Ziehl-Neelsen Stain (<i >Mycobacterium leprae</i>)

Ziehl-Neelsen Stain (Mycobacterium leprae)

This image is a light micrograph of modified Ziehl-Neelsen–stained (Wade-Fite stain) M. leprae in a skin biopsy from a person with lepromatous leprosy. The mycobacteria appear red and are present in large numbers, singly as well as in clusters (globi). Magnification is 20X when printed at 10-cm wide.

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