Isolation of a mycoplasma from three patients with lepromatous leprosy.
Using a modified cell-free culture medium and modern microscopic equipment, a mycoplasma was isolated from scrapings of skin lesions of three patients with lepromatous leprosy. Three specimens were taken from the first patients. All five isolates were arginine-positive and their antibiotic sensitivity was identical with only one slight exception.
D006801:Humans; D007918:Leprosy / Q000382:microbiology*; D009174:Mycoplasma / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012882:Skin Tests