Leprosy: skin biopsy

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Leprosy: skin biopsy. Wellcome Collection. CC0 1.0 Universal. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Mid-borderline (BB) leprosy: skin This high power view of a skin biopsy from a BB patient shows viable, undamaged Mycobacterium leprae. The bacilli stain as solid, red rods. Wade-Fite stain. The bacterial index (BI) is approximately 3+.

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