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Acid Fast Bodies in Eccrine and Apocrine Sweat Glands
Author(s) -
YOON RAHBARI HOMA
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
journal of cutaneous pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.597
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1600-0560
pISSN - 0303-6987
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0560.1980.tb01207.x
Subject(s) - apocrine , acid fast , stain , sweat , pathology , eccrine sweat , sweat gland , eccrine sweat gland , biology , staining , anatomy , medicine , tuberculosis , sputum
Small bodies resembling bacilli which stain with acid fast techniques are observed in the secretory cells of eccrine and apocrine sweat glands. The presence of these acid fast bodies is not well known and their observation could be mistaken for infection with acid fast bacilli.