Fecal Excretion of Mycobacterium leprae, Burkina Faso
Anselme Millogo, Ahmed Loukil, Coralie L’Ollivier, Diakourga Arthur Djibougou, Sylvain Godreuil, and Michel Drancourt
Author affiliations: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Souro Sanou, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso (A. Millogo); Aix-Marseille-Université, Institut de recherche pour le développement, Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France (A. Millogo, A. Loukil, M. Drancourt); Université de Montpellier, Institut de Recherche pour le développement, Montpellier, France (A. Millogo, S. Godreuil); Aix-Marseille-Université, IRD, Assistance Publique-Hopitaux de Marseille, Service de Santé des Arméés, Marseille (C. L’Ollivier); Institut de Recherche en sciences de la Santé, Bobo-Dioulasso (D.A. Djibougou); Centre MURAZ, Bobo-Dioulasso (D.A. Djibougou)
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Figure. Optical microscopy observation of Mycobacterium leprae in the stool specimens of a leprosy patient in Burkina Faso. A) Ziehl-Neelsen staining; B) fluorescence in situ hybridization. No mycobacteria were observed inside the Entamoeba coli cysts (C). Scale bars represent 10 (A), 20 (B), and 20 (C) microns.
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