the tropics that is not uncommon in cases of chronic granulomatous disease
title_fullStr A rare infection in the tropics that is not uncommon in cases of chronic granulomatous disease
title_full_unstemmed A rare infection in the tropics that is not uncommon in cases of chronic granulomatous disease
title_short A rare infection in the tropics that is not uncommon in cases of chronic granulomatous disease
title_sort rare infection in the tropics that is not uncommon in cases of chronic granulomatous disease
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7470406/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32974549
http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/acmi.0.000039
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