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Chromobacterium violaceum Infection of the EyeA Report of Two Cases
Robert B. Feldman, MD;
George A. Stern, MD;
C. Ian Hood, MB, ChB
Arch Ophthalmol. 1984;102(5):711-713.
Abstract
• We report what we believe to be the first two known cases of Chromobacterium violaceum infection of the eye. One patient had conjunctivitis as the initial manifestation of an ultimately fatal infection. In the second patient, who suffered from chronic granulomatous disease of childhood, orbital cellulitis developed as part of a disseminated C violaceum infection from which he subsequently recovered. Infections caused by C violaceum may involve the eye and orbit. These infections are frequently fatal, but early recognition and aggressive treatment may result in a higher cure rate.
Author Affiliations
From the Departments of Ophthalmology (Drs Stern and Feldman) and Pathology (Dr Hood), College of Medicine, University of Florida, and Veterans Administration Medical Center, (Dr Hood) Gainesville.
Footnotes
Accepted for publication Nov 10, 1983.
Reprint requests to Department of Ophthalmology, University of Florida College of Medicine, PO Box J-284, JHMHC, Gainesville, FL 32610 (Dr Stern).
This investigation was supported in part by an unrestricted departmental grant from Research to Prevent Blindness, Inc, New York.
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