Case Report on Pleural Empyema Thoracis and Urinary Tract Infection Caused by Chromobacterium violaceum from Lagos, Nigeria

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dc.contributor.authorOlalekan, A
dc.contributor.authorItua, F
dc.contributor.authorMutiu, B
dc.contributor.authorEgwuatu, T
dc.contributor.authorAkinloye, O
dc.contributor.authorIwalokun, B
dc.date.accessioned2021-07-03T02:57:06Z
dc.date.available2021-07-03T02:57:06Z
dc.date.issued2019-02-07
dc.description.abstractChromobacterium violaceum has been implicated as an important cause of invasive diseases such as septicaemia in neonates and immune-compromised adults with high risk of misdiagnosis, mistreatment, and poor outcomes. Here, we report three new cases of C. violaceum infections in three different hospitalised patients with empyema thoracis (one case) and urinary tract infections (two cases) in a tertiary Hospital in Lagos, Nigeria, and the diagnosis was confirmed with the MALDI-TOF MS instrument. )e patients were admitted and treated with parenteral antibiotics (ciprofloxacin, cefotaxime, and ceftriaxone) and discharged after clinical cure. Clinical and Laboratory findings from this study revealed C. violaceum as an emerging and an “underdiagnosed” pathogen causing human infections in Nigeria with ciprofloxacin identified as an effective empirical treatment. Follow-up of cases treated with microbiologically efficacious antibiotics indicates a good treatment outcome.en_US
dc.identifier.issn5321484,
dc.identifier.otherhttps://doi.org/10.1155/2019/5321484;
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.unilag.edu.ng/handle/123456789/9470
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherHindawi Case Reports in Medicineen_US
dc.relation.ispartofserieshttps://doi.org/10.1155/2019/5321484;
dc.subjectPleural Empyema Thoracis, Urinary Tract Infection, Chromobacterium violaceum, MALDI-TOFen_US
dc.titleCase Report on Pleural Empyema Thoracis and Urinary Tract Infection Caused by Chromobacterium violaceum from Lagos, Nigeriaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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