Bacteremia and Urinary Tract Infection Caused by Chromobacterium violaceum: Case Reports from a Tertiary Care Hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal
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 cause...
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| author | Narayan Dutt Pant Subhash Prasad Acharya Raju Bhandari Uday Narayan Yadav Dil Bahadur Saru Manisha Sharma |
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-4a568030709e47179bff4786dec808692025-02-03T01:33:12ZengWileyCase Reports in Medicine1687-96271687-96352017-01-01201710.1155/2017/79296717929671Bacteremia and Urinary Tract Infection Caused by Chromobacterium violaceum: Case Reports from a Tertiary Care Hospital in Kathmandu, NepalNarayan Dutt Pant0Subhash Prasad Acharya1Raju Bhandari2Uday Narayan Yadav3Dil Bahadur Saru4Manisha Sharma5Department of Microbiology, Grande International Hospital, Dhapasi, Kathmandu, NepalDepartment of Critical Care Medicine, Grande International Hospital, Dhapasi, Kathmandu, NepalDepartment of Microbiology, GoldenGate International College, Battisputali, Kathmandu, NepalForum for Health Research and Development, Dharan, NepalDepartment of Pathology, Grande International Hospital, Dhapasi, Kathmandu, NepalDepartment of Microbiology, Kathmandu Medical College, Kathmandu, NepalChromobacterium 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.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/7929671 |
| spellingShingle | Narayan Dutt Pant Subhash Prasad Acharya Raju Bhandari Uday Narayan Yadav Dil Bahadur Saru Manisha Sharma Bacteremia and Urinary Tract Infection Caused by Chromobacterium violaceum: Case Reports from a Tertiary Care Hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal Case Reports in Medicine |
| title | Bacteremia and Urinary Tract Infection Caused by Chromobacterium violaceum: Case Reports from a Tertiary Care Hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal |
| title_full | Bacteremia and Urinary Tract Infection Caused by Chromobacterium violaceum: Case Reports from a Tertiary Care Hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal |
| title_fullStr | Bacteremia and Urinary Tract Infection Caused by Chromobacterium violaceum: Case Reports from a Tertiary Care Hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal |
| title_full_unstemmed | Bacteremia and Urinary Tract Infection Caused by Chromobacterium violaceum: Case Reports from a Tertiary Care Hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal |
| title_short | Bacteremia and Urinary Tract Infection Caused by Chromobacterium violaceum: Case Reports from a Tertiary Care Hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal |
| title_sort | bacteremia and urinary tract infection caused by chromobacterium violaceum case reports from a tertiary care hospital in kathmandu nepal |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/7929671 |
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