Pantoea agglomerans, a plant pathogen causing human disease

J Clin Microbiol. 2007 Jun;45(6):1989-92. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00632-07. Epub 2007 Apr 18.

Abstract

We present 53 pediatric cases of Pantoea agglomerans infections cultured from normally sterile sites in patients seen at a children's hospital over 6 years. Isolates included 23 from the bloodstream, 14 from abscesses, 10 from joints/bones, 4 from the urinary tract, and 1 each from the peritoneum and the thorax. P. agglomerans was most associated with penetrating trauma by vegetative material and catheter-related bacteremia.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Abscess / microbiology
  • Adolescent
  • Bacteremia / microbiology
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Female
  • Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / microbiology*
  • Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / physiopathology
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Male
  • Pantoea / isolation & purification
  • Pantoea / pathogenicity*
  • Plant Diseases / microbiology*