Pantoea species

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 P. agglomerans, P. brenneri, P. conspicua, P. eucrina, and P. septica

Management

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