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First detection and molecular identification of Borrelia garinii
isolated from human skin in Taiwan
Li-Lian Chao, Yi-Ju Chen and Chien-Ming Shih
Journal of Medical Microbiology, published online ahead of print on 12 November 2009.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.016626-0
Abstract
Borrelia garinii, a causative agent for Lyme disease, was detected and
identified from human skin for the first time in Taiwan. Lyme disease
infection was confirmed by Western immunoblot tests and isolation of
Borrelia spirochetes from skin biopsy specimens.
The genetic identity of this detected spirochete was determined by
analyzing the gene sequence amplified by a genospecies-specific
polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay based on the 5S (rrf)-23S (rrl)
intergenic spacer amplicon gene of B. burgdorferi sensu lato.
Phylogenetic analysis reveals that the sequence similarity of this
detected spirochete is highly homogeneous (97.7%-98.5%) within the
genospecies of B. garinii and can be distinguished clearly from other
genospecies of Borrelia spirochetes.
These results provide the first convincing evidence of B. garinii
spirochete detected from human skin in Taiwan and also highlight the
increasing demand for investigating the existence of Lyme disease
infection among patients with unusual skin lesions in the Taiwan area.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.016626-0
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