Pantoea
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Pantoea
Background
- Non-encapsulated, non-spore-forming, Gram-negative bacillus with yellow pigment
- Member of the Enterobacteriaceae
- Causes disease mostly in plants, and rarely in humans
- Found on plants, on buckwheat, and in human feces
- About 20 species, of which human diseases have been described with Pantoea agglomerans (previously Enterobacter agglomerans), Pantoea brenneri, Pantoea conspicua, Pantoea eucrina, and Pantoea septica
Management
- Sometimes considered a member of the SPICE organisms
- Reliably susceptible to meropenem, imipenem, ertapenem, and amikacin12
- May be susceptible to chloramphenicol, doxycycline, gentamicin, cotrimoxazole, ceftriaxone, and piperacillin-tazobactam
- Frequently resistant to ampicillin and amoxicillin-clavulanic acid
References
- ^ M Gajdács. Epidemiology and antibiotic resistance trends of Pantoea species in a tertiary-care teaching hospital: A 12-year retrospective study. Developments in Health Sciences. 2019;2(3):72-75. doi:10.1556/2066.2.2019.009.
- ^ Roberto Casale, Matteo Boattini, Gabriele Bianco, Sara Comini, Silvia Corcione, Silvia Garazzino, Erika Silvestro, Francesco Giuseppe De Rosa, Rossana Cavallo, Cristina Costa. Bloodstream Infections by Pantoea Species: Clinical and Microbiological Findings from a Retrospective Study, Italy, 2018–2023. Antibiotics. 2023;12(12):1723. doi:10.3390/antibiotics12121723.
