Chromobacterium violaceum Sepsis Accompanied by Bacteria-Associated Hemophagocytic Syndrome in a Japanese Man

Chromobacterium violaceum infection is usually confined to tropical and subtropical areas.¹ The most common feature of reported cases of human C violaceum infection is sepsis with a high mortality rate.² To our knowledge, there have been no reports on sepsis caused by C violaceum in the Japanese literature.