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CULTURA CROMOGÊNICA DUM BACILO ÁCIDO-ÁLCOOL RESISTENTE ISOLADO DE PUS DE LESÃO FECHADA DE LEPRA HUMANA
Bacilo ácido-álcool
Resistência
Isolado de pus
Lesão fechada
Lepra humana
Araujo, H. C. de Souza | Date Issued:
1942
Alternative title
Chromogenic culture of an acid-fast organism isolated from human leprosyAuthor
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Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Abstract
Last October 2nd the Author smeared nine tubes of Loewenstein medium with material obtained from closed pustulae of a seven years old boy, L2 case of leprosy. This material was very rich in Hansen bacilli in its different forms, inclusive globus, as is seen in the figures 2 and 3 of Plate 1. Part of this material obtained from pustulae opened by galvanocautery, was inoculated, at the same day, into white rats and guinea-pigs. November 26th a new biopsy gave more rich material, which was smeared again into Loewenstein fresh medium. December 15th three of the first and two of the second series of tubes of cultures showed germination of a yellow, dry and rough culture, covering almost the total surface of the medium. Microscopic examination of the culture showed that it was a pure culture of an acid-fast organism. Passages into glycerinated potatoes germinated well covering the surface of the same with a clear yellow granulated culture remaining the fluid (glycerinated water) quite limpid. The germination in glycerinated broth produced a yellow velum in the surface of the medium, as is seen in fig. 3 of Plate 2, without becoming turbid. The microorganism isolated twice from the same source of material was cocciforme (as Mycobacterium pulviforme of Marchoux), in the original culture, becoming more bacilliforme, always acid-fast, after passage into glycerinated media. The A. sent his culture to foreigner colleagues to study it and will inoculate it soon into laboratory animals.
Keywords in Portuguese
Cultura cromogênicaBacilo ácido-álcool
Resistência
Isolado de pus
Lesão fechada
Lepra humana
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