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Volume 328:1422-1423 May 13, 1993 Number 19
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Isolation of Rochalimaea Species

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To the Editor: The in vitro cultivation of rochalimaea species from lesions of bacillary angiomatosis by Koehler and colleagues (Dec. 3 issue)1 is an exciting development in the efforts to understand the etiologic process and pathogenesis of bacillary angiomatosis. The 16S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) gene sequence previously amplified directly from diseased tissues with a culture-independent approach2 is 99.8 percent similar3 to that of the cultivated Rochalimaea henselae,4 strengthening the evidence that the latter is an etiologic agent of bacillary angiomatosis. The isolation and identification of R. quintana by Koehler et al. and by previous investigators4 also implicate this organism in . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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