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→Mycobacterium tuberculosis: +Leprosy
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===Microscopic=== | ===Microscopic=== | ||
Features: | Features: | ||
*Necrotizing [[granuloma]]s | *Necrotizing [[granuloma]]s with rod-shaped bacteria. | ||
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*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mycobacterium_tuberculosis_Ziehl-Neelsen_stain_640.jpg Tuberculosis (CDC/WC)]. | *[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mycobacterium_tuberculosis_Ziehl-Neelsen_stain_640.jpg Tuberculosis (CDC/WC)]. | ||
==Mycobacterium leprae== | |||
===General=== | |||
*Causes ''leprosy''. | |||
===Microscopic=== | |||
Features: | |||
*[[Granuloma]]s with rod-shaped bacteria. | |||
===Stains=== | |||
*[[Fite stain]] - red rod-shaped bacteria - '''key feature'''. | |||
**Very small - must use 40x objective. | |||
Image: | |||
*[http://img.medscape.com/fullsize/migrated/576/467/smj576467.fig2.gif Leprosy (medscape.com)].<ref>URL: [http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/576467_2 http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/576467_2]. Accessed on: 2 January 2012.</ref> | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||