Leprosy: slit-skin smear test
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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+.