Leprosy: slit-skin smear test

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Leprosy: slit-skin smear test. SB Lucas. CC0 1.0 Universal. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Lepromatous leprosy (LL): slit-skin smear (SSS) test This is a high power view of a skin smear from a patient with LL. There are multiple, solid-staining acid-fast bacilli (AFB) within macrophages. Wade-Fite stain. The bacillary index (BI) is 5+.

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