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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, November 2008, p. 3853-3855, Vol. 46, No. 11
0095-1137/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.01068-08
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

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Fatal Wound Infection Caused by Chromobacterium violaceum in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam{triangledown}

Stephen Baker,1,2* James I. Campbell,1,2 Richard Stabler,3 Hoang V. M. Nguyen,1,2,4 Diep S. To,4 Dung V. Nguyen,4 and Jeremy Farrar1,2

Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam,1 Centre for Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom,2 London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom,3 Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam4

Received 5 June 2008/ Returned for modification 2 September 2008/ Accepted 8 September 2008

Chromobacterium violaceum is a proteobacterium found in soil and water in tropical regions which rarely causes infection in humans. Here, we report a fatal bacteremia caused by Chromobacterium violaceum in Vietnam. We describe a number of clinical, microbiological, and molecular aspects associated with this bacterial infection.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, 190 Ben Ham Tu, Quan 5, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Phone: (84-8) 9 241 761. Fax: (84-8) 9 238 904. E-mail: sbaker{at}oucru.org

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 17 September 2008.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, November 2008, p. 3853-3855, Vol. 46, No. 11
0095-1137/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.01068-08
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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