Etemadi A H, Convit J
Infect Immun. 1974 Jul;10(1):236-9. doi: 10.1128/iai.10.1.236-239.1974.
Chromatographic analysis, coupled to mass spectrometry with a high-resolution mass spectrometer, of materials isolated from skin lesions of patients with lepromatous leprosy allows the recognition of characteristic mycobacterial products, mycolic acids. This finding indicates that the "noncultivable" bacteria responsible for leprosy are mycobacteria.
通过使用高分辨率质谱仪与质谱联用的色谱分析法,对麻风瘤型麻风患者皮肤病变中分离出的物质进行分析,能够识别出特征性的分枝杆菌产物——分枝菌酸。这一发现表明,导致麻风病的“不可培养”细菌是分枝杆菌。