| chromobacterium violaceum infection in taiwan: a case report and literature review. | chromobacterium violaceum is a facultative anaerobic, gram-negative bacillus which inhabits stagnant water in tropical and subtropical regions. we describe the case of an 80-year-old female patient with c. violaceum bacteremia due to traumatic wound infected by contaminated water and soil. she had persistent fever, hypotension and neutrophilic leukocytosis on admission. two sets of blood cultures yielded c. violaceum. the patient was successfully treated with levofloxacin. since the first case f ... | 2007 | 17639170 |
| pseudogulbenkiania subflava gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a cold spring. | a yellow-coloured bacterial strain, designated bp-5(t), was isolated from a water sample of a cold spring located in the hsinchu area of northern taiwan. cells of the strain were gram-negative, non-spore-forming rods with a polar flagellum. the isolate was able to grow at 15-42 degrees c, 0-1 % nacl and ph 6-8. the predominant fatty acids were summed feature 3 (c(16 : 1)omega7c and/or iso-c(15 : 0) 2-oh), c(16 : 0) and c(18 : 1)omega7c. the major respiratory quinone was ubiquinone 8. the dna g+c ... | 2008 | 18842860 |
| nonpigmented chromobacterium violaceum bacteremic cellulitis after fish bite. | a case of nonpigmented chromobacterium violaceum bacteremic cellulitis after fish bite in taiwan is reported. the patient was successfully treated with ciprofloxacin and doxycycline for an extended period. chromobacterium violaceum should be listed in the differential diagnosis of patients with nonspecific cellulitis associated with marked leukocytosis and rapid progression to septicemia either with or without a distinct history of exposure to water or soil. a combination of prompt diagnosis, op ... | 2011 | 21524969 |