Teoh A Y B, Hui M, Ngo K Y, Wong J, Lee K F, Lai P B S
Department of Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong.
Hong Kong Med J. 2006 Jun;12(3):228-31.
Chromobacterium violaceum rarely causes infection in humans and its mechanism of pathogenicity is not well understood. Human infection carries a high mortality rate with a fulminating clinical progression. A high index of suspicion is required for diagnosis, and is based on recovering the organisms from blood cultures or other appropriate specimens. We present three cases of human infection managed in a tertiary referral hospital in Hong Kong with a review of the literature.
紫色色杆菌很少引起人类感染，其致病机制尚不清楚。人类感染的死亡率很高，临床进展迅猛。诊断需要高度怀疑指数，这基于从血培养或其他合适标本中分离出该病原体。我们报告了在香港一家三级转诊医院治疗的三例人类感染病例，并对相关文献进行了综述。
