Chromobacterium violaceumin Siblings, Brazil
| Autor: | Luciana Vasconcelos, Elves Anderson Pires Maciel, Isadora Cristina de Siqueira, Célia Silvany, Hilda Ruf, Eduardo Antônio Gonçalves Ramos, Juarez Dias, Ana Maria Soares Rolim, Laura Jabur |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
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Microbiology (medical) Fatal outcome Adolescent Epidemiology lcsh:Medicine lcsh:Infectious and parasitic diseases Microbiology sepsis Fatal Outcome Human disease Chromobacterium Humans lcsh:RC109-216 Child biology Siblings lcsh:R dispatch Bacterial Infections biology.organism_classification Chromobacterium violaceum liver abscess Infectious Diseases Water Microbiology Brazil |
| Zdroj: | Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 11, Iss 9, Pp 1443-1445 (2005) Emerging Infectious Diseases |
| ISSN: | 1080-6059 1080-6040 |
| DOI: | 10.3201/eid1209.050278 |
| Popis: | Chromobacterium violaceum, a saprophyte bacterium found commonly in soil and water in tropical and subtropical climates, is a rare cause of severe, often fatal, human disease. We report 1 confirmed and 2 suspected cases of C. violaceum septicemia, with 2 fatalities, in siblings after recreational exposure in northeastern Brazil. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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