Acid-fast staining was positive in all the 20 multibacillary leprosy cases, 18/30 paucibacillary leprosy cases.
20例多菌型麻风的抗酸染色全部阳性，30例少菌型麻风中18例阳性。
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Special stains failed to reveal any acid-fast bacilli, and multiple acid-fast tissue cultures were negative.
标本的抗酸染色找抗酸杆菌阴性，多个标本的抗酸培养也为阴性。
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This is an acidfast stain of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB). Note the red rods--hence the terminology for MTB in histologic sections or smears: acidfast bacilli.