The Brief Case: Recurrent Chromobacterium violaceum Bloodstream Infection in a Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase (G6PD)-Deficient Patient with a Severe Neutrophil Defect

J Clin Microbiol. 2020 Jan 28;58(2):e00312-19. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00312-19. Print 2020 Jan 28.

Authors

Phyu M Thwe¹, Daniel A Ortiz¹, Alyssa L Wankewicz², J Patrik Hornak³, Natalie Williams-Bouyer¹, Ping Ren⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA.
² Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA.
³ Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA.
⁴ Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA piren@utmb.edu.

No abstract available

Keywords: Chromobacterium violaceum; antibiotic resistance; glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD); septicemia.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Chromobacterium*
Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency / complications*
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / complications*
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / immunology
Humans
Male
Neutrophils / pathology*
Sepsis / microbiology*

Supplementary concepts

Chromobacterium violaceum