Chromobacterium violaceum bacteremia in a 2 years old male child

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Year : April-June 2017 | Volume : 14 | Issue : 2

DOI : 10.7199/ped.oncall.2017.17

Chromobacterium Violaceum Bacteremia in a 2 Years old Male Child

Minhajuddin Ahmed¹, Ashwin A Apte², Vivek Shukla³, Dipankar Sarkar⁴, Hari Shankar⁵.
¹Department of Pediatrics, Chirayu Medical College and Hospital, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, ²Department of Surgery, Peoples Medical College and Hospital, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, ³Consultant Pathologist, Shagun Pathology, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, ⁴Department of Pediatrics, Lake city Hospital, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, ⁵Department of Pediatrics, Maxcare Hospital, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.

Abstract

Chromobacterium violaceum (CV) is a motile and facultative anaerobic gram-negative bacillus. It is a common inhabitant of soil and water in tropical and subtropical regions. It rarely causes invasive infection in humans and has a high fatality rate. We present a 2 year old boy who presented with ulcerated lesion over right lower chest wall and necrotic skin patch with bacteremia due to CV. He recovered completely with treatment.

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Minhajuddin Ahmed
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Ashwin A Apte
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Vivek Shukla
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Dipankar Sarkar
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Hari Shankar
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Ahmed M, Apte A A, Shukla V, Sarkar D, Shankar H. Chromobacterium Violaceum Bacteremia in a 2 Years old Male Child. Pediatr Oncall J. 2017;14: 43-44. doi: 10.7199/ped.oncall.2017.17