Diagnostic Microbiology & Infectious Disease
Volume 66, Issue 3 , Pages 322-325 , March 2010

Fibrin ring granulomas in Rickettsia typhi infection

  • Marcos I. Restrepo

      Affiliations

    • Veterans Evidence Research Dissemination and Implementation Center (VERDICT), South Texas Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA
    • Pulmonary Division, Department of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA
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  • E. Martin Vasquez

      Affiliations

    • Hospital Pablo Tobon Uribe, Calle 78 B No. 69-240, Medellín, Colombia—Suramérica
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  • Carolina Echeverri

      Affiliations

    • Hospital Pablo Tobon Uribe, Calle 78 B No. 69-240, Medellín, Colombia—Suramérica
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  • Kristin R. Fiebelkorn

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA
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  • Gregory M. Anstead

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, South Texas Veterans Healthcare System, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA
    • Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78229-3900, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78229-3900, USA. Tel.: +1-210-567-4666; fax: +1-210-567-4670.

Received 29 April 2009 ,Accepted 27 October 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2009.10.019

Diagnostic Microbiology & Infectious Disease
Volume 66, Issue 3 , Pages 322-325 , March 2010

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