RT Journal
A1 Hiraoka N, Yoshioka K, Inoue K, Kawahito Y, Kasamatsu Y
T1 CHromobacterium violaceum sepsis accompanied by bacteria-associated hemophagocytic syndrome in a japanese man
JF Archives of Internal Medicine
JO Archives of Internal Medicine
YR 1999
FD July 26
VO 159
IS 14
SP 1623
OP 1624
DO 
UL http://dx.doi.org/
AB 
Chromobacterium violaceum infection is usually confined to tropical and subtropical areas.1 The most common feature of reported cases of human C violaceum infection is sepsis with a high mortality rate.2 To our knowledge, there have been no reports on sepsis caused by C violaceum in the Japanese literature.