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- Title
Chromobacterium haemolyticum Pneumonia Associated with Near-Drowning and River Water, Japan.
- Authors
Hajime Kanamori; Tetsuji Aoyagi; Makoto Kuroda; Tsuyoshi Sekizuka; Makoto Katsumi; Kenichiro Ishikawa; Tatsuhiko Hosaka; Hiroaki Baba; Kengo Oshima; Koichi Tokuda; Masatsugu Hasegawa; Yu Kawazoe; Shigeki Kushimoto; Mitsuo Kaku; Kanamori, Hajime; Aoyagi, Tetsuji; Kuroda, Makoto; Sekizuka, Tsuyoshi; Katsumi, Makoto; Ishikawa, Kenichiro
- Abstract
We report a severe case of Chromobacterium haemolyticum pneumonia associated with near-drowning and detail the investigation of the pathogen and river water. Our genomic and environmental investigation demonstrated that river water in a temperate region can be a source of C. haemolyticum causing human infections.
- Subjects
JAPAN; GRAM-negative anaerobic bacteria; PNEUMONIA; EMERGING infectious diseases; RIVERS; CARBAPENEM-resistant bacteria; WATER; RESUSCITATION from drowning; GRAM-negative bacteria; NATURE
- Publication
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2020, Vol 26, Issue 9, p2186
- ISSN
1080-6040
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.3201/eid2609.190670