Evaluation of skin samples from Morgellons disease patients. A, Dieterle silver stain of skin sample from MD Patient 15 showing dark-staining spirochetes (1000x). B, Immunostaining of spirochete with anti-Bb antibody in skin sample from MD Patient 4 (1000x). C, Scanning electron micrograph of skin culture sample from MD Patient 6 showing wavy spirochetes (arrows). D, Hybridization of Bb-specific molecular beacon FlaB with spirochetes in skin sample from MD Patient 3 (400x). Exploring the association between Morgellons disease and Lyme disease: identification of Borrelia burgdorferi in Morgellons disease patients: Middelveen MJ, Bandoski C, Burke J, Sapi E, Filush KR, Wang Y, Franco A, Mayne PJ, Stricker RB - BMC dermatology (2015). Not altered. CC.