Electron microscopical evidence of the evolution of corynebacteria-like microorganisms within human erythrocytes

Abstract

The corynebacteria-like microorganisms evoluting in the haemocultures take origin from electron dense granular bodies carried within the erythrocytes.

The Isolation and Characters of L-Forms and Reversions of Bacillus Licheniformis var. Endoparasiticus (Benedek) Associated with the Erythrocytes of Clinically Normal Persons

“…This association of bacillary L-forms with erythocytes has been illustrated in electronmicrographs by Pease (1970), Domingue, Schlegel andWoody (1976) andTedeschi et al (1978). About 30% of samples yielded isolates in cultures incubated for up to 15 months.…”

Variably Acid-Fast Bacteria in a Case of Systemic Sarcoidosis and Hypodermitis Sclerodermiformis

“…These forms have been shown to revert by use of special laboratory media to bacteria closely resem bling S. epidermidis, corynebacteria (diphtheroids), and streptococcal-like organisms. Some of these forms are acid-fast in vivo [39], Wuerthele-Caspe Livingston and Livingston [45] have demonstrated certain of these cell wall deficient forms in patients with collagen and neoplastic diseases by direct observation of crystal violet stained blood smears studied under dark-field illumination.…”

Microbial influences on hormesis, oncogenesis, and therapy: A review of the literature

“…There has been significant evidence that bacteria can adapt to the blood cells and try to live with and within mammalian cells (Domingue and Schlegel, 1977;Tedeschi and Amici, 1972;Tedeschi et al, 1976b;Tedeschi et al, 1978). This would make lateral-like gene transfer occur even if the actual DNA is not within the nucleus or mitochondria.…”

“…Bacteria-in-the-blood is another name for acute bacteremia, which is a situation that, although often considered medical heresy to say, appears to occur normally and very often in people as well as animals without any noticeable symptoms (Dahlinger et al, 1997;Domingue and Schlegel, 1977;Greene, 2006;McLaughlin et al, 2002;Tedeschi and Amici, 1972;Tedeschi et al, 1976b;Tedeschi et al, 1978). Bacteria in the blood can occur through various methods such as bug bites, oral cavities, antibiotics, chemotherapeutics, and superficial wounds (Amar et al, 2011;Berg, 1983;Gendron et al, 2000;McLaughlin et al, 2002;Nakayama et al, 1997;Swank and Deitch, 1996).…”