Pantoea agglomerans bacteremia in a 65-year-old man with acute myeloid leukemia: case report and review.
A 65-year-old man with a recent history of acute leukemia was admitted with complaints of chills and rigors. He had a long-standing Hickman catheter which was removed following the isolation of a gram negative rod later identified as Pantoea agglomerans. The patient recovered with antimicrobial therapy. Pantoea species are rare causes of clinically relevant infections.
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Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. ucheanayo@hotmail.com
D000368:Aged; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002408:Catheters, Indwelling / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000382:microbiology; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D020636:Pantoea; D033581:Stem Cell Transplantation