Invasive Chromobacterium violaceum infection in children: case report and review

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2005 Jun;24(6):559-61. doi: 10.1097/01.inf.0000164761.81491.3f.

Abstract

A 3.3-year-old boy developed Chromobacterium violaceum abscesses of lungs, liver and spleen and was successfully treated. He had chronic granulomatous disease (CGD). Twenty-five episodes of invasive C. violaceum infection in 24 children were reviewed. All 9 CGD and 10 nonbacteremic cases survived, but 12 of 16 (75%) non-CGD and 12 of 15 (80%) bacteremic patients died.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Abscess* / microbiology*
  • Bacteremia / diagnosis
  • Bacteremia / microbiology*
  • Bacteremia / mortality
  • Child, Preschool
  • Chromobacterium / isolation & purification*
  • Female
  • Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections* / diagnosis
  • Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections* / microbiology
  • Granulomatous Disease, Chronic / complications*
  • Granulomatous Disease, Chronic / diagnosis
  • Granulomatous Disease, Chronic / microbiology
  • Humans
  • Liver Abscess / microbiology
  • Lung Abscess / microbiology
  • Male
  • Spleen / microbiology