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Ultrastructural Observation of Rickettsia ‐ like Bodies in Erythema Cronicum Migrans
Author(s) -
SANDBANK MIRIAM,
FEUERMAN ELEASAR J.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
journal of cutaneous pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.597
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1600-0560
pISSN - 0303-6987
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0560.1979.tb01132.x
Subject(s) - ultrastructure , pathology , erythema migrans , erythema , biology , rickettsia , medicine , dermatology , borrelia burgdorferi , immunology , antibody , lyme borreliosis , virus
Electron microscopic examination of skin biopsies taken from the lesions in two cases of erythema chronicum migrans revealed Rickettsia‐like bodies free in the cytoplasm or within phagolysosomes in macrophages. There was also phagocytosis of cellular debris and collagen, and elastic fibers within macrophages.