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Volume 27, Number 6—June 2021
Research Letter

Fecal Excretion of Mycobacterium leprae, Burkina Faso

Anselme Millogo, Ahmed Loukil, Coralie L’Ollivier, Diakourga Arthur Djibougou, Sylvain Godreuil, and Michel DrancourtComments to Author 
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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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.

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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