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Acid-fast · Skin · open case 07

Histology · Skin

Sheathed Mf observed in slit-skin smear from ear lobule stained using the Ziehl-Neelsen method with 5 % sulphuric acid as a decolourizer (magnification, 10x).
Sheathed Mf observed in slit-skin smear from ear lobule stained using the Ziehl-Neelsen method with 5 % sulphuric acid as a decolourizer (magnification, 10x).

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Category
Skin
Difficulty
advanced
Type
Applied histology
Mode
Acid-fast
Stain
Acid-fast

Origin: MultiCaRe · figure from open-access article PMC7470402 · License CC BY

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