Volume 23, Number 11—November 2017
Dispatch
Mycobacterium lepromatosis Lepromatous Leprosy in US Citizen Who Traveled to Disease-Endemic Areas
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Figure 2. Skin biopsies of 59-year-old white male US citizen showing Mycobacterium lepromatosis infection, 2017. A) Hematoxylin and eosin–stained section of a specimen from the chin showing granulomatous dermal inflammation (original magnification ×100); inset shows nerve involvement (arrows) that is diagnostic for leprosy (original magnification ×400). B) Fite-stained section of a specimen from the chin highlights numerous acid-fast bacilli within histiocytes (original magnification ×1,000); inset shows peripheral nerve involvement (arrows) that is diagnostic for leprosy (original magnification ×1,000).