Pleomorphic Structures in Human Blood Are Red Blood Cell-Derived Microparticles, Not Bacteria

• Adam J. Mitchell,

  Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Warren D. Gray,

  Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Max Schroeder,

  Affiliation Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Hong Yi,

  Affiliation Robert P. Apkarian Integrated Electron Microscopy Core, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Jeannette V. Taylor,

  Affiliation Robert P. Apkarian Integrated Electron Microscopy Core, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Rebecca S. Dillard,

  Affiliation Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Zunlong Ke,

  Affiliation School of Biology, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Elizabeth R. Wright,

  Affiliations Robert P. Apkarian Integrated Electron Microscopy Core, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• David Stephens,

  Affiliation Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• John D. Roback,

  Affiliation Center for Transfusion and Cellular Therapy, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Charles D. Searles

  * E-mail: csearle@emory.edu

  Affiliations Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Section of Cardiology, Atlanta VA Medical Center, Decatur, Georgia, United States of America

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