The Agent of Bacillary Angiomatosis

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Authors

David A. Relman · Stanford University

Jeffery S. Loutit

Thomas M. Schmidt

Stanley Falkow · Stanford University

Lucy S. Tompkins · Stanford University

Abstract

The cause of bacillary angiomatosis is a previously uncharacterized rickettsia-like organism, closely related to R. quintana. This method for the identification of an uncultured pathogen may be applicable to other infectious diseases of unknown cause.

Topics & Keywords

Bartonella species infections research Microbial infections and disease research Rabies epidemiology and control

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 323, Issue 23, pp. 1573-1580

DOI: 10.1056/nejm199012063232301

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