Ultrastructural observation of rickettsia-like bodies in erythema cronicum migrans.
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.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003094:Collagen / Q000378:metabolism; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000648:ultrastructure; D004547:Elastic Tissue / Q000648:ultrastructure; D004890:Erythema / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008264:Macrophages / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D010587:Phagocytosis; D012281:Rickettsia / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D012867:Skin / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000648:ultrastructure
D003094:Collagen