Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis bacteremia in type 1 diabetes mellitus: An infectious trigger?

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 148-149

  Sechi, Leonardo A ^a   Paccagnini, Daniela ^a   Salza, Sara ^a   Pacifico, Adolfo ^a   Ahmed, Niyaz ^b   Zanetti, Stefania ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b CENTRE FOR DNA FINGERPRINTING AND DIAGNOSTICS   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

BACTEREMIA; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC PATIENT; DNA DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LETTER; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BACTEREMIA; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM SUBSP. PARATUBERCULOSIS; PARATUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RUMINANTS;

EID: 39349110209     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/524084     Document Type: Letter

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