Pantoea agglomerans, a plant pathogen causing human disease.
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.
Cruz
Andrea T
AT
Department of Pediatrics, Sections of Infectious Disease, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA. atcruz@texaschildrenshospital.org
Cazacu
Andreea C
AC
Allen
Coburn H
CH
D000038:Abscess / Q000382:microbiology; D000293:Adolescent; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000382:microbiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D020636:Pantoea / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*