Six cases of sepsis caused by Pantoea agglomerans in a teaching hospital.
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.
Liberto
Maria Carla
MC
Institute of Microbiology, Department of Medical Sciences, University Magna Graecia, Catanzaro, Italy. mliberto@unicz.it
Matera
Giovanni
G
Puccio
Rossana
R
Lo Russo
Teresa
T
Colosimo
Elena
E
Focà
Emanuele
E
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
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents