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Query: UMLS:C0036690 (
sepsis
)
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Infection due to Chromobacterium violaceum, a large motile gram-negative bacillus, is a rare entity that typically starts with a
localized skin infection
or localized lymphadenitis after contact with stagnant water or soil. It can progress to fulminating
septicemia
, with necrotizing metastatic lesions and multiple abscesses in the liver, lung, spleen, skin, lymph nodes, and brain, and result in fatal multiorgan failure. We report a case of a young male with a history of fall from a bike into stagnant water who subsequently developed C violaceum infection at the site of the sutured scalp wound.
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PMID:Chromobacterium violaceum: A rare bacterium isolated from a wound over the scalp. 2377 15
