Pantoea agglomerans is a gram-negative rod (formerly Enterobacter agglomerans) commonly found in plants and the environment. Although generally low-virulence, it can opportunistically infect humans via plant material injury or nosocomial. In pediatric series, P. agglomerans was isolated from urinary tract infections in a few cases. Its detection is important because it may be overlooked by routine labs; including P. agglomerans on the PCR panel can identify these unusual UTI pathogens (Wang et al. 2023, Moreland et al. 2023).
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Wang, D., Haley, E., Luke, N., Mathur, M., Festa, R. A., Zhao, X., Anderson, L. A., Allison, J. L., Stebbins, K. L., Diaz, M. J., & Baunoch, D. (2023). Emerging and Fastidious Uropathogens Were Detected by M-PCR with Similar Prevalence and Cell Density in Catheter and Midstream Voided Urine Indicating the Importance of These Microbes in Causing UTIs. Infection and drug resistance, 16, 7775–7795. https://doi.org/10.2147/IDR.S429990
