Abstract
We describe here the first case of catheter-related bloodstream infection due to Pantoea eucrina in a 23-year-old female patient with colon adenocarcinoma and congenital hypogammaglobulinemia. In May 2018, she was admitted for fever and abdominal pain. Blood cultures withdrawn from peripheral inserted central catheter and periphery revealed the presence of Pantoea eucrina, with differential time of positivity in favor of catheter-related bloodstream infection. Catheter was removed and antibiotic started, with rapid recovery. Species of genus Pantoea are mainly environmental strains and plant pathogens, rarely responsible for human infection. Patient’s comorbid conditions and gut microbiota imbalance could have been responsible for such bacteremia. Identification of Pantoea eucrina was performed using the MALDI-TOF technique. Infections due to Pantoea eucrina were probably until recently underestimated, as older methods such as Phoenix frequently lead to false identification.
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