학술논문
Intracellular Treponema pallidumin cells of a syphilitic lesion of the uterine cervix
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Article
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Source
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology; June 1975, Vol. 122 Issue: 3 p361-367, 7p
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ISSN
00029378; 10976868
Abstract
In an electron microscopic study of biopsy tissue from an ulcer of the human cervix uteri, organisms morphologically identical to T. pallidumwere observed. Large numbers of the organisms were seen lying among collagen fibrils and between cells. T. pallidumwas seen within vacuoles of some fibroblasts and epithelial cells. Within the nucleoplasm of several cells, treponemes were observed, surrounded by a clear zone which might represent a mucopolysaccharide outer layer. The diameter of the organisms was 171 nm., and the diameter of the external axial filaments was 25 nm., dimensions similar to those reported by others for T. pallidum.