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The role of chronic infections, toxic exposure, or
underlying autoimmune diseases in BALT lymphoma is
unknown
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Achromobacter (Alcaligenes) xylosoxidans, a Gram
negative bacterium with low virulence but with high
resistance treatment, has been recently detected
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Whether this finding indicates a potential
etiopathogenetic role of this bacterium in BALT
lymphoma will however require further studies