title: Six cases of sepsis caused by Pantoea agglomerans in a teaching hospital.
abstract: Pantoea agglomerans is an environmental organism which may seldom cause opportunistic infections. Here we report on a 6 case outbreak in a teaching hospital. Within three months . agglomerans was isolated from blood cultures of 5 patients from oncology and 1 patient from ICU departments. P. agglomerans was in pure culture in 5 cases, while in the last one Rahnella aquatilis and Candida famata were also isolated. Therefore, P. agglomerans is able to produce nosocomial infections in patients with primary pathology often associated with immune suppression.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Microbiology, Department of Medical Sciences, University Magna Graecia, Catanzaro, Italy. mliberto@unicz.it
authors.forename: Maria Carla
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Liberto
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Matera
authors.forename: Rossana
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Puccio
authors.forename: Teresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lo Russo
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Colosimo
authors.forename: Emanuele
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Focà
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008297:Male; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D008875:Middle Aged; D020636:Pantoea / Q000145:classification / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D018805:Sepsis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents