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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.

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Journal Article
Author
Fisher C A
Barksdale L

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