Acid-fast bacteria in scleroderma and morphea.

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  • PMID https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/5120159
  • OpenAlex ID W2017381772
  • Type Article
  • Language EN
  • Published 01 Jul 1971
  • Volume 104 (1)
  • Pages 21–5
  • Source PubMed
  • Publisher National Institutes of Health
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Acid-fast bacteria in scleroderma and morphea.

Article 1971 EN

A bacteriologic and histologic study of the skin of six consecutive patients with generalized scleroderma and three patients with localized scleroderma (morphea) was undertaken to determine if acid-fast bacteria could be demonstrated and cultured. Cultures were positive in seven cases for an intermittently acid-fast, gram-positive, pleomorphic organism most closely resembling the bacterium first i…

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