The cultivation and morphological study of a pleomorphic organism from the blood of leprosy patients.
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O EN ESPA~OL Usando medios de cultivo especiales y procedimientos meticulosos de tinci6n, ambos descritos en detalle en el texto del 19,2 Alexander-Jackson: Pleomorphic Organism 185 articulo, la autora reporta el hallazgo de microorganismos pleom6rficos en la sangre de 10 pacientes leprosos. Los microorganismos tienen propiedades variables, aveces son bacilares, otras cocoides, en ocasiones acido-resistentes, y otras veces noacido resistentes. La autora hace incapie en la semejanza con los hallazgos originales reportados per Hansen. Aldemas, la autora fue capaz de inocular ratoncillos y producir lesiones en ellos, de las cuales recobr6 los microorganismos pat6genos. Tambien aporta evidencia de la transmisi6n transplacentaria de dichos microorganism os.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- International journal of Leprosy
دوره 19 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1951