Chromobacterium haemolyticum Pneumonia Associated with Near-Drowning and River Water, Japan

• Published in: Emerging infectious diseases Vol. 26; no. 9; pp. 2186 - 2189
• Main Authors: Kanamori, Hajime, Aoyagi, Tetsuji, Kuroda, Makoto, Sekizuka, Tsuyoshi, Katsumi, Makoto, Ishikawa, Kenichiro, Hosaka, Tatsuhiko, Baba, Hiroaki, Oshima, Kengo, Tokuda, Koichi, Hasegawa, Masatsugu, Kawazoe, Yu, Kushimoto, Shigeki, Kaku, Mitsuo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 01.09.2020; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Subjects: Antimicrobial agents; bacteria; Chromobacterium haemolyticum; Dispatch; Drug resistance; environment; Genomes; Genomics; Health aspects; Infections; Infectious diseases; Mass spectrometry; Meropenem; Microbial drug resistance; Necrotizing fasciitis; Pathogens; Pediatrics; Pneumonia; Pneumonia Associated with Near-Drowning and River Water, Japan; R&D; Research & development; respiratory infections; Rivers; Scientific imaging; Tetracyclines; Virulence; whole-genome sequencing; Japan; environment; bacteria; pneumonia; Japan; whole-genome sequencing; Chromobacterium haemolyticum; respiratory infections

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 hum...