Detection of M. leprae in biopsy samples by qPCR technique. Data reported in scatter dot plot as medians, excluding negative results. (A) Patients divided in seven groups (n = 107). (B) Patients grouped as paucibacillary (BI/H ≤ 1+) and multibacillary (BI/H ≥ 2+) forms, excluding negative results (n = 107). BI/H: bacilloscopy of histological sections, TT: tuberculoid, BT: borderline-tuberculoid, BB: borderline-borderline, BL: borderline-lepromatous, LL: lepromatous, RR: reversal reaction, ENL: erythema nodosum leprosum. #p < 0.05.