Abstract:whose cultures had converted on streptomycin and PAS were resected, it was difficult to grow tubercle bacilli from the resected specimens. However, acid-fast rods were present in a large number of these specimens, so the question arose : Are these tubercle bacilli dead or merely dormant?11 By six months after chemotherapy was stopped a significant percentage of the negative nonresected patients with open cavities had reactivated.12 On June 1, 1952, we began our present treatment regimen, consisting of streptom… Show more
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