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Chromobacterium violaceum endocarditis and hepatic abscesses treated successfully with meropenem and ciprofloxacin

Richard N Pearson
Med J Aust 2009; 191 (7): . || doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2009.tb02870.x
Published online: 5 October 2009

To the Editor: I read with interest the recent case report by Lim and colleagues on Chromobacterium violaceum endocarditis.1 References to the article do not include a report of a similar case published 20 years ago, also in the MJA.2 Perhaps reference searches can be enhanced — otherwise, identifying such similar cases falls to recollected experience (I was the initial treating doctor in the 1988 case) or an improbably capacious memory in the author or reader.


  • Medifirst Noosa Medical Centre, Noosa Heads, QLD.


Correspondence: richard.n.pearson@gmail.com

  • 1. Lim IWM, Stride PJ, Horvath RL, et al. Chromobacterium violaceum endocarditis and hepatic abscesses treated successfully with meropenem and ciprofloxacin. Med J Aust 2009; 190: 386-387. <MJA full text>
  • 2. Georghiou PR, O’Kane GM, Siu S, Kemp RJ. Near-fatal septicaemia with Chromobacterium violaceum. Med J Aust 1989; 150: 720-721.
  • 3. Clissold SP, Todd PA, Campoli-Richards DM. Imipenem/cilastatin: a review of its antibacterial activity, pharmacokinetic properties and therapeutic efficacy. Drugs 1987; 33: 183-241.

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