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. 1971 May;106(2):707-8.
doi: 10.1128/jb.106.2.707-708.1971.

Elimination of the acid fastness but not the gram positivity of leprosy bacilli after extraction with pyridine

C A Fisher, L Barksdale

Elimination of the acid fastness but not the gram positivity of leprosy bacilli after extraction with pyridine

C A Fisher et al. J Bacteriol. 1971 May.

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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