| chromobacterium violaceum infection in brazil. a case report. | we report the second case of infection with chromobacterium violaceum that occurred in brazil. a farm worker living in the state of são paulo presented fever and severe abdominal pain for four days. at hospitalization the patient was in a toxemic state and had a distended and painful abdomen. chest x-ray and abdominal ultrasound revealed bilateral pneumonia and hypoechoic areas in the liver. the patient developed failure of multiple organs and died a few hours later. blood culture led to isolati ... | 2000 | 10810326 |