Bacteremic infection with Pantoea ananatis

J Clin Microbiol. 2004 Sep;42(9):4393-5. doi: 10.1128/JCM.42.9.4393-4395.2004.

Abstract

A 73-year-old man was hospitalized for dyspnea and bilateral ankle edema. During his hospital stay he presented anal hemorrhage and developed a high fever after colonoscopy. A set of aerobic and anaerobic blood culture bottles yielded a pure culture of gram-negative rods, susceptible to all antibiotics tested. The API20E code was 1005133, resulting in a very good identification as Pantoea sp. Subsequent sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene revealed a final identification as Pantoea ananatis. The patient was given intravenous and oral therapy with piperacillin-tazobactam and ofloxacin and recovered completely from his infection.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
  • Bacteremia / diagnosis*
  • Base Sequence
  • Consensus Sequence
  • DNA Primers
  • DNA, Bacterial / genetics
  • DNA, Ribosomal / genetics
  • Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / diagnosis*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Pantoea* / classification
  • Pantoea* / drug effects
  • Pantoea* / isolation & purification
  • Phylogeny
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • RNA, Bacterial / genetics
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • DNA Primers
  • DNA, Bacterial
  • DNA, Ribosomal
  • RNA, Bacterial
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S

Associated data

  • GENBANK/AJ629190