A Case of Brucellosis Associated With Histiocytic Necrotizing Lymphadenitis: A Diagnostic Pitfall
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Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7525, USA Division of Hematopathology, Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
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