Humans affected by phage

[Jim Hu]

Peter Angeletti is probably right about the etiology of RED's rash, and he is 
certainly right that diagnosis should be done by a real physician rather than 
over the internet.  However, it should be pointed out that there are at least 
two things in a phage lysate that could lead to a rash in a sensitive 
individual.  Neither is the phage itself.  One is E. coli debris.  I hear that 
peptidoglycan is a good adjuvant, and that those who work with purified cell 
walls need to handle it with care.  The amount in a phage lysate is probably 
very low, but who knows?  The other is chloroform.

For either of these to be the causitive agent for a rash over the places RED 
describes, he would have to have unbelievably bad microbiological technique.

Jim Hu

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