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Chromobacterium violaceum: a case of diarrhea in Senegal
Jacques-Albert Dromigny1, Amadou Lamine Fall, Sidate Diouf
1Laboratoire de Microbiologie, Institut Pasteur de Dakar, Senegal.
The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
|August 17, 2002
Abstract:
A 5-year-old infant with diarrhea had heavy growth of Chromobacterium violaceum cultured from stool. This organism is restricted geographically between latitudes 35 degrees N and 35 degrees S. It can cause sepsis and various focal infections but is not a well-known cause of diarrhea.