00918nas a2200205   4500000000100000008004100001260001700042653001500059653001100074653001200085653001300097653001700110100002500127700002600152245010600178300001100284490000700295520039600302022001400698       1989                            d  c1989 May-Aug10aAcedapsone10aHumans10aleprosy10aRifampin10aTime Factors1 aOlivares Sabournin R1 aGonzález Segredo A B00a[Bacteriologic study in patients with multibacillary leprosy treated with rifampicin and acedapsone].  a307-120 v413 a<p>A bacteriologic study of 116 patients with multibacillary leprosy from Guantanamo City is made. Samples for bacteriologic examination were derived from both auricular lobules, the two elbows, and the middle phalanges of the third finger. The microscopic examination found acid-alcohol-resistant bacilli in 19% of patients, while failure to find any of these organisms occurred in 81%.</p>  a0375-0760