Which of the following is true regarding globi in a patient with lepromatous leprosy -: (A) Consists of lipid laden macrophages, (B) Consists of macrophages filled with AFB, (C) Consists of neutrophils filled with bacteria, (D) Consists of activated lymphocytes
Answer is B. ‘Intracellularly, M.leprae are arranged as – parallel cigar bundles of bacilli bound with lipid like glia (globi) present inside foamy macrophage (Virchow’s leprae cell)’