Segmented filamentous bacteria-like organisms in histological slides of ileo-cecal valves in patients with ulcerative colitis

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 860-861

  Caselli, Michele ^a   Tosini, Dalila ^a   Gafà, Roberta ^a   Gasbarrini, Antonio ^b   Lanza, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CROHN DISEASE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPITHELIUM CELL; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; ILEOCECAL VALVE; INTESTINE BIOPSY; LETTER; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEGMENTED FILAMENTOUS BACTERIUM; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ANIMALS; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; ILEOCECAL VALVE; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON;

EID: 84877259745     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2013.61     Document Type: Letter

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