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

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  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
• Description:
  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:
  Bacteria Chromobacterium Haemolyticum Chromobacterium Haemolyticum Pneumonia Associated With Near-Drowning And River Water, Japan Dispatch Environment Japan Pneumonia Respiratory Infections Whole-Genome Sequencing
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 26(9):2186-2189
• Pubmed ID:
  32818399
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC7454080
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  26
• Issue:
  9
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:9956b4aa95769772c3a819d06c02692d5a2eab15ebfdb7633b7dd8b1b0690c28
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/92972/cdc_92972_DS1.pdf
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