Bacteremia and Community-Acquired Pneumonia Caused by Pantoea stewartii Subspecies indologenes, Australia.

ABSTRACT: We report infection with the phytopathogen Pantoea stewartii subspecies indologenes in a macadamia farmer from southeast Queensland, Australia. The patient had bloodstream infection and pneumonia develop after an unidentified inoculation event. Investigation determined that the most likely mode of transmission was inhalation from an environmental source on the farm.

SUBMITTER: Huang L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11845149 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature