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Washington University Experience | PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY | 10 INFECTION | 3 Leprosy – Lepromatous | 1B3 Leprosy, (Case 1) Fite 16

Several magnifications of acid-fast bacilli in clumps (in lepra cells) and in smaller numbers in macrophages, histiocytes and Schwann cells. Fite stains for acid-fast organisms often demonstrate impressive numbers in Schwann cells or macrophages with foamy appearance, representing cellular reaction to the accumulation of living and dead organisms. (Fite stain)

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