Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis infection in cases of irritable bowel syndrome and comparison with Crohn's disease and Johne's disease: Common neural and immune pathogenicities

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 3883-3890

  Scanu, Antonio M ^a   Bull, Tim J ^c   Cannas, Sara ^a   Sanderson, Jeremy D ^b   Sechi, Leonardo A ^a   Dettori, Giuseppe ^a   Zanetti, Stefania ^a   Hermon Taylor, John ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHEESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION RISK; INTESTINE BIOPSY; IRRITABLE COLON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; BIOPSY; COLON, ASCENDING; COLON, DESCENDING; CROHN DISEASE; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILEUM; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM SUBSP. PARATUBERCULOSIS; PARATUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SHEEP;

MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM SUBSP. PARATUBERCULOSIS; OVIS ARIES; PRIMATES;

EID: 37249068047     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01371-07     Document Type: Article

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