TY - JOUR KW - Biopsy KW - Ethanol KW - Humans KW - Hydrochloric Acid KW - leprosy KW - Methods KW - Mycobacterium leprae KW - Pyrimidines KW - Rosaniline Dyes KW - Solvents KW - Staining and Labeling AU - Fisher C A AU - Barksdale L AB -

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.

BT - Journal of bacteriology C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/4102336?dopt=Abstract DA - 1971 May IS - 2 J2 - J. Bacteriol. LA - eng N2 -

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.

PY - 1971 SP - 707 EP - 8 T2 - Journal of bacteriology TI - Elimination of the acid fastness but not the gram positivity of leprosy bacilli after extraction with pyridine. VL - 106 SN - 0021-9193 ER -