Journal
HEALTHCARE
Volume 9, Issue 6, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/healthcare9060684
Keywords
nosocomial outbreak; Pantoea agglomerans sepsis; medical devices contamination; parenteral nutrition
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Pantoea agglomerans is a rare Gram-negative bacterium that infects humans, typically causing soft tissue infections or bone/joint infections from soil contamination or plant trauma. It is commonly found as an opportunistic pathogen in immunocompromised patients, and can also lead to severe infections through contamination of medical devices and products.
Pantoea agglomerans is a Gram-negative bacterium that infrequently infects humans. Most reports involving it are about infections in soft tissues or bone/joint infections caused by contamination from soil or penetrating trauma by vegetation, such as thorns and splinters. More frequently, it is found as an opportunistic pathogen in immunocompromised patients. It is not rare to find reports of bacteremia and sepsis from contamination of intravenous fluid, parenteral nutrition, blood products and anesthetic agents-that is, through contamination of medical devices and products. We reported a bacterial infection epidemic occurred in 2011 in a hospital in middle Italy which involved different hospital wards; Pantoea agglomerans was isolated from blood cultures of all infected patients and the source of infection was identified in contaminated parenteral nutrition prepared from the local pharmacy.
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