00847nas a2200241   4500000000100000008004100001260001700042653000900059653001400068653001100082653001200093653000900105653002500114653002500139100001200164700001300176700001500189245007400204300000900278490000700287520029700294022001400591       1978                            d  c1978 Jan-Mar10aAged10aEpidermis10aHumans10aleprosy10aMale10aMicroscopy, Electron10aMycobacterium leprae1 aOKADA S1 aKomura J1 aNISHIURA M00aMycobacterium leprae found in epidermal cells by electron microscopy.  a30-40 v463 a<p>Leprosy bacilli were found in a keratinocyte of the epidermis by the electron microscopic observation of the ultrathin section of a leproma. The possibility of discharge of leprosy bacilli from the skin should be considered even if the lepromatous patient does not have any ulceration.</p>  a0148-916X