Typhus
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The typhus nodule is characteristic of any rickettsial infection. It is a monocytic infiltrate around vessels in the brain, which may cause focal thrombosis and hemorrhage. It is due to infection of the endothelial cells by the rickettsiae. The lesions are quite subtle, but numerous lesions throughout the body add up to a devastating derangment of normal function.