Abstract:SIR-We read with great interest the report by Raguin et al.[1] on Shigella boydii as a possible causative agent of colonic malacoplakia in an HIV-infected patient. In the absence of positive cultures, S. boydii was identified by means of universal bacterial 16S rDNA-based amplification and sequencing. Since malacoplakia is usually caused by Escherichia coli, a close relative of shigellae and genetically belonging to the same species (!), despite being classified in 2 separate genera for reasons of different cl… Show more
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