Bacteremia and Urinary Tract Infection Caused by Chromobacterium violaceum: Case Reports from a Tertiary Care Hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal
Joint Authors
Pant, Narayan Dutt
Sharma, Manisha
Acharya, Subhash Prasad
Bhandari, Raju
Yadav, Uday Narayan
Saru, Dil Bahadur
Source
Issue
Vol. 2017, Issue 2017 (31 Dec. 2017), pp.1-4, 4 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2017-04-05
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
4
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Chromobacterium violaceum is ubiquitous in the environment of tropical and subtropical regions but the infections caused by this organism are rare and the urinary tract infections caused by it are even rarer.
Due to the propensity for hematogenous spread leading to fatal sepsis, the infections caused by Chromobacterium violaceum have high mortality rate (65–80%) with death occurring in as less as one week of acquiring infection.
So, prompt proper treatment is necessary for successful treatment of the infections but, due to the rarity of the infections caused by the organism, there is limited awareness among the clinicians regarding the infections caused by this organism.
Here, we reported a case of urinary tract infection caused by Chromobacterium violaceum in a 84-year-old male, who was a kidney patient, and another case of bacteremia caused by the same bacterium in a road traffic accident patient (22-year-old male), both of which were managed with the timely suitable treatment.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Pant, Narayan Dutt& Acharya, Subhash Prasad& Bhandari, Raju& Yadav, Uday Narayan& Saru, Dil Bahadur& Sharma, Manisha. 2017. Bacteremia and Urinary Tract Infection Caused by Chromobacterium violaceum: Case Reports from a Tertiary Care Hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal. Case Reports in Medicine،Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-4.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Pant, Narayan Dutt…[et al.]. Bacteremia and Urinary Tract Infection Caused by Chromobacterium violaceum: Case Reports from a Tertiary Care Hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal. Case Reports in Medicine No. 2017 (2017), pp.1-4.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Pant, Narayan Dutt& Acharya, Subhash Prasad& Bhandari, Raju& Yadav, Uday Narayan& Saru, Dil Bahadur& Sharma, Manisha. Bacteremia and Urinary Tract Infection Caused by Chromobacterium violaceum: Case Reports from a Tertiary Care Hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal. Case Reports in Medicine. 2017. Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1146865
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1146865