A first case report in tertiary care hospital, Navi Mumbai , India - Chromobacterium violaceum septicaemia in a child

Chromobacterium violaceum is a gramnegative, facultative anaerobe, motile, oxidase-positive bacillus (James and Campbell, 2013). It is widely distributed in natural aquatic environments and is sensitive to temperature (Rekha Rai et al., 2011). Therefore, it has a predilection to the tropical and subtropical areas (Ponte and Jenkins,1992; Ching-Huei Yang, 2011). It is worth noting that the effects of global warming may increase, and the geographic distribution of this microorganism may change in the future. Infection due to Chromobacterium violaceum is rare, so most clinicians are not familiar with it. However, human infection is so rare but does occur. Rapid progress to sepsis with metastatic abscess is the striking feature in Chromobacterium violaceum infection (Sirinavin et al., 2005; Aldridge et al., 1988). It can cause localized infections, septicemia and disseminated lesions, which may become fulminant leading to mortality(Zetti Zainol Rashid).