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Pantoea agglomerans bacteremia in a 65-year-old man with acute myeloid leukemia: case report and review.

Uche A

Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. ucheanayo@hotmail.com

A 65-year-old man with a recent history of acute leukemia was admitted with complaints of chills and rigors. He had a long-standing Hickman catheter which was removed following the isolation of a gram negative rod later identified as Pantoea agglomerans. The patient recovered with antimicrobial therapy. Pantoea species are rare causes of clinically relevant infections.

Published 7 January 2008 in South Med J, 101(1): 102-3.
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