Type: Parasite
Name: Chromobacterium violuceum
Importance- to Body:
Cutaneous Infection
Distribution- in Body:
Skin; Ulceration with central black eschar, purulent discharge, and surrounding cellulites. Relapse occurs after initial response to therapy.
Epidemiology:
Gram-negative rod
Food Sources:
None Listed
Environmental/Geographic Sources:
Soil, Water in tropical and subtropical areas
Diagonosis:
Microbiologic cultures
Treatment:
Antibiotic therapy is not well-documented. Successful treatment with ciprolloxacin, gentamicin, and piperacillin, or imipenem. Then prolong treatment with oral doxycycline, ciprofloxacin, or trirnethoprimlsulfamethoxazole for weeks to months to prevent relapse.
Supplemental information:
Source: Cutaneous Manifestations Of Waterborne Infections by: Lucinda Elko, MD, RPh, Keith Rosenbach, MD, PhD*, and John Sinnott, MD
Chromobacterium violuceum
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