Chromobacterium violaceum causing community-acquired urinary tract infection
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Urinary tract infection caused by Chromobacterium violaceum
Chromobacterium violaceum, a proteobacterium, is a facultative anaerobe, which is generally present as the normal flora of water and soil in tropical and subtropical regions. The infection due to Chromobacterium violaceum is rare but mostly fatal. It is responsible for causing fatal cases of septicemia, visceral abscesses, skin and soft tissue infections, meningitis, diarrhea, and rarely urinar...
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عنوان ژورنال: Indian Journal of Health Sciences and Biomedical Research (KLEU)
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2542-6214
DOI: 10.4103/2349-5006.198599