Agricultural Injury-Associated Chromobacterium violaceum Infection in a Bangladeshi Farmer.

Razib Mazumder, Tuhin Sadique, Debashis Sen, Palash Mozumder, Tania Rahman, Anup Chowdhury, Farhana Halim, Nasrin Akter, Dilruba Ahmed

The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2020 Sep

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Chromobacterium violaceum is an emerging environmental pathogen that causes life-threatening infection in humans and animals. In October 2017, a Bangladeshi farmer was hospitalized with high-grade fever due to an agricultural injury-related wound infection. Bacteriological and 16S rRNA gene investigation detected C. violaceum in the wound discharge. The patient recovered successfully after a combination treatment with meropenem and ciprofloxacin, followed by prolonged medication to avoid recurrence. We strongly propose to incorporate C. violaceum in the differential diagnosis of wound and skin infections occurring in tropical and subtropical regions, especially when the injury was exposed to soil or sluggish water.

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Razib Mazumder, Tuhin Sadique, Debashis Sen, Palash Mozumder, Tania Rahman, Anup Chowdhury, Farhana Halim, Nasrin Akter, Dilruba Ahmed. Agricultural Injury-Associated Chromobacterium violaceum Infection in a Bangladeshi Farmer. The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene. 2020 Sep;103(3):1039-1042