Nonpigmented strain of Chromobacterium violaceum causing neonatal septicemia: A rare case report
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Pathogenicity of nonpigmented cultures of Chromobacterium violaceum.
Nonpigmented cultures of Chromobacterium violaceum have been found to be similar to pigmented cultures in their virulence for mice and the pathology of their infections. Clinicians and microbiologists should be prepared to consider nonpigmented C. violaceum in their differential diagnoses of infections caused by gram-negative bacteria. The laboratorian who is not aware of this possibility is li...
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عنوان ژورنال: Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0377-4929
DOI: 10.4103/ijpm.ijpm_479_16