Clinical, Epidemiologic, Histopathologic and Molecular Features of an Unexplained Dermopathy

Michele L. Pearson; Joseph V. Selby; Kenneth A. Katz; Virginia Cantrell; Christopher R. Braden; Monica E. Parise; Christopher D. Paddock; Michael R. Lewin-Smith; Victor F. Kalasinsky; Felicia C. Goldstein; Allen W. Hightower; Arthur Papier; Brian Lewis; Sarita Motipara; Mark L. Eberhard; for the Unexplained Dermopathy Study Team

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0029908

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Clinical, Epidemiologic, Histopathologic and Molecular Features of an Unexplained Dermopathy

Michele L. Pearson,

Affiliation Division of TB Elimination, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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Joseph V. Selby,

Affiliation Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, California, United States of America
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Kenneth A. Katz,

Affiliation HIV, STD, and Hepatitis Branch, Health and Human Services Agency, County of San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America
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Virginia Cantrell,

Affiliation Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, California, United States of America
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Christopher R. Braden,

Affiliation Division of Food, Waterborne and Environmental Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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Monica E. Parise,

Affiliation Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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Christopher D. Paddock,

Affiliation Division of High Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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Michael R. Lewin-Smith,

Affiliation Environmental Pathology, Joint Pathology Center, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America
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Victor F. Kalasinsky,

Affiliation Office of Research & Development, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America
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Felicia C. Goldstein,

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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Allen W. Hightower,

Affiliation Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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Arthur Papier,

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, New York, United States of America
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Brian Lewis,

Affiliation Division of Health Studies, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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Sarita Motipara,

Affiliation Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, California, United States of America
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Mark L. Eberhard ,

* E-mail: mle1@cdc.gov

Affiliation Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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for the Unexplained Dermopathy Study Team

¶Additional membership of the Unexplained Dermopathy Study Team is provided in the Acknowledgments.
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Clinical, Epidemiologic, Histopathologic and Molecular Features of an Unexplained Dermopathy

Michele L. Pearson,
Joseph V. Selby,
Kenneth A. Katz,
Virginia Cantrell,
Christopher R. Braden,
Monica E. Parise,
Christopher D. Paddock,
Michael R. Lewin-Smith,
Victor F. Kalasinsky,
Felicia C. Goldstein

Published: January 25, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0029908

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Agrobacterium tumefasciens

Posted by illuminated on 14 Feb 2012 at 13:53 GMT

What studies have been done regarding Agrobacterium tumefasciens and Morgellons disease? It is a bacteria that is able to synthesize its own cellulose,and has been found in samples taken from Morgellons sufferers. This bacteria creates galls in plants,citrus for example. It constructs the hard woody gall with the cellulose it manufactures,plus it lends from its environment.With its hard fibril it invades cells,as I'm sure most of us are aware of the process of genetic engineering, and I put forward a theory that there has been a host range change and the open sores, the crusty skin imbedded with Substantial Unidentified Granular Refractile Matter,as a pathologist in Queensland referred to a Morgellons sample are a type of gall. Could this bacteria be tested for?

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