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.

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