Pantoea abscess mimicking sarcoma in a HTLV‐1‐infected Indigenous Australian man: Case report and literature review

Abstract

Key Clinical Message Gram‐negative bacteria of the genus Pantoea are emerging bacterial causes of diverse sporadic and outbreak‐linked infections. Chronic Pantoea abscesses are unusual and may give rise to a differential diagnosis of malignancy. Foreign body retention and host immune defects may be risk factors for such chronic infections.

Keywords

• abscess
• Enterobacteriaceae
• HTLV‐1
• Indigenous Australians
• Pantoea
• sarcoma