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Case Reports
. 2024 Feb 28;16(2):e55122.
doi: 10.7759/cureus.55122. eCollection 2024 Feb.

Pantoea Species Bacteremia in a Child With Sickle Cell Disease: A Case Report

Ali A Aljameely  1 , Fawaz M AlZubaidi  1 , Fayza I AlSiny  1 , Fatima S Alzahrani  1 , Kholoud A Hothan  1
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Case Reports

Pantoea Species Bacteremia in a Child With Sickle Cell Disease: A Case Report

Ali A Aljameely et al. Cureus. .

Abstract

The Pantoea genus of bacteria is a group of Gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria in the Enterobacteriaceae family. It is an uncommon cause of infection in humans except in specific settings, including hospital-acquired infections and in immunocompromised patients. In this report, we describe the case of a 12-year-old girl with sickle cell disease who presented with a picture of sepsis and was found to have Pantoea species in her blood culture which was treated with antibiotics with a good response. From our literature review, risk factors were identified in the reported cases, for which further exploration is highly recommended.

Keywords: gram-negative bacteremia; immunocompromised hosts; pantoea species; pica; sickle cell disease.

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The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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