Newly recognized Leptospira species ("Leptospira inadai" serovar lyme) isolated from human skin.
Leptospira strain 10, which represents a new Leptospira species, was isolated from a skin biopsy of a patient with Lyme disease. Although pathogenic for laboratory animals, the organism was not considered to have a significant role in the patient's illness.
D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D001706:Biopsy; D002427:Cebidae; D002522:Chlorocebus aethiops; D006224:Cricetinae; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D006801:Humans; D007919:Leptospira / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008193:Lyme Disease / Q000382:microbiology*; D008297:Male; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D012867:Skin / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D014774:Virulence