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PART 8: Infectious Diseases
SECTION 10   Diseases Caused by Rickettsiae, Mycoplasmas, and Chlamydiae

176 Chlamydial Infections
Charlotte A. Gaydos / Thomas C. Quinn

Figure 176-1  Chlamydial intracellular inclusions filled with smaller dense elementary bodies and larger reticulate bodies. [Reprinted with permission from WE Stamm: Chlamydial infections, in Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 17th ed, AS Fauci et al (eds). New York, McGraw-Hill, 2008, p...
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Figure 176-2  Chlamydial life cycle. EBs, elementary bodies; RBs, reticulate bodies; IFN-γ, interferon γ. [Reprinted with permission from WE Stamm: Chlamydial infections, in Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 17th ed, AS Fauci et al (eds). New York, McGraw-Hill, 2008, p 1071.]
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