scholarly journals Urinary tract infection by Chromobacterium violaceum

2020 ◽  
Vol 101 ◽  
pp. 178-179
Author(s):  
S.A. Salleh ◽  
Z. Zaki
Keyword(s):  
Urinary Tract Infection ◽  
Urinary Tract ◽  
Tract Infection ◽  
Chromobacterium Violaceum

scholarly journals Chromobacterium violaceum: A Rare Cause of Urinary Tract Infection

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-3
Author(s):  
Ujjwal Laghu ◽  
Manami Yanagawa ◽  
Konosuke Morimoto ◽  
Bhim Gopal Dhoubhadel
Keyword(s):  
Urinary Tract Infection ◽  
Urinary Tract ◽  
Tract Infection ◽  
Chromobacterium Violaceum ◽  
Causative Organism ◽  
Lower Abdomen ◽  
Biochemical Tests ◽  
Length Of Treatment ◽  
Cord Injury ◽  
Chief Complaints

A 41-year-old man with a neurogenic bladder due to spinal cord injury (SCI) attended the outpatient department with chief complaints of fever, pain in the lower abdomen, and persistent hematuria for 10 days. From the urine culture and the microbiological and biochemical tests, the causative organism was identified as Chromobacterium violaceum. The isolate was resistant to cephalosporins, while it was sensitive to ofloxacin, gentamicin, and imipenem. Clinicians should be aware of this rare cause of urinary tract infection (UTI), the choice of antibiotic, length of treatment, and necessity of prompt treatment in SCI patients.

scholarly journals Bacteremia and Urinary Tract Infection Caused byChromobacterium violaceum: Case Reports from a Tertiary Care Hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Narayan Dutt Pant ◽  
Subhash Prasad Acharya ◽  
Raju Bhandari ◽  
Uday Narayan Yadav ◽  
Dil Bahadur Saru ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Urinary Tract Infection ◽  
Urinary Tract ◽  
Tract Infection ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Case Reports ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Chromobacterium Violaceum ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Suitable Treatment ◽  
Tract Infections

Chromobacterium violaceumis 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 byChromobacterium violaceumhave 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 byChromobacterium violaceumin 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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