2017
DOI: 10.22354/in.v21i2.657
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Reporte de dos casos de inusual infección no letal por Chromobacterium violaceum. Revisión literaria

Abstract: Chromobacterium violaceum es una bacteria gramnegativa anaeróbica facultativa, que habita en el suelo y el agua de las áreas tropicales y subtropicales. La infección en seres humanos es rara. A continuación se presentan dos casos; una lactante mayor, indígena, quien posterior a baño de inmersión en aguas estancadas comienza a presentar fiebre con aumento de volumen y limitación funcional y gonalgia izquierda, se realiza lavado articular, se toma muestra para cultivo con crecimiento para Chromobacterium violace… Show more

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“…Chromobacterium violaceum is a facultative anaerobic, Gram-negative rod of the Neisseriaceae family that is considered an opportunistic pathogen. It is mainly found in water and soil; transmission is by contact with organic material and (to a lesser extent) by contaminated water ingestion [ 1 , 2 ]. Mortality rates range between 65 and 80% [ 2 ].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Chromobacterium violaceum is a facultative anaerobic, Gram-negative rod of the Neisseriaceae family that is considered an opportunistic pathogen. It is mainly found in water and soil; transmission is by contact with organic material and (to a lesser extent) by contaminated water ingestion [ 1 , 2 ]. Mortality rates range between 65 and 80% [ 2 ].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…It is mainly found in water and soil; transmission is by contact with organic material and (to a lesser extent) by contaminated water ingestion [ 1 , 2 ]. Mortality rates range between 65 and 80% [ 2 ]. Until 2021, 200 cases had been reported worldwide, with two in Colombia—one of them in a child [ 3 ] and the latter in an adult [ 4 ], both with fatal outcomes.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%