Culture of Hansen's bacilli in vitro in a case of lepromatous leprosy
Massalski, W.K.; Shukla, R.R.; Lewenstein, W.; Wierzbicki, R.
Materia Medica Polona. Polish Journal of Medicine and Pharmacy 10(1): 35-37
1978
ISSN/ISBN: 0025-5246 PMID: 347183 Document Number: 132029
Lepromatous leprosy was diagnosed in a 16 yr old boy by direct bacteriologic and histopathologic studies. Cultures of biopsy material on Sabouraud's medium (containing penicillin and streptomycin) yielded growth of Hansen's bacilli and blastomycetes. Cultures of Hansen's bacilli on the same medium enriched with extract of dried thyroid tissue were positive after 5 days and 3 times more abundant.