<prompt> Finding acid-fast bacilli within peripheral nerves is most suggestive of:Relapsing feverSyphilisLeprosyTuberculosis  <response>: Lepromatous and tuberculoid leprosy, the major forms of leprosy, are caused by infection with Mycobacterium leprae. Nerve involvement is most typical of the lepromatous form. Histologic sections reveal acid-fast bacilli within peripheral nerves. 