Bacteremia caused by Pantoea agglomerans and Enterococcus faecalis in a patient with colon cancer.
A case of bacteremia caused by Pantoea agglomerans (P. agglomerans) and Enterococcus faecalis in a male patient with colon cancer is reported. He was successfully treated with vancomycin and meropenem. The clinical isolate was identified as P. agglomerans by 16S rRNA gene sequencing.
Christakis
G B
GB
Department of Microbiology, Metaxa Cancer Hospital, Piraeus, Greece. chri-kis@hol.gr
Perlorentzou
S P
SP
Aslanidou
M
M
Savva
L
L
Zarkadis
I K
IK
D000368:Aged; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D013293:Enterococcus faecalis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D000077731:Meropenem; D020636:Pantoea / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013845:Thienamycins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014640:Vancomycin / Q000627:therapeutic use
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D013845:Thienamycins; D014640:Vancomycin; D000077731:Meropenem