Fatal Chromobacterium violaceum septicaemia in northern Laos a modified oxidase test and post-mortem forensic family G6PD analysis

摘要

BackgroundChromobacterium violaceum is a Gram negative facultative anaerobic bacillus, found in soil and stagnant water, that usually has a violet pigmented appearance on agar culture. It is rarely described as a human pathogen, mostly from tropical and subtropical areas.