PEI-LAN SHAOPO-REN HSUEHHang Y.-C.C.CHUN-YI LULee P.-Y.Lee C.-Y.LI-MIN HUANG2020-03-272020-03-2720020891-3668https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/480462This previously healthy 5-year-old boy initially presented with fever and purulent conjunctivitis. The course evolved rapidly into preseptal and facial cellulitis, nasopharyngeal abscess and sepsis. Chromobacterium violaceum was isolated from conjunctival exudate and blood cultures. He received intravenous cefazolin therapy for 2 days, followed by penicillin, oxacillin and netilmicin. However, no improvement was noted, and he died on the fifth days of illness.[SDGs]SDG3cefazolin; netilmicin; oxacillin; penicillin G; antiinfective agent; abscess; antibiotic therapy; article; bacterium isolation; blood culture; case report; childhood disease; Chromobacterium; chromobacterium violaceum; death; Gram negative sepsis; human; male; medical literature; preschool child; priority journal; abscess; bacteremia; classification; disease course; drug combination; fatality; Gram negative infection; hospitalization; isolation and purification; review; rhinopharyngitis; risk assessment; Abscess; Antibiotics, Combined; Bacteremia; Case Report; Child, Preschool; Chromobacterium; Disease Progression; Fatal Outcome; Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections; Human; Male; Nasopharyngitis; Risk Assessment; Severity of Illness Index; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Child, Preschool; Disease Progression; Drug Therapy, Combination; Fatal Outcome; Humans; Male; Risk Assessment; Severity of Illness IndexChromobacterium violaceum infection in children: A case of fatal septicemia with nasopharyngeal abscess and literature reviewjournal article10.1097/00006454-200207000-00022122376102-s2.0-0036020197