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SUBMITTER: Millogo A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7180235 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of clinical microbiology 20200423 5
Leprosy is caused by <i>Mycobacterium leprae</i>, and it remains underdiagnosed in Burkina Faso. We investigated the use of fluorescent <i>in situ</i> hybridization (FISH) for detecting <i>M. leprae</i> in 27 skin samples (skin biopsy samples, slit skin samples, and skin lesion swabs) collected from 21 patients from Burkina Faso and three from Côte d'Ivoire who were suspected of having cutaneous leprosy. In all seven Ziehl-Neelsen-positive skin samples (four skin biopsy samples and three skin sw ...[more]