Reemerging Leptospirosis, California
Elissa Meites*, Michele T. Jay†, Stanley Deresinski†‡, Wun-Ju Shieh§, Sherif R. Zaki§, Lucy Tompkins*, and D. Scott Smith*¶
Author affiliations: *Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA; †California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, California, USA; ‡Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, San Jose, California, USA; §Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; ¶Kaiser Permanente Medical Group, Redwood City, California, USA
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Figure 2. A: Renal biopsy shows inflammatory cell infiltrate in the interstitium and focal denudation of tubular epithelial cells. Hematoxylin and Eosin; original magnifications x100. B: Immunostaining of fragmented leptospire (arrowhead) and granular form of bacterial antigens (arrows). Original magnifications x158.
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