@article{12336, keywords = {Biopsy, Ethanol, Humans, Hydrochloric Acid, leprosy, Methods, Mycobacterium leprae, Pyrimidines, Rosaniline Dyes, Solvents, Staining and Labeling}, author = {Fisher C A and Barksdale L}, title = {Elimination of the acid fastness but not the gram positivity of leprosy bacilli after extraction with pyridine.}, abstract = {

Bacilli from a number of tissues excised from cases of lepromatous and borderline leprosy, unlike mycobacteria, were found to lose their acid-fastness after treatment with pyridine.

}, year = {1971}, journal = {Journal of bacteriology}, volume = {106}, pages = {707-8}, month = {1971 May}, issn = {0021-9193}, language = {eng}, }