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Volume 24, Number 11—November 2018
CME ACTIVITY - Synopsis

Rickettsia typhi as Cause of Fatal Encephalitic Typhus in Hospitalized Patients, Hamburg, Germany, 1940–1944

Jessica Rauch, Birgit Muntau, Petra Eggert, and Dennis TappeComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany

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Figure 1

Hematoxylin and eosin staining of typical typhus nodules in brain of typhus patients during World War II, Hamburg, Germany, 1940–1944. Most nodules were found in the pons and medulla oblongata. A) Loose nodule. B) Spongy nodule amid large neuronal cells. C) Compact typhus nodule along longitudinal blood vessel. Note hyperemia of other blood vessels nearby. D) Another compact nodule with hyperemic blood vessels nearby. Original magnifications ×40.

Figure 1. Hematoxylin and eosin staining of typical typhus nodules in brain of typhus patients during World War II, Hamburg, Germany, 1940–1944. Most nodules were found in the pons and medulla oblongata. A) Loose nodule. B) Spongy nodule amid large neuronal cells. C) Compact typhus nodule along longitudinal blood vessel. Note hyperemia of other blood vessels nearby. D) Another compact nodule with hyperemic blood vessels nearby. Original magnifications ×40.

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