Kallaya SrinavaratKanittha Choksawad2011-02-222011-02-222010-03-102010-03-10Thammasat Medical Journal - ธรรมศาสตร์เวชสาร; Vol.8 No.2 April-June 2008; 229-233http://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/132831Chromobacterium violaceum is a facultative, Gram-negative bacillus which inhabits in stagnant water. We describe a case of a nine-year-old, healthy boy. He got infected after swimming in stagnant water in a rice-paddy and developed a high fever, cellulitis and abscess in various parts of the body. The patient was successfully treated with Amikacin, Cefoperazone/Sulbactam and Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole. Human infections caused by this organism is rare, but severity of the disease and mortality rate is high. Clinicians should be aware as part of the differential diagnosis of sepsis, cellulites, skin abscess or multiple organ abscesses associated with a history of exposure to stagnant water.en-USFaculty of Medicine, Thammasat University, Bangkok, ThailandCase Report