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What are pleomorphic bacteria, and are they dangerous to humans?

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Dr. Tony Ho answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Change shape: Pleomorphic bacteria are ones that don't always exist in a single, set shape. Their level of danger depends on what they are and their virulence; there is nothing about being pleomorphic itself that makes them dangerous.

Answered 3/31/2013

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