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Volume 23, Number 11—November 2017
Dispatch

Mycobacterium lepromatosis Lepromatous Leprosy in US Citizen Who Traveled to Disease-Endemic Areas

Abinash VirkComments to Author , Bobbi Pritt, Robin Patel, James R. Uhl, Spencer A. Bezalel, Lawrence E. Gibson, Barbara M. Stryjewska, and Margot S. Peters
Author affiliations: Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA (A. Virk, B. Pritt, R. Patel, J.R. Uhl, S.A. Bezalel, L.E. Gibson, M.S. Peters); National Hansen’s Disease Programs, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA (B.M. Stryjewska)

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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

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).

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