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 and amikacin1
• May be susceptible to chloramphenicol, doxycycline, gentamicin, cotrimoxazole, ceftriaxone, and piperacillin-tazobactam
• Frequently resistant to ampicillin and amoxicillin-clavulanic acid