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. 1984 May;44(2):534–536. doi: 10.1128/iai.44.2.534-536.1984

Toxic effect of the peroxidase-hydrogen peroxide-halide antimicrobial system on Mycobacterium leprae.

S J Klebanoff, C C Shepard
PMCID: PMC263559  PMID: 6325350

Abstract

Mycobacterium leprae are killed by myeloperoxidase (or eosinophil peroxidase), H2O2, and a halide, thus suggesting a mechanism for their destruction by peroxidase-containing phagocytes.

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